Jan 30, 2025 | Acting Essex County Prosecutor | Acting Sussex County Prosecutor | Carolyn Murray | Chief of the Public Protection Unit | Conviction Review Unit (CRU) | Counsel to the Acting Prosecutor | Essex County | Family Court Judge | First Assistant Prosecutor | Major Crimes and the Special Victims units | McGuire & Wachenfeld | Morris County | Newark | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | public service | Retirement | Rutgers University | Sahil K. Kabse | Seton Hall University School of Law | state and federal prosecutor | Superior Court Judge | Tompkins | U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey | Violent Crime Coordinator | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray is retiring February 1, 2025, after a long career of outstanding public service in a variety of roles.
Jan 29, 2025 | 2020 Porsche 911 | Audi RS Q8 | Auto Theft | Bay Head | BMW-X3 | Bronx | Criminal Justice Data Dashboard | designer clothes | East Orange | Essex County | Home Invasion | key fobs | loaded firearm | Mercedes Benz G-Wagon | Monmouth County | Motor Vehicle Crimes North Unit | New York | Newark | Ocean County | Office of Justice Data | purses | Range Rover | Residential Burglary Ring | resisting arrest | sea Girt | stolen motor vehicles | the New Jersey State Police | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that a Newark man has been charged in connection with his role in an auto theft and home burglary ring.
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.
