Dec 16, 2024 | Corrections Officers | Death in Custody | Fatal Police Encounter | Inmate | Investigation | Newark | Northern State Prison | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) is investigating the death in custody of an inmate, who had been incarcerated at Northern State Prison in Newark, following an encounter with correctional police officers on December 3, 2024.
Nov 15, 2024 | Body Worn Cameras | Clinton Place | Hawthorne Avenue | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Investigation | Newark | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Police Shooting | Porsche Macan | stolen vehicle | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office released footage from police body-worn cameras relating to the non-fatal shooting of an adult male, on August 12, 2024.
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.
Oct 22, 2024 | (WCPA) | AB Trading Enterprises and 959- 961 Clinton Avenue Associates | Administrative Orders and Notices of Civil Administrative Penalty Assessments (AONOCAPAs) | Clinton Avenue Associates hazardous substances | Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) | enforce environmental law | Enforcement Actions | environmental justice (EJ) settlement | Environmental Justice Enforcement Actions | four lawsuits | Hawk's Auto | Inc. | Irvington | limited English proficiency populations | Long Branch | low-income | minority | New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law | Newark | overburdened communities | residential neighborhood | Rivers Edge Mall | Sharlin Properties LLC | Solid Waste Management Act (SWMA) | Trenton | Water Pollution Control Act | Yer Gas | Department of Environmental Protection | Environmental Justice | Press Release | Securing Environmental Justice
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced one environmental justice (EJ) settlement as well as the filing of four lawsuits to enforce environmental law in and around communities considered overburdened under New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law.
Oct 3, 2024 | Abuse of Two Minors | aggravated criminal sexual contact | attempted aggravated sexual assault | Caseworker | Division of Child Protection and Permanency | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | endangering the welfare of children by impairing or debauching the morals of a child | Georgia | Homeland Security Investigations | Indictment | luring | New Jersey | New Jersey State Police (NJSP) | Newark | NJSP Internet Crimes Against Children Unit | Official Misconduct | Savannah | Sexual Assault | sexual assault (2nd degree) | Child Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) announced the indictment of an ex-caseworker for the New Jersey Department of Children and Family Services’ Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP), for his alleged sexual abuse of two children.
