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Auto Parts Company to Pay $75,000 to Settle Allegations It Discriminated on Basis of Race, Age in Hiring Delivery Drivers
In addition to the money it will pay former delivery driver applicant Anthony Sturgis, who is African-American and in his 50s, Continental Auto Parts will pay a total of another $20,000 to four other driver applicants who also were not hired by the company. The four...
Division of Highway Traffic Safety Urges Motorists and Pedestrians to Share Safety Responsibility for Busy Thanksgiving Travel Period
“Heading home for Thanksgiving is as much a tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie,” said Attorney General Porrino. “We want everyone to stay safe while traveling to and from holiday gatherings with friends and family.”As one of the busiest travel...
New Jersey Board of Nursing Temporarily Suspends the Certifications of Two Certified Homemaker-Home Health Aides Following Their Arrests on Criminal Charges Involving Patients
Robin L. Frye, of Newark, is charged with sexual assault by force or coercion and related offenses for allegedly engaging in sexual contact with an elderly female patient who resided at the nursing facility where he worked. Dionne Eke, of Lawrence Township, is charged...
State Employee Charged with Allegedly Using State-Issued Computer to View Child Pornography at Work – He allegedly had over 100 files of child pornography stored on disks and a thumb drive at his desk
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a suspended employee of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development was arrested today on charges that he used his state computer to search for and view child pornography. He...
Morris County Oral Surgeon Linked to 15 Cases of Bacterial Endocarditis Agrees to Continued Suspension Until His Case is Heard by an Administrative Law Judge
NEWARK – Oral surgeon Dr. John Vecchione, whose Budd Lake office has been linked to 15 cases of bacterial endocarditis, yesterday agreed to the continued suspension of his license pending final disposition of the State’s allegations that his failure to...