Mar 20, 2025 | crime victims | exploiting professional relationship | financial reimbursement | Indictment | intimate relationship | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Official Misconduct | Pattern of official misconduct | Point Pleasant | Sexually Explicit texts | sexually-explicit messages | sexually-suggestive messages | VCCO investigator | victimization | Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO) | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced that a former investigator for the New Jersey Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO) has been indicted after allegedly exploiting his official position to send messages solicitous of an intimate relationship, sexually-suggestive messages, or sexually-explicit messages to crime victims who were seeking VCCO support.
Feb 28, 2025 | attempting to debauch the morals of a child | attempting to engage in sex with a child who was less than 13 years old | attempting to lure young children | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | human trafficking | Lanoka Harbor | New Jersey State Police | Ocean County man | predatory online behavior | Sexual Activity | The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force | Child Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims
For Immediate Release: February 28, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- Theresa L. Hilton, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Matthew ReillyOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON – Attorney General...
Feb 3, 2025 | Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group | cardiologist | Consent Order | criminal matters | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | family medicine | fourth-degree criminal sexual contact | Haledon | Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office | Jersey City | North Jersey Physicians | permanently revoked licenses | pretrial intervention program (“PTI”) | Professional Boards Prosecution Section | second-degree sexual assault | sexual contact during professional interactions | sexual misconduct | State Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) | Division of Consumer Affairs | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the State Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) has permanently revoked the licenses of two North Jersey physicians charged in unrelated criminal matters involving alleged sexual misconduct in the workplace.
Jan 30, 2025 | Children | distributing images of child sexual abuse | dubauch the morals of a child | film | homemade content | husband and wife | image and video files | intent to distribute | Law Enforcement Officers | Mercer County Officers | multiple media files | National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) | New Jersey State Police | nude images | photographs | reproduction | sexual acts | Sexual Crimes | sexual offenses against children | Child Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that a husband and wife – both law enforcement officers working in different departments within Mercer County – have been charged in connection with their respective roles in creating, producing, and distributing images of child sexual abuse.
Jan 2, 2025 | Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group | Bodywork | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Enforcement Bureau | female client | gross negligence | inappropriate | incompetence | License revocation | malpractice | Massage Therapist | permanent revocation | Professional Boards Prosecution Section | rules of professional conduct | sexual misconduct | unwanted sexual contact | verified complaint | Verona | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy (“Board”) has permanently revoked the license of an Essex County massage therapist amid allegations he engaged in inappropriate and unwanted sexual contact with a female client during a massage session.