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Prescription Medication Take-Back Day at the Justice Complex – DCA`s Project Medicine Drop hits the road – It`s simple and anonymous
Project Medicine Drop is an important component of New Jersey’s effort to halt the abuse and diversion of prescription drugs. It allows consumers to dispose of unused and expired medications anonymously. This initiative builds on the success of the U.S. Drug...
“Just Pups†Pet Stores and Owner Vincent LoSacco Agree to Permanently Stop Selling Animals in New Jersey, Pay $326,000 to Settle Allegations of Consumer Fraud in Sale of Sick Puppies
NEWARK – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that pet shop owner Vincent LoSacco and his “Just Pups” Stores have agreed to permanently stop selling animals in New Jersey and pay $326,000 to...
Florida Couple Charged with Filing Nearly $800,000 in Fraudulent Insurance Claims for Refrigerated Cargo Purportedly Spoiled in Transport by Their Long-Haul Trucking Companies
Palm Coast, Florida residents Alexei Legassov, 55, and Ekaterina Khlaponina, 37, were also charged with second-degree theft by deception and attempted theft by deception in an indictment handed up by a state Grand Jury in Trenton. Legassov, who also resides in Staten...
Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Leading Retail Theft Ring in South Jersey That Shoplifted Thousands of Dollars in Merchandise – Ring was dismantled in investigation by New Jersey State Police and Division of Criminal Justice
Chiara K. Pender, 30, of Millville, N.J., was sentenced today to five years in state prison by Superior Court Judge John T. Kelley in Camden County. She pleaded guilty on March 10 to a second-degree charge of leader of an organized retail theft enterprise. She must...
Two Heroin Suppliers Receive 10-Year Prison Sentences in Investigation by Atlantic City Task Force into Ring that Trafficked Heroin from Paterson – Atlantic City-based network allegedly distributed approximately 30,000 doses of heroin each month
Each of these men was sentenced today to 10 years in prison by Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury, Jr., in Atlantic County, after pleading guilty on Feb. 13 to possession of heroin with intent to distribute:The defendants were among 19 people arrested in April 2015...