Nov 15, 2017 | Press Release
TRENTON – Taking direct action to address an issue that in large measure has informed the national debate concerning police use of force and social justice, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced today the launch of SAFE STOP, a new statewide...
Nov 14, 2017 | Press Release
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that Jose “Joey” Torres, the former mayor of Paterson, N.J, was sentenced to prison today for directing that city employees perform work at a private warehouse leased by his daughter and...
Nov 13, 2017 | Press Release
NEWARK – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that a Burlington County family physician has been temporarily suspended from practice amid allegations he prescribed hundreds of opioid pain pills – up...
Nov 9, 2017 | Press Release
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Division on Civil Rights announced today that a Passaic County restaurant must pay a total of $80,000 to seven employees and ex-employees to resolve allegations it fostered a daily climate of unlawful...
Nov 6, 2017 | Press Release
TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced today that three defendants were sentenced to state prison for trafficking a girl, 16, from New York to New Jersey and making her work as a prostitute in the prostitution ring they operated, which...
Nov 6, 2017 | Press Release
TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a Middlesex County man was sentenced to state prison today for distributing child pornography on the internet. The charges were the result of an investigation by the New Jersey Division of Criminal...
