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Plainfield Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder for Firing Gun at Detectives from the Union County Prosecutor`s Office in 2015
Diondre J. Quinones, 22, of Plainfield, pleaded guilty late Friday, March 24, to charges of first-degree attempted murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon before Superior Court Judge Benjamin S. Bucca in Middlesex County. Under the plea agreement, the...
Former Labor Department Clerk Sentenced to Prison for Stealing $56,000 in Unemployment Benefits by Fraudulently Altering Claims
Lusselenia Lopez, 48, of Woodbridge, N.J., a former state unemployment insurance clerk based in Elizabeth, was sentenced to five years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Stuart Peim in Union County. She pleaded guilty on Jan. 17 to second-degree conspiracy to...
Five More Individuals Charged With Filing False Applications for Superstorm Sandy Relief Funds – A Total of 86 People Have Been Charged Since March 2014
The Attorney General’s Office is continuing its aggressive efforts to investigate fraud in Sandy relief programs, working jointly with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), and the Offices of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland...
Man Indicted on Multiple Charges of Extortion and Manufacturing Child Pornography for Allegedly Blackmailing Underage Girls Into Engaging in Sexual Conduct on Webcams and Recording Them
Daniel Derringer III, 28, of Lake Worth, Fla., formerly of Union City, N.J., was indicted today by a state grand jury on the following charges:The charges stem from an investigation by the New Jersey State Police Digital Technology Investigations Unit and the Division...
General Manager of Bergen County Used Car Dealership Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Key Role in $1.4 Million Auto Loan Scam – Dealership`s Finance Manager Receives Six-Year Sentence for His Part in Scam
Hector Marquez, the general manager of D.I.B Leasing in Teterboro, was also ordered to pay $110,370 in restitution under the sentence handed down yesterday by Superior Court Judge Susan Steele in Bergen County. Marquez, 44, of Monroe, pleaded guilty in July to...