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AG Hoffman and AG Schneiderman Announce Arrest of Alleged Paterson Drug Dealer on First-Degree Charge That He Supplied the Fentanyl-Laced Heroin That Killed a Man in New York State – Multi-state investigation facilitated by the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Heroin Task Force results in defendant being charged under New Jersey’s strict liability for drug-induced death law
Shawn Flemmings, 33, of Paterson, was arrested without incident today on a warrant by members of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice and the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, who stopped him in a car in Paterson. He is being held in the Passaic County...
Bloomfield Councilman Charged with Taking $15,000 Bribe
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a Bloomfield Township councilman has been arrested on a charge that he solicited and accepted a bribe of $15,000 from a business owner, promising the owner that he would use his position on the...
Man Indicted for Allegedly Threatening to Kidnap Girl, 13, to Coerce Her into Sending Him Sexually Explicit Photos Of Herself – Craig L. Wyatt of Willingboro Previously Was Convicted Of Stalking Young Girls on Facebook
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman today announced that a Burlington County, N.J., man has been indicted by a state grand jury on multiple counts of extortion and first-degree manufacturing child pornography for allegedly stalking a 13-year-old...
New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners Suspends Medical License of Middlesex Neurologist Charged With Improperly Touching Female Patient During Exams
NEWARK – A Committee of the State Board of Medical Examiners (BME) has ordered the temporary suspension of the medical license of Dr. Farooq Rehman, a Middlesex neurologist accused of improperly touching a female patient during two separate examinations at his...
Nine U.S. Postal Workers Indicted on Charges they Stole Nearly $50,000 by Fraudulently Collecting Unemployment Benefits While Employed
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that nine current and former U.S. Postal Service employees have been indicted on charges that they stole a total of nearly $50,000 by fraudulently collecting unemployment insurance benefits while...