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Middlesex Man Pleads Guilty to Masterminding Auto Theft Ring Targeting Cars Sold on Craigslist – Eight Others Admit Guilt in Network that Stole 10 Vehicles Worth Nearly $250K
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced today that a Middlesex man has pleaded guilty to being a ringleader of an organized auto-theft network that preyed on people selling their...
Former Deputy Director of Public Works in North Bergen Pleads Guilty to Ordering Municipal Employees to Perform Political Errands Using Township Vehicles While Being Paid by the Township
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that Timothy Grossi, former deputy director of the North Bergen Department of Public Works (DPW), pleaded guilty today to a charge that he ordered subordinate employees to run political errands while...
Division of Criminal Justice Releases Findings of Investigation of Officer's Use of Deadly Force in Standoff with Shooter in Trenton – Alleged shooter, Tyleeb Blake-Reese, is charged with murder in death of bystander Robert L. Powell Jr.
TRENTON – In compliance with the Attorney General’s Directive on Police-Use-of-Force Investigations, this public statement is being issued on the findings of an investigation into an officer’s use of deadly force during an encounter in May with...
State Moves to Revoke License of Warren County Doctor Allegedly Paid by Drug Maker to Prescribe “Subsys,” a Highly Restricted Form of Fentanyl Painkiller
NEWARK – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the State is seeking to revoke the license of a Warren County doctor who allegedly accepted more than $136,000 from a drug maker while indiscriminately...
Attorney General Porrino: New Jersey to Receive $4.1 Million From Multi-State Settlement with GM Over Deadly Defect
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced today that New Jersey will receive $4.1 million as part of a multi-state settlement with General Motors (GM) that resolves allegations the company failed to disclose a deadly ignition switch defect that...