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AG Platkin: Suspended Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Lieutenant Indicted After He Allegedly Removed and Tampered with Drugs Held in the Evidence Vault

Mar 12, 2025 | Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office (BCPO) | cash deposits | cocaine | Corruption Bureau | evading a transaction reporting requirement | evidence vault | fentanyl | filing a fraudulent tax return | Financial facilitation of criminal activity | Indictment | lieutenant | narcotics | NJSP Laboratory | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Official Misconduct | Pattern of official misconduct | possession of a controlled dangerous substance | Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance | removed and tampered with drug evidence | seized illegal drugs | Special Victims Unit | Structuring one or more transactions | Tampering with Physical Evidence | Tampering with public records or information | 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 indicted a suspended Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office (BCPO) lieutenant after he allegedly removed and tampered with drug evidence, including cocaine and fentanyl, on multiple occasions.