Oct 30, 2024 | aggravated assault | Beachwood | Burlington County | Chesterfield | Correctional police officers | Cover-up | False reports | falsifying or tampering with records | five senior corrections officers | forced cell extraction | forceful removal | Garden State Youth Correctional Facility | improper or excessive use of force | Indictment | infirmary | inhaler | Inmate | New Egypt | New Jersey Department of Corrections(DOC) | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Official Misconduct | OPIA | OPIA Corruption Bureau | oxygen | pepper spraying | Senior Corrections Officer Christopher Toth | Senior Corrections Officer Mark Sadlowski Jr. | Senior Corrections Officer Michael Ambrozaitis | Senior Corrections Officer Michael Gaines | Senior Corrections Officer Raymond Quinones | sergeant | Sewell | Sgt. Michael Emmert | Southampton | Special Investigations Division (SID) | Tampering with Public Records | Toms River | Willingboro | 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 a state grand jury has voted to file charges against six correctional police officers in connection with the 2020 assault of an inmate at the New Jersey Department of Corrections’ (DOC) Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Burlington County.
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.
Oct 1, 2024 | Bridgeton Station | Corruption Bureau | Death in Custody | Indictment | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Official Misconduct | 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 Daniel King, 30, of Millville, New Jersey, who died following an encounter with New Jersey State Police (NJSP) troopers on July 9, 2023.
Sep 30, 2024 | abuse of public resources | City Commissioner | Corruption Bureau | fraudulently participation in the State Health Benefits Program | health-benefits fraud | illegally obtaining benefits | Indictment | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Official Misconduct | OPIA | theft by unlawful taking | Wildwood Mayor | 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 that former Wildwood pleaded guilty to fraudulently participating in the State Health Benefits Program
Jun 14, 2024 | corruption investigation | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Official Misconduct | OPIA | Political Retribution | SJTA | South Jersey Transit Authority | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced criminal charges have been filed against two members of the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) Board of Commissioners, after they allegedly colluded to block payments to an engineering firm as political retaliation in connection with a feud between a South Jersey Democratic Party leader and a Mercer County Commissioner.
