Feb 4, 2025 | 2022 mayor election | former paterson mayor | mayor torres | mayor torres sentenced | mayoral campaign | OPIA | Election Integrity | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced that the former mayor of Paterson, Jose “Joey” Torres, has been sentenced in connection with his 2022 campaign to retake the mayor’s seat, in violation of a 2017 judicial order banning him from running for or holding public office.
Jan 24, 2025 | corruption profiteering penalties | crashes | drug problems | East Hanover | East Orange-based F&A Transportation Inc. | Essex County Criminal Division | Essex County School Bus Company | false representation for a government contract | improper licenses | New Jersey Superior Court | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Official Misconduct | OPIA | pretrial intervention program | prison | risking the lives of children | Sentencing | Tampering with public records or information | Unqualified Drivers | 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 the sentencing of the owner of an Essex County-based school bus company that failed to perform drug tests and background checks on drivers — one of whom later crashed — as well as operating unsafe buses and trying to cover up the misconduct.
Jan 10, 2025 | conspiring to commit official misconduct (3rd degree) | forgery (3rd degree) | Guilty Plea | improperly and unlawfully obtained permits | landscaping and underground oil storage tank removal company | mayor of Clark Township | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | removing hundreds of underground tanks | Salvatore Bonaccorso | submission of false and fraudulent permit applications | Superior Court | Union County | use of employees for private business | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Bonaccorso Forfeits His Position as Mayor and Is Barred from Any Future Public Office or Employment For Immediate Release: January 10, 2025 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner,...
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 22, 2024 | 68th Street | 911 Call | Bellevue Avenue | disturbance | Fatal Police Encounter | Guttenberg | Guttenberg Police Department | Hudson County | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office has identified the decedent and the officer involved in a death following a foot pursuit that occurred on November 12, 2024, in Guttenberg, Hudson County, New Jersey.
