Cari Fais Confirmed as First Latina Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the confirmation of Cari Fais as the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs (“Division”).
AG Platkin Announces New Leaders of the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability’s Corruption Bureau
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced the appointment of two co-directors who will lead the OPIA Corruption Bureau.
UPDATE: AG’s Office Releases Video Footage from Investigation into May 27, 2024 Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash in Franklin Borough, N.J.
The Attorney General’s Office today released 911 calls and footage from two surveillance cameras and one mobile video recorder relating to the fatal motor vehicle crash on May 27, 2024, involving Franklin Borough Police Sgt. William Grissom a woman from the Borough of Sussex, New Jersey.
State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Cranford Officers in Fatal Shooting on the Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge, N.J.
A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of a man from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, who was fatally shot on the Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge, New Jersey, during an encounter with members of the Cranford Police Department on December 28, 2023.
Former New Jersey State Trooper Sentenced After Punching Handcuffed Woman in the Face While Holding a Flashlight
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced the sentencing of a former New Jersey State Police (NJSP) trooper for a September 2022 assault in Cumberland County, in which he punched a woman in the face while holding a metal flashlight, as the victim was handcuffed in the back seat of a police vehicle.
AG Platkin and DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Filing of Four New Environmental Justice Enforcement Actions
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced one environmental justice (EJ) settlement as well as the filing of four lawsuits to enforce environmental law in and around communities considered overburdened under New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law.