Press Releases : State Grand Jury

State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Officers in Connection with Fatal Police-Involved Shooting in Paterson on March 3, 2023

Mar 18, 2025 | "No Bill" | “pocket rocket” | 911 Call | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | autopsy results | ballistics reports | Body Worn Cameras | BWC footage | deliberations | Emergency Response Team (ERT) | Evidence | fatal police-involved shooting death | hospital-based violence intervention organization | Independent Prosecutor Directive of 2019 | internal affairs investigations | knives | less than lethal sponge tipped projectiles | medical examiner | Mill Street | Najee Seabrooks | no criminal charges | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Paterson | Paterson Healing Collective | Paterson Police Department | Paterson Police Department (PPD) | patrol supervisors | photographs | revisions to the law enforcement use-of-force policy | Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center | shift sergeants Paterson Fire Department emergency medical services (EMS) | State Grand Jury | statewide changes to crisis responses | trained crisis negotiators | trained negotiators | Video Footage | witness interviews | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity

Death of Najee Seabrooks Preceded Transformation of Paterson PD, Statewide Changes to Crisis Responses, Working Group to Establish Guidelines Between Community Based Violence Intervention Groups and Law Enforcement, and Use-of-Force Policy Revisions For Immediate...

State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Paterson Officers Following a Death in Custody at Paterson Police Headquarters on February 18, 2022

Dec 20, 2024 | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | autopsy | body-worn camera | Death in Custody | Independent Prosecutor Directive | medical records | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Paterson Police Department Headquarters | standard operating procedures (SOPs) | State Grand Jury | state medical examiner | surveillance footage | toxicology | 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 an individual from Paterson, New Jersey, who died on February 18, 2022, while in custody at the Paterson Police Department.

State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Cranford Officers in Fatal Shooting on the Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge, N.J.

Oct 25, 2024 | "No Bill" | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | autopsy results | ballistic testing results | Body Worn Cameras | Cranford Police Department | Exit 131 | Fatal Shooting | Garden State Parkway | Independent Prosecutor Directive | interviews with civilians | law enforcement personnel | mobile video recorders | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | photographs | State Grand Jury | Woodbridge | 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 a man from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, who was fatally shot on the Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge, New Jersey, during an encounter with members of the Cranford Police Department on December 28, 2023.

AG Platkin: Campaign Manager Sentenced for Efforts to Fraudulently Place Candidate on Ballot in 2021 Primary for N.J. Governor

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.

State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Police Sergeant Involved in Fatal Crash in Police Vehicle While on Duty in Atco, N.J., on November 23, 2023

Aug 12, 2024 | "No Bill" | Atco | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | audio of police radio communications | Berlin | body-worn camera | Fatal Police Crash | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Pedestrian Death | State Grand Jury | Waterford | White Horse Pike | 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 a man who was fatally struck by a police vehicle driven by an on-duty sergeant in the Atco section of Waterford, New Jersey, on November 23, 2023.

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