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Attorney General Announces Launch of SAFE STOP Campaign Aimed at Preventing Conflict in Police-Civilian Encounters – Participants Include Superstar Shaquille O'Neal, Top NFL Player Jessie Armstead
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...
Former Paterson Mayor Torres Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Using On-Duty City Workers to Renovate Warehouse Leased by His Relatives – Three co-defendants also were sentenced today in investigation by Attorney General's Office
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...
State Medical Board Temporarily Suspends License of Burlington County Family Physician for Allegedly Indiscriminately Prescribing Opioid Painkillers to Patients for Years
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...
Attorney General, Division on Civil Rights Announce $110,000 Settlement of Charges that Restaurant Tolerated Sexual Harassment, Racism
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...
Three Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking 16-Year-Old Girl from New York to New Jersey for Prostitution – Defendants were charged in investigation by Attorney General's Office and South Hackensack Police
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...