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Attorney General’s Office Investigating Fatal Crash in Southampton, N.J., Involving On-Duty New Jersey State Trooper

Apr 9, 2024 | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity

The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a fatal crash involving a New Jersey State Police (NJSP) vehicle that occurred Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Southampton Township in Burlington County, New Jersey. One adult male civilian sustained fatal injuries. His identity is not being released at this time.

Attorney General Platkin Assumes Control of the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office

Anthony Picione, Deputy Director of OPIA, Appointed Acting Warren County Prosecutor.

State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Officer in Connection with Fatal Crash in Pemberton on April 20, 2023

Apr 4, 2024 | 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 the death of John R. Nutt, 41, of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, who died in a motorcycle crash during an encounter with a Pemberton Township police officer in Pemberton, New Jersey, on April 20, 2023.

Eight Defendants Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding Taxpayer-Funded Traumatic Brain Injury Fund of Over $700K

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced today that a state grand jury has indicted six women and two companies who were allegedly engaged in a decade-long conspiracy to defraud the taxpayer-funded New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund (TBI Fund) of over $700,000.

UPDATE: AG’s Office Identifies Decedent and Officers Involved in Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in Hamilton Township

The Attorney General’s Office today identified the decedent and the officers involved in a fatal police-involved shooting, in which an officer was injured, on March 8, 2024 in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The decedent has been identified as Vincent Correa, 44, of Hamilton.

State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Officer in Connection with Fatal Police-Involved Shooting in Elizabeth on July 29, 2023

A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Estiben Alegria-Hurtado, 42, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, who was fatally shot by an officer from the Elizabeth Police Department on July 29, 2023.