Apr 22, 2025 | "Newark Set" | “Double ii – Queen Street Blood Gang” (Double ii) | “Exit 5 | “Passion | ” “Body Bag | ” “Route 21 | 200 block of North 9th Street | advisors | assault firearms | assaults | Board of Social Work Examiners | cocaine | Conspiracy | criminal organizations | DCJ Major Threats Division (North) | detectives | distributors of controlled dangerous substances (CDS) | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | drug offenses | enforcers | fentanyl | heroin | Illegal drug trafficking | intimidation | luger | maintaining gang discipline | Newark | Newark Police Department | Newark Police Division’s Intelligence Unit | NJSP | open-air drug market | Racketeering | semi-automatic rifle | shootings | supervisors | territory | violence | Violent Drug Gang | weapons offenses | Battling the Opioid Epidemic | Combating Gun Violence | Division of Law | Fighting the Opioid Crisis | Gun Violence | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that 26 people have been charged for their alleged roles in an enterprise that used violence and intimidation to operate an open-air drug market in Newark.
Apr 16, 2025 | Combating Gun Violence | Division of Law | Gun Violence | Press Release
For Immediate Release: April 16, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- Theresa L. Hilton, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Matthew ReillyOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON – Attorney General...
Mar 26, 2025 | Arizona | Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | California | coalition of 23 attorneys general | Colorado | commonsense regulations | Connecticut | Delaware | Garland v. VanDerStok | Ghost Gun Regulations | Hawaii | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Northern Mariana Islands | Oregon | privately made firearms (PMFs) | Rhode Island | Supreme Court Ruling | threat to public safety | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | untraceable firearms | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin applauded the Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling in Garland v. VanDerStok upholding a federal government rule closing a loophole regulating ghost guns in the same way as conventional guns, in order to keep them from away from people who should not have them.
Mar 18, 2025 | civil lawsuit | Consent Order | East Hanover | Firearms | Gun Store | guns | Lawsuit | Legislature | mass shootings | person prohibited from possessing a firearm | Point Blank Guns and Ammo LLC | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement Office | Unlawful Sales | Unverified Buyers | valid firearms card or permit | Combating Gun Violence | Press Release | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the court-ordered settlement of a civil lawsuit against licensed firearms retailer Point Blank Guns and Ammo LLC for repeatedly selling gun-related products to undercover investigators without the buyer demonstrating that they could lawfully possess a firearm.
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.
Feb 19, 2025 | Beachwood | certain persons not to have weapons | Conspiracy | Division of Criminal Justice | drugs | Firearms | ghost guns | Gun Violence Reduction Task Force | illegal possession and distribution | manufacture transport disposition and defacement of a weapon | methamphetamine | New Jersey State Police’s Crime Suppression South Unit | Ocean County | possession of a controlled dangerous substance | possession of a defaced firearm | possession of a firearm without a serial number | possession of a handgun | possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine | possession of an assault firearm | possession of brass knuckles | possession of methamphetamine | Stafford Township Police Department | three counts of possession of a shotgun | transporting a manufactured firearm without a serial number | Whiting | Combating Gun Violence | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice announced that two Ocean County residents were indicted on charges of illegal possession and distribution of firearms and drugs.
