Feb 7, 2025 | Banned for Life from Public Employment | Bonaccorso & Son LLC | Ex-Clark Mayor | New Jersey Superior Court | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | probation | Salvatore Bonaccorso | Sentencing | submitting fraudulent applications | taxpayer-funded resources | unlawfully obtain permits | using township employees to operate private business | 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 ex-mayor of Clark Township, Salvatore Bonaccorso, after he pleaded guilty to two crimes for using township employees to operate his private oil tank removal business and submitting fraudulent applications to various municipalities to unlawfully obtain permits for the tank removals.
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.
Oct 23, 2024 | act of violence | aggravated assault | assault | Body Worn Cameras | cumberland county | flashlight | Gibbstown | handcuffs | New Jersey State Police (NJSP) | New Jersey Superior Court | NJ State Trooper | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | punch | Sentencing | Upper Deerfield Township | New Jersey State Police | 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 a former New Jersey State Police (NJSP) trooper for a September 2022 assault in Cumberland County, in which he punched a woman in the face while holding a metal flashlight, as the victim was handcuffed in the back seat of a police vehicle.
Oct 18, 2024 | 2021 Primary for N.J. Governor | ballot | Campaign Manager | Democratic Primary Ballot | fraudulent nominating petitions | Fraudulently Placed Candidates | Indictment | Investigation | New Jersey State Department’s Division of Elections | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | p | Sentencing | State Grand Jury | 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 the sentencing of a campaign manager from Hunterdon County for attempting to fraudulently place a candidate on the Democratic primary ballot in the New Jersey governor’s race in 2021.
Feb 8, 2024 | Mobile Home Park | Salem County | Sentencing | State Police Detective | State Prison | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) today announced the sentencing of two Cumberland County men who opened fire at a NJSP detective during a confrontation at a Salem County mobile home park in April 2020.
