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.
Jan 15, 2025 | 400 investigators | Acting Mercer County Prosecutor | Chief of Staff | criminal justice policy initiatives | Deputy Solicitor General | detectives | Division of Criminal Justice | firearms safety issues | Human Trafficking Unit | Law and Public Safety | Leadership Changes | LPS | New Jersey Resiliency Program for Law Enforcement | professional personnel | Prosecutors | Senior Counsel to the Attorney General | The Office of the Attorney General | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that Deputy Director Theresa Hilton will become the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) when J. Stephen Ferketic leaves the office later this month to pursue a leadership position in the private sector. Attorney General Platkin also announced that Assistant Attorney General Sara Quigley will assume the Chief of Staff position, a position vacated late last year.
