Jan 16, 2025 | 25 defendants | 4 companies | Camden County Prosecutor's Office | cloned credit cards | Connecticut | credit card “skimmers” | DCJ Detectives | diesel fuel theft | Division of Criminal Justice | financial fraud | fuel providers | Gloucester Township Police Department | Large-Scale Diesel Fuel Theft Scheme | Massachusetts | New Jersey | New York | peer-to-peer payments | Pennsylvania | stolen credit card information | trucking companies | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced charges against 25 people and four companies for their alleged roles in a multimillion-dollar scheme that used stolen credit card information to fraudulently purchase tens of thousands of gallons of diesel fuel and then resell it to trucking companies and other fuel providers.
Jan 15, 2025 | 400 investigators | Acting Mercer County Prosecutor | Chief of Staff | criminal justice policy initiatives | Deputy Solicitor General | detectives | Division of Criminal Justice | firearms safety issues | Human Trafficking Unit | Law and Public Safety | Leadership Changes | LPS | New Jersey Resiliency Program for Law Enforcement | professional personnel | Prosecutors | Senior Counsel to the Attorney General | The Office of the Attorney General | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that Deputy Director Theresa Hilton will become the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) when J. Stephen Ferketic leaves the office later this month to pursue a leadership position in the private sector. Attorney General Platkin also announced that Assistant Attorney General Sara Quigley will assume the Chief of Staff position, a position vacated late last year.
Nov 18, 2024 | art exhibition | art work | civil rights laws | combating youth bias | cultural heritage celebration | DCJ | Division of Criminal Justice | Division on Civil Rights | educational workshops | effectively prevention of bias incidents | high school students | midle school students | No Hate in the Garden State Youth Competition | open mic night | podcast | social media awareness campaign | Youth Competition to Combat Bias | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | DCR | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced the No Hate in the Garden State Youth Competition as part of a statewide initiative to eliminate bias and discrimination in New Jersey.
Nov 14, 2024 | bipartisan legislation | Burglary Laws | cross-jurisdictional burglary suspects | Department of Law and Public Safety | deter | Division of Criminal Justice | Home Invasions | information sharing | investigate and prosecute | Law Enforcement Leaders | Newark | NJPBA | NJSACOP | Residential Burglaries | Statewide Burglary Task Force | Strategy Meeting | Advancing Innovative Policing Policies | Division of Criminal Justice | Gun Violence | Policing Policy | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Tackling Auto Theft | Violence Intervention
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin held a meeting in Newark with law enforcement leaders from across the state to discuss how officers and prosecutors can best use the newly enacted laws that heighten criminal penalties for residential burglaries.
