Press Releases : Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ)

Twenty-Six People Charged for Roles in Violent Drug Gang Operating in Newark

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.

Monmouth County Woman Admits Theft of $4 Million from Employer, Tax Fraud

Apr 14, 2025 | bookkeeper | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | exchange for a recommended sentence | failure to pay income taxes | fraudulent tax returns | gambling habit | Guilty Plea | Monmouth County | South Brunswick | stolen money | tax fraud | theft from employer | theft of movable property | West End Express Co. | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that a Monmouth County woman admitted to stealing approximately $4,000,000 from her employer and failing to pay taxes on the stolen money.

AG Platkin Announces Charges Against 39 Defendants – Including Members and Associates of the Lucchese Crime Family – for Racketeering, Gambling, Money Laundering, and Other Offenses

Apr 11, 2025 | backroom poker games | Basking Ridge | Belleville | Cedar Grove | criminal enterprises | criminal usury | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | Dover | East Hanover | Edgewater | Florham Park | Gambling | gambling machines | gambling offenses | Garfield | Haworth | illegal gambling proceeds | illegal online sportsbook | illegal poker games | Investigation | island heights | Lincoln Park | Lincroft | Little Falls | Longwood Florida | Lucchese Crime Family | Money Laundering | Montvale | New Jersey State Police (NJSP) | North haledon | Paterson | Prospect Park councilman | Racketeering | Red Bank | Saddle Brook | shell corporations | Spring Lake | Totowa | Wayne | West Caldwell | West New York | Woodland Park | Division of Criminal Justice | New Jersey State Police | Press Release

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) announced that 39 people – including a Prospect Park councilman and members of the Lucchese Crime Family – have been charged with racketeering, gambling offenses, money laundering, and other crimes, after law enforcement executed search warrants at 12 locations throughout North Jersey earlier this week.

Attorney General Platkin Announces Recent Arrests Related to Child Sexual Abuse Materials

Mar 27, 2025 | arrests | Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office | attempted aggravated sexual assault | Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office | Bordentown | Brooklyn | Burlington County | Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office | Camden County Prosecutor's Office | Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office | Chester Pennsylvania | Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM) | Clifton | County Prosecutors’ Offices | Cream Ridge | Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office | DCJ Cyber Crimes Bureau | Department of Homeland Security Investigations | distribution and manufacturing of CSAM | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | endangering the welfare of children | enhanced collaboration between local state and federal law enforcement agencies | Essex County Prosecutor’s Office | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office | Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office | human trafficking | Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office | luring | Manasquan | Megan's Law | Mercer County Prosecutor's Office | Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office | Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office | Morris County Prosecutor’s Office | New Egypt | New Jersey ICAC Task Force | New Jersey State Police (NJSP) | New Jersey State Police New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice | Newark | No Early Release Act | Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office | Parole Supervision | Passaic County Sheriff's Office | Phillipsburg | Possession | possession of CSAM | possession of hollow-point bullets | predatory activity online | residential search warrant | Salem County Prosecutor’s Office | sexually assaulting a child | Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office | St. Petersburg Florida | State Prison | Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office | undercover officer | Union Beach | Union County Prosecutor's Office | unlawful possession of a handgun | Warren County Prosecutor's Office | Williamstown | Child Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | New Jersey State Police | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) announced the arrests of two individuals charged with Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM) related offenses this week.

Atlantic County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Providing Illegal Drugs That Led to Deaths of Two Teenagers

Mar 13, 2025 | Atlantic County man | Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office | BaldysRUS | controlled dangerous substances (CDS) | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | drug-induced death | fatal overdoses | fentanyl | juveniles | methamphetamine | No Early Release Act (N.E.R.A.) | Pennsylvania State Police | Percocet | prison | Sentencing | strict-liability statute | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that an Atlantic County man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in providing fentanyl that resulted in two juveniles fatally overdosing on the drug.

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