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Former Waldwick Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Stealing $313,000 in Disability Pension Payments by Falsely Claiming Disability While Working as Sheriff’s Officer in Georgia
John Robert Marion, 44, of Valdosta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to a charge of third-degree theft by deception before Superior Court Judge Peter E. Warshaw in Mercer County. Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that Marion be sentenced to up to 364...
New Jersey Consumer Affairs Cites 62 Home Improvement Contractors for More Than $1 Million in Consumer Restitution and Civil Penalties in Third Quarter of 2015
The notices, issued in the third quarter of 2015, are part of the Division’s vigilant efforts to police the home improvement marketplace to protect consumers from disreputable contractors.“Complaints about home improvement contracts are consistently among...
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Obtains $2.6 Million Default Judgment Against South Jersey Pool Contractor for Violations of the Consumer Fraud Act
Consumers who paid for in-ground pools that either were not built or not completed, or had unresolved quality of work issues, are owed a collective $277,550 in restitution, under terms of the Final Order on Default issued by Superior Court Judge Mark Sandson. About 15...
State Grand Jury Returns “No Bill” in Non-Fatal Police-Involved Shooting of Juvenile in Trenton
The shooting was investigated by the Attorney General’s Shooting Response Team, made up of attorneys and detectives from the Division of Criminal Justice and detectives from the State Police Major Crime Unit. After hearing testimony and evidence from the...
Lawyer Indicted on Charges that He Stole $96,000 from a Client and the Client’s Estate
The Division of Criminal Justice Financial & Computer Crimes Bureau today obtained a state grand jury indictment charging Joseph J. Talafous Jr., 53, of Toms River, with second-degree counts of theft by deception and misapplication of entrusted property.Between...