Apr 29, 2016 | Press Release
The indictment, which was returned late yesterday, stems from “Operation 17 Corridor,” a joint investigation led by the Division of Criminal Justice and the New Jersey State Police, with assistance from the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey...
Apr 29, 2016 | Press Release
Violent crime decreased 10 percent from 25,452 to 23,004, and murder dropped 12 percent from 401 to 354. Robbery and aggravated assault went down respectively 13 (from 12,087 to 10,492) and seven percent (from 12,090 to 11,208). Reports of various types of sex crimes,...
Apr 29, 2016 | Press Release
The bi-annual drug disposal day, sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), is part of an ongoing effort to battle the prescription drug and heroin addiction crisis plaguing the nation. With drug overdoses now the leading cause of accidental...
Apr 29, 2016 | Press Release
Jose O. Fortuna, 40, of Camden, was sentenced today to 14 ½ years in prison, including five years of parole ineligibility, by Superior Court Judge John T. Kelley in Camden. He pleaded guilty on March 22 to first-degree maintaining a heroin production facility,...
Apr 28, 2016 | Press Release
Dr. Amgad Hessein, who owned Advanced Pain Management Specialists in Newark, Union, Belleville, and South Orange, also must pay a $130,000 civil penalty, and reimburse the state $308,750 for its investigative and prosecuting costs, under the Board’s Final...
Apr 28, 2016 | Press Release
The multi-state agreement resolves allegations that Wyeth, which is based in Madison, Morris County, knowingly underpaid rebates it owed under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program for sales of its Protonix Oral tablets and Protonix IV between 2001 and 2006. Protonix Oral...
