Mar 3, 2025 | allowing the business to reopen | bribery | Broad Street | Essex County Prosecutor’s Office | Newark business | Newark code enforcement officer arrested | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Official Misconduct | OPIA Corruption Bureau | soliciting bribes | soliciting or accepting any benefit to influence the performance of an official duty | theft by extortion | withholding fines | 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 that a Newark code enforcement officer has been arrested and charged after allegedly soliciting bribes from a Newark business in exchange for withholding fines and allowing the business to reopen after she had shut it down.
Feb 27, 2025 | aggravated assault | Bridgeton | conspiracy to commit aggravated assault | deadly weapon | disorderly conduct | four defendants | guilty pleas | Harding Woods | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Pittsgrove | riot | Salem County Courthouse | Salem County mobile home park | Salem NJ | shooting of a New Jersey State Police (NJSP) detective | unlawful possession of a weapon | 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 four additional defendants have entered guilty pleas stemming from their involvement in events surrounding the shooting of a New Jersey State Police (NJSP) detective at a Salem County mobile home park.
Feb 14, 2025 | "No Bill" | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Elizabeth | Fatal Crash | Fourth Avenue and Centre Street | Grand Jury | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges against an Elizabeth police officer at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding a December 10, 2023 fatal motor vehicle crash in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Feb 13, 2025 | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
For Immediate Release: February 13, 2025 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON...
Feb 7, 2025 | Banned for Life from Public Employment | Bonaccorso & Son LLC | Ex-Clark Mayor | New Jersey Superior Court | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | probation | Salvatore Bonaccorso | Sentencing | submitting fraudulent applications | taxpayer-funded resources | unlawfully obtain permits | using township employees to operate private business | 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 the sentencing of the ex-mayor of Clark Township, Salvatore Bonaccorso, after he pleaded guilty to two crimes for using township employees to operate his private oil tank removal business and submitting fraudulent applications to various municipalities to unlawfully obtain permits for the tank removals.
Jan 24, 2025 | corruption profiteering penalties | crashes | drug problems | East Hanover | East Orange-based F&A Transportation Inc. | Essex County Criminal Division | Essex County School Bus Company | false representation for a government contract | improper licenses | New Jersey Superior Court | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Official Misconduct | OPIA | pretrial intervention program | prison | risking the lives of children | Sentencing | Tampering with public records or information | Unqualified Drivers | 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 the sentencing of the owner of an Essex County-based school bus company that failed to perform drug tests and background checks on drivers — one of whom later crashed — as well as operating unsafe buses and trying to cover up the misconduct.
