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AG Platkin and DEP Commissioner LaTourette Announce Resolution of Two Environmental Lawsuits and the Filing of Six New Enforcement Actions, Including Four in Environmental Justice Communities
Court Enters Judgement in DEP’s Favor in One Case, Another Case Settles For Immediate Release: April 25, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Law- Michael T.G. Long, DirectorFor Further Information: Media...
AG Platkin Announces Indictment of Vineland Police Sergeant Who Allegedly Misused His Authority to Obtain Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Material
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 DirectorFor Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.govTRENTON...
Department of Law and Public Safety to Host Crime Victims’ Rights Week Event to Honor Crime Victims and Those Who Support Them
AG Platkin Announces Recipients of OAG Excellence Awards for Victims’ Justice.
State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting in Englewood, N.J., on September 3, 2022
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.
Somerset County Man Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Breaking into Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University and Destroying Property
A Somerset County, New Jersey, man has been charged with a federal hate crime for breaking into the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and destroying property, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and New Jersey State Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced.