Nov 8, 2023 | Bribes | Conspiracy | contraband | Corrections Officer | New Jersey Department of Corrections | NJDOC | Northern State Prison | Official Misconduct | OPIA | smuggling | State Grand Jury | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted to file criminal charges against a corrections officer at Northern State Prison, after he allegedly smuggled contraband into the facility for a particular inmate in exchange for regular bribe payments.
Nov 6, 2023 | "No Bill" | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Fatal Police Shooting | Grand Jury | Independent Prosecutor | Montville | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding a police-involved shooting at a motel in the Pine Brook section of Montville on December 31, 2022.
Nov 1, 2023 | "No Bill" | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Cherry Hill | Fatal Police Encounter | OPIA | State Grand Jury | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges regarding the death of a Cherry Hill, New Jersey resident, who sustained a fatal injury during a law enforcement encounter on October 11, 2022.
Oct 25, 2023 | Conspiracy | Election Fraud | Elizabeth post office | Paterson | Plainfield | Witness Tampering | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that a former candidate for mayor of the City of Plainfield has been criminally charged for allegedly directing a group of associates to complete hundreds of false voter registration applications and then mailing them to Union County election officials.
Oct 25, 2023 | Conspiracy | Election Fraud | Paterson | Witness Tampering | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the filing of criminal charges against a Paterson voter based on alleged falsification of a vote-by-mail ballots cast in the May 2020 Paterson municipal election.
Oct 25, 2023 | Conspiracy | Election Fraud | Paterson | Witness Tampering | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the Paterson City Council President, Alex Mendez, has been brought up on new charges in connection with an election-fraud case.