May 13, 2024 | Cover-up | falsely denying | Guilty Plea | Hostile Work Environment | Howell Township Police Chief | Obstructing Administration of Law | official interview | Sexual Affair | sexual harassment | subordinate employee | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced today that the retired Howell Township police chief has admitted to providing false statements in a township investigation and otherwise trying to conceal a sexual affair with a subordinate.
May 10, 2024 | Brick Township | Fatal Police Encounter | medical episode | Ocean County | Ocean University Medical Center | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a death that occurred following an encounter with law enforcement on May 9, 2024, in Brick Township, Ocean County, New Jersey. One adult male civilian died after an apparent medical episode. His identity is not being released at this time.
May 10, 2024 | cold-case investigations | Conviction Review Unit | Conviction Review Unit (CRU) | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | overturned convictions | Public Defender | sexual assaults | Sussex County Prosecutor | unsolved homicides | violent crimes | Conviction Review Unit | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and OPIA Executive Director Drew Skinner today announced the appointment of a new director of the Conviction Review Unit (CRU), selecting a former longtime public defender in the Monmouth County trial region and current chief of staff in the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) to take on the role.
May 1, 2024 | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Beachwood | Fatal Crash | Fatal Police Involved Encounter | Investigations | Monmouth County | Ocean Township | OPIA | Route 35 South | Sunset Avenue | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office today identified the decedent and the officer from a fatal crash involving an Ocean Township police vehicle that occurred on April 15, 2024, in Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Apr 24, 2024 | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
For Immediate Release: April 24, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov...
Apr 22, 2024 | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | domestic disturbance | Englewood | Fatal Shooting | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | 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 at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Bernard Placide, 22, of Englewood, New Jersey, who was fatally shot by an Englewood police officer on September 3, 2022.
