Dec 4, 2023 | Conspiracy | Edna Mahan Correctional Facility | Grand Jury | Indictment | Misconduct | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
he Office of the Attorney General and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability announced today that a state grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against corrections officers involved in a January 2021 incident at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women.
Nov 8, 2023 | Bribes | Conspiracy | contraband | Corrections Officer | New Jersey Department of Corrections | NJDOC | Northern State Prison | Official Misconduct | OPIA | smuggling | State Grand Jury | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted to file criminal charges against a corrections officer at Northern State Prison, after he allegedly smuggled contraband into the facility for a particular inmate in exchange for regular bribe payments.
Oct 25, 2023 | Conspiracy | Election Fraud | Elizabeth post office | Paterson | Plainfield | Witness Tampering | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that a former candidate for mayor of the City of Plainfield has been criminally charged for allegedly directing a group of associates to complete hundreds of false voter registration applications and then mailing them to Union County election officials.
Oct 25, 2023 | Conspiracy | Election Fraud | Paterson | Witness Tampering | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the filing of criminal charges against a Paterson voter based on alleged falsification of a vote-by-mail ballots cast in the May 2020 Paterson municipal election.
Oct 25, 2023 | Conspiracy | Election Fraud | Paterson | Witness Tampering | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the Paterson City Council President, Alex Mendez, has been brought up on new charges in connection with an election-fraud case.