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New Jersey Board of Nursing Suspends Certification of Burlington County Home Health Aide Allegedly Caught on Camera Stealing Money, Prescription Pain Pills from Elderly Woman in Her Care
Leanne R. Tucker, 41, of Williamstown, is charged with theft of cash and theft of a controlled dangerous substance for allegedly stealing $80 and an unknown number of prescription pills while providing in-home care to the 81-year-old woman. Evesham Township Police...
Attorney General Porrino and the Division of Consumer Affairs Announce Settlement with For-Profit Company Offering Student Loan Consolidation Services – Business Will Pay Restitution to 95 New Jersey Consumers
Student Loan Resolve will pay the restitution directly to the consumers in eight installments between June 15, 2017 and March 15, 2019, according to a Consent Order filed on June 7, 2017.The Division alleged that the Texas-based Consumer Financial Resources, d/b/a...
New Jersey Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Marks “World Elder Abuse Awareness Day†by Announcing Indictments of Three Nursing Home Aides Accused of Physically Abusing Patients – Trio Are Latest Professionals Charged in OIFP Crackdown on “Elder Abuseâ€
Cairy Chrisphonte, 54, of Union, Debra L. Matela, 44, of Turnersville, and Danny Brown, 55, of Easton, Pa., are the latest individuals to be prosecuted in the OIFP’s ongoing crackdown on elder abuse. “Elderly patients dependent on caregivers are among our...
Ocean County Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Pornography on the Internet – Defendant was one of 40 offenders arrested in “Operation Statewideâ€
Bruce Davis, 55, of Whiting, N.J., pleaded guilty to second-degree distribution of child pornography before Superior Court Judge Linda G. Baxter in Ocean County. Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that Davis be sentenced to five years in state prison,...
Division on Civil Rights Launches Bilingual Awareness Campaign to Combat Housing Discrimination – DCR Distributing Hundreds of Posters to Businesses, Community Groups
According to Division Director Craig T. Sashihara, the Division has sent sets of two anti-housing discrimination posters – one in English and one in Spanish – to a total of 560 entities that interact daily with members of the public from all social and...