Mar 22, 2024 | Conspiracy | Corruption Bureau | falsifying or tampering with records | Indictment | misapplication of government property | Official Misconduct | Tampering with Public Records | Theft by Deception | Traumatic Brain Injury Fund | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced today that a state grand jury has indicted six women and two companies who were allegedly engaged in a decade-long conspiracy to defraud the taxpayer-funded New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund (TBI Fund) of over $700,000.
Mar 20, 2024 | 2021 Gubernatorial Primary | Campaign Manager | Election Offenses | Gubernatorial Candidate | Hunterdon County | Indictment | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Policing Policy | Press Release | Public Integrity | Strengthening Police-Community Relations
The Attorney General’s Office today identified the decedent and the officers involved in a fatal police-involved shooting, in which an officer was injured, on March 8, 2024 in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The decedent has been identified as Vincent Correa, 44, of Hamilton.
Mar 20, 2024 | 2021 Gubernatorial Primary | Campaign Manager | Election Offenses | Gubernatorial Candidate | Hunterdon County | Indictment | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Estiben Alegria-Hurtado, 42, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, who was fatally shot by an officer from the Elizabeth Police Department on July 29, 2023.
Mar 19, 2024 | 2021 Gubernatorial Primary | Campaign Manager | Election Offenses | Gubernatorial Candidate | Hunterdon County | Indictment | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability announced today that a political campaign manager from Hunterdon County has been indicted after allegedly attempting to fraudulently place a candidate on the Democratic primary ballot in the 2021 race for New Jersey governor.
Feb 28, 2024 | Corruption Bureau | forged signatures | illegitimate building permits | Indictment | OPIA | Paterson | Paterson City Building Permits | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced a state grand jury has voted to indict a Paterson housing and zoning inspector as well as an accomplice, charging them for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to accept money in exchange for illegitimate building permits bearing forged signatures, purported to be issued by the City of Paterson.