Apr 22, 2025 | "Newark Set" | “Double ii – Queen Street Blood Gang” (Double ii) | “Exit 5 | “Passion | ” “Body Bag | ” “Route 21 | 200 block of North 9th Street | advisors | assault firearms | assaults | Board of Social Work Examiners | cocaine | Conspiracy | criminal organizations | DCJ Major Threats Division (North) | detectives | distributors of controlled dangerous substances (CDS) | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | drug offenses | enforcers | fentanyl | heroin | Illegal drug trafficking | intimidation | luger | maintaining gang discipline | Newark | Newark Police Department | Newark Police Division’s Intelligence Unit | NJSP | open-air drug market | Racketeering | semi-automatic rifle | shootings | supervisors | territory | violence | Violent Drug Gang | weapons offenses | Battling the Opioid Epidemic | Combating Gun Violence | Division of Law | Fighting the Opioid Crisis | Gun Violence | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that 26 people have been charged for their alleged roles in an enterprise that used violence and intimidation to operate an open-air drug market in Newark.
Mar 12, 2025 | Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office (BCPO) | cash deposits | cocaine | Corruption Bureau | evading a transaction reporting requirement | evidence vault | fentanyl | filing a fraudulent tax return | Financial facilitation of criminal activity | Indictment | lieutenant | narcotics | NJSP Laboratory | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Official Misconduct | Pattern of official misconduct | possession of a controlled dangerous substance | Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance | removed and tampered with drug evidence | seized illegal drugs | Special Victims Unit | Structuring one or more transactions | Tampering with Physical Evidence | Tampering with public records or information | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced a state grand jury has indicted a suspended Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office (BCPO) lieutenant after he allegedly removed and tampered with drug evidence, including cocaine and fentanyl, on multiple occasions.
May 8, 2023 | “Operation 293 Flip” | cocaine | Crystal Meth | DCJ Gangs and Organized Crime Bureau North Unit | gun trafficking | heroin | Illegal Activity | Illegal Guns | Investigations | NJSP Weapons Trafficking North Unit | Paterson | PPD Narcotics Unit | Battling the Opioid Epidemic | Division of Criminal Justice | Fighting the Opioid Crisis | New Jersey State Police | NJ CARES | Press Release
For Immediate Release: May 8, 2023 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralNew Jersey State Police- Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, SuperintendentDivision of Criminal Justice- Pearl Minato, DirectorPaterson Police Department- Frederick Fife,...
Oct 24, 2022 | "Operation Drive-Through" | AR-15s | cocaine | Drug Distribution Ring | handguns | heroin | Investigation | Newark | Division of Criminal Justice | Fighting the Opioid Crisis | NJ CARES | Press Release
8-Month Investigation Led to Seizure of AR-15s, Handguns, Heroin & Cocaine For Immediate Release: October 24, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- Pearl Minato, Director For Further Information:...
Nov 1, 2021 | “Operation Park and Pennington” | cocaine | Crack Cocaine | Gangs | heroin | Illegal Guns | Large Capacity Magazines | oxycodone | Pennigton | Percocet | Xanax | Division of Criminal Justice | Gun Violence | Press Release
Six handguns, 800 rounds of ammunition, and six large-capacity magazines seized in “Operation Park and Pennington” For Immediate Release: November 1, 2021 Office of The Attorney General- Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal JusticeLyndsay V....
