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Bergen County Man Charged with Insurance Fraud and Conspiracy for Allegedly Filing a False Auto Theft Claim Seeking $20,000 Payout
Younes Abuali, 53, who lives in Cliffside Park, was indicted on two counts of conspiracy (2nd and 3rd degree), one count of insurance fraud (2nd degree), and one count of attempted theft by deception (3rd degree). According to the indictment handed up by a State grand...
Motel Owner Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Federal Relief Funds by Falsely Claiming He Sheltered Victims of Superstorm Sandy
TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that the owner of a motel in Ocean County was sentenced to state prison today for stealing more than $81,000 in federal disaster relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by...
Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s 2016 “Cops in Shops” Summer Shore Initiative Results in 229 Arrests
TRENTON - Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control today announced that the 2016 “Cops in Shops” program targeting underage drinking at the Jersey shore resulted in 229 arrests this past summer. Twenty-seven...
Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Possessing 21 Kilos of Cocaine Seized From His Tractor-Trailer by Federal Drug Task Force In 2014 – He also pleaded guilty to laundering $1.2 million in cash seized in 2009 by the New Jersey State Police
Belarmino Amaya, 58, of Hesperia, California, was sentenced to 12 years in state prison, including four years of parole ineligibility, by Superior Court Judge Michael A. Toto in Middlesex County. He pleaded guilty to first-degree charges of possession of cocaine with...
Division of Highway Traffic Safety Urges Trick-or-Treaters and Halloween Partygoers to Plan Ahead to Avoid Scare
Attorney General Porrino said parents should discuss with their children strategies for being safe pedestrians as they go trick-or-treating. In addition, adults who plan to drink at Halloween parties should make plans to get home safely. “Our concerns vary for...