Mar 13, 2025 | Atlantic County man | Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office | BaldysRUS | controlled dangerous substances (CDS) | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | drug-induced death | fatal overdoses | fentanyl | juveniles | methamphetamine | No Early Release Act (N.E.R.A.) | Pennsylvania State Police | Percocet | prison | Sentencing | strict-liability statute | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that an Atlantic County man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in providing fentanyl that resulted in two juveniles fatally overdosing on the drug.
Mar 13, 2025 | automated bulk expungement | Expungement processing | mediation | New Jersey State Police (NJSP) | New Jersey Supreme Court | Office of the Public Defender (OPD) | second chance | technology | timelines | New Jersey State Police | Press Release
Governor Phil Murphy, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the New Jersey State Police (NJSP), and the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) announced the terms of an agreement in principle to resolve ongoing class action litigation regarding the timely processing of judicial orders expunging records associated with arrests and convictions for certain low-level offenses
Mar 13, 2025 | “total shutdown” | Arizona | California | civil rights | college and university students | Colorado | Connecticut | court order | critical resources | Delaware | Discrimination | Executive Branch | families | financial aid | Hawaii | Higher Education | Illinois | K-12 | Lawsuit | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | no legal authority | Oregon | personnel | quality education | resources | Rhode Island | rural communities | Sexual Assault | Students | teachers | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. Department of Education | unconstitutional | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration to stop the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education.
Mar 12, 2025 | (Central Region) | (Northern Region) | (Southern Region) | ammunition | Annandale | avoid bank reporting requirements | Bayville | Browns Mills | Burlington County | Corrections Staff Training Academy | Corruption Bureau | cumberland county | Hunterdon County | Maurice River | Mercer County | Monmouth County | New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) lieutenant | New Jersey State Police Corruption Bureau | Ocean County | Office of Public Integrity & Accountability (OPIA) | Official Misconduct | Range Master | sea Girt | Special Investigations Division | Special Operations Group Headquarters in Trenton | stole state-owned ammunition | structuring financial transactions | theft | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity & Accountability (OPIA) announced the filing of criminal charges against a New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) lieutenant who served as NJDOC’s Range Master, after he allegedly stole state-owned ammunition from NJDOC and sold it for hundreds of thousands of dollars of profit.
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.
