Apr 28, 2025 | A-1 Elegant Tours | American Star Transportation LLC | anticorruption profiteering penalty | decade-long ban from doing business with the State | Eastern Star Transportation | false representations for a government contract | Guilty Plea | hiring practices | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Paterson Bus Company | safety of its bus fleet | school buses | second-degree crime | six-figure penalty | Unqualified Drivers | Child Protection | Consumer Protection | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced that a Paterson school bus company pleaded guilty to a second-degree crime, and agreed to pay a six-figure penalty and face a decade-long ban from doing business with the State, after it put unqualified drivers behind the wheels of school buses and deceived school districts about its hiring practices and the safety of its bus fleet.
Mar 4, 2025 | "No Bill" | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Brook Hollow Drive | cyclist death | Evidence | Fatal Crash | Grand Jury | Hackettstown | Hackettstown Medical Center | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Long Valley | New Jersey State Police | NJSP | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | testimony | Willow Grove Street | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of a cyclist who died following a February 5, 2024 crash in Hackettstown, New Jersey, involving a member of the New Jersey State Police (NJSP).
Feb 4, 2025 | 2022 mayor election | former paterson mayor | mayor torres | mayor torres sentenced | mayoral campaign | OPIA | Election Integrity | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced that the former mayor of Paterson, Jose “Joey” Torres, has been sentenced in connection with his 2022 campaign to retake the mayor’s seat, in violation of a 2017 judicial order banning him from running for or holding public office.
Jan 24, 2025 | corruption profiteering penalties | crashes | drug problems | East Hanover | East Orange-based F&A Transportation Inc. | Essex County Criminal Division | Essex County School Bus Company | false representation for a government contract | improper licenses | New Jersey Superior Court | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Official Misconduct | OPIA | pretrial intervention program | prison | risking the lives of children | Sentencing | Tampering with public records or information | Unqualified Drivers | 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 the sentencing of the owner of an Essex County-based school bus company that failed to perform drug tests and background checks on drivers — one of whom later crashed — as well as operating unsafe buses and trying to cover up the misconduct.
Jan 10, 2025 | conspiring to commit official misconduct (3rd degree) | forgery (3rd degree) | Guilty Plea | improperly and unlawfully obtained permits | landscaping and underground oil storage tank removal company | mayor of Clark Township | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | removing hundreds of underground tanks | Salvatore Bonaccorso | submission of false and fraudulent permit applications | Superior Court | Union County | use of employees for private business | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Bonaccorso Forfeits His Position as Mayor and Is Barred from Any Future Public Office or Employment For Immediate Release: January 10, 2025 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner,...
