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Record Number of New Jersey Doctors Disciplined in 2016 as State Ramps Up Efforts to Curb Opioid Addiction – 31 Physicians Sanctioned for Allegedly Over-Prescribing Painkillers That Are Fueling New Jersey`s Addiction Epidemic
Under the push to rein in problem prescribers, an unprecedented number of doctors saw their practicing authority revoked, suspended or otherwise restricted for allegedly putting the public at risk by indiscriminately prescribing controlled dangerous substances...
Dermatology Practice Will Pay Ex-Employee to Resolve Complaint It Unlawfully Terminated Her over Pregnancy Leave
In addition to paying the ex-employee to settle allegations that it wrongly fired her, the North Jersey Dermatology Center is required under a recently-finalized settlement to arrange anti-discrimination training for all employees, review and revise its Leave of...
Top Member of Carjacking Ring that Trafficked Luxury Cars to West Africa Pleads Guilty and Faces Lengthy Prison Sentence – “Operation Jacked†resulted in recovery of 160 stolen cars worth more than $8 million
Kyle Champagnie, 30, of Irvington, pleaded guilty today to a first-degree charge of financial facilitation of criminal activity before Superior Court Judge Stuart Peim in Union County. Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that he be sentenced to 16 years...
Bergen County Man Sentenced to Prison as a Result of “Operation Ever Vigilant†for Distributing Child Pornography on the Internet
Joseph Lorz, 30, of Bergenfield, N.J., was sentenced to three years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Margaret M. Foti in Bergen County. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 9, 2016 to a charge of second-degree distribution of child pornography. He will be required to...
Woman Sentenced to Jail for Stealing $128,131 by Collecting Mother`s Social Security Benefits for Eight Years After the Mother Died
Linda Miller, 59, of Englewood, N.J., was sentenced to six months in the county jail and five years of probation by Superior Court Judge Christopher R. Kazlau in Bergen County. She was ordered to pay full restitution. Miller pleaded guilty on Dec. 23 to a charge of...