Mar 11, 2024 | Former SDNY Federal Prosecutor | Office of Public Integ | OPIA | Retirement | Thomas J. Eicher | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Former SDNY Federal Prosecutor and Current Senior Counsel to the AG, Drew Skinner, named as Incoming Executive Director.
Mar 9, 2024 | Fatal Police-Involved Shooting | Hamilton | Investigation | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on March 8, 2024, in Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey.
Mar 8, 2024 | concealing misconduct | Essex County | failing to perform background checks | failing to perform drug tests | Guilty Plea | hiring unqualified drivers | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | operating unsafe buses | OPIA | School Bus Company | Child Protection | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Policing Policy | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced today that an Essex County-based school bus company and one of its owners pleaded guilty, after hiring unqualified drivers, failing to perform drug tests and background checks, operating unsafe buses, and attempting to conceal their misconduct.
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.
Feb 20, 2024 | "No Bill" | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident | Grand Jury | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Long Branch | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges against a Long Branch police officer at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding a fatal vehicle collision on August 14, 2023.
