Press Releases : Division of Criminal Justice

Attorney General Platkin and Division on Civil Rights Announce Youth Competition to Combat Bias

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.

AG Platkin Holds Strategy Meeting in Newark with Law Enforcement Leaders on Use of New Burglary Laws and Announces Statewide Burglary Task Force to Curtail Residential Burglaries and Home Invasions

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.

Attorney General Platkin Updates How Forensic Evidence is Processed in Sexual Assault Cases

Aug 20, 2024 | AG Directive 2023-01 Amended | Bureau of Justice Assistance National Sexual Assault Initiative grant | child abuse offenses | collection | criminal prosecution | Division of Criminal Justice | DOJ | domestic violence | evidence of a defendant’s commission of prior sexual assault | Forensic Evidence | Law Enforcement | Office of Justice Data | OJD | proposed legislation | retention | Rule of Evidence | SAFE Kits | Sexual Assault Cases | State Assembly | State Senate | subsequent similar offense | survivors of sexual violence | testing of SAFE Kits | the New Jersey State Police Regional Operations & Intelligence Center (NJ ROIC) | trauma | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims | Violence Intervention | VIVA

Requires All Sexual Assault Forensic Exam (SAFE) Kits Turned Over to Law Enforcement Be Tested, Supports Change to Rule of Evidence.

Two Middlesex County Men Indicted in Alleged $6.7 Million Fuel Investment Fraud Scheme

Jul 29, 2024 | Division of Criminal Justice | Fuel Investment Fraud Scheme | Indictment | laundering funds | LLC (“Petro Traders”) | LLC (“Prime Petroleum”) | Middlesex County | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions (OSFFCP) | Old Bridge | Petro Traders Group | Prime Petroleum | Woodbridge | Consumer Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court

For Immediate Release: July 30, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- J. Stephen Ferketic, DirectorOffice of Securities Fraudand Financial Crimes Prosecutions- Pablo Quiñones, Legal Chief For Further...

Attorney General Issues Directive to Law Enforcement Regarding Use of Blood Samples from Newborn Screening Program

Jun 20, 2024 | Attorney General 2024-3 | Attorney General Directive 2024-3 | bloodspot | DCJ | Division of Criminal Justice | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that he has issued a Directive to law enforcement executives and county prosecutors establishing new limits on attempts to obtain newborn “bloodspot” information in connection with criminal investigations.

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