NEWARK, NJ — Attorney Gen. Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a suspended code enforcement officer for Newark pleaded guilty Oct. 8 to taking bribes from a man seeking to operate an after-hours social club. Tajji Williams, 43, of Newark, was on trial before an Essex County jury when he decided to plead guilty. Williams pleaded […]
TRENTON, NJ — On Sept. 25, Attorney Gen. Gurbir S. Grewal joined a coalition of attorneys general in suing the federal government to challenge new rules that would significantly weaken the Endangered Species Act, the nation’s decades-old conservation law protecting threatened and endangered wildlife, according to a press release from the AG’s office. The multistate […]
NEWARK, NJ — Richard M. Roberts and Gerald M. Saluti Jr., attorneys who formerly operated a Newark law firm, were sentenced Sept. 19 for stealing thousands of dollars from clients of his firm, N.J. Attorney Gen. Gurbir Grewal announced. Roberts, 81, of Bloomfield, was sentenced to five years of probation, conditional upon performance of 270 […]
NEWARK, NJ — New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against a plant in the Ironbound section of Newark that is allegedly responsible for multiple community complaints of “putrid” and nausea-inducing odors, including “animal carcass odors,” according to a Sept. 19 press release from Attorney Gen. Gurbir Grewal and the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection. The […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — An investment broker from Livingston was sentenced to prison Sept. 13 for stealing $270,283 from an elderly couple by deceiving them into investing in a fictitious investment program, according to a press release from N.J. Attorney Gen. Gurbir Grewal. Michael Alan Siegel, 62, of Livingston, was sentenced to three years in state […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The owner of an Irvington transportation company has been ordered to pay a former employee $258,000 after the owner was found to have committed “egregious” sexual harassment of the woman and to have fired her as retaliation after she filed a complaint against him with the Division on Civil Rights, according to […]
TRENTON, NJ — On Aug. 15, Attorney Gen. Gurbir S. Grewal issued the nation’s first statewide directive to law enforcement implementing an “extreme risk” gun safety law. The directive, which applies to all 36,000 law enforcement officers in New Jersey, will make it easier for officers to keep firearms away from individuals who present a […]
NEWARK, NJ — The N.J. Attorney General’s Shooting Response Task Force is conducting an investigation of a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred early in the morning on Aug. 24 in Newark when police pursued a vehicle that subsequently crashed into the car driven by the victim, fatally injuring him. According to the preliminary investigation, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — According to state Attorney Gen. Gurbir Grewal, Mayor Tony Vauss and Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers, the township suffered its fourth homicide of the year Thursday, Aug. 8. The incident involved the death of one victim in addition to the death of the shooter, who was killed by Irvington police officers at […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Aug. 6, Attorney Gen. Gurbir S. Grewal took steps to protect the physical and emotional well-being of New Jersey law enforcement officers by ensuring they are provided with the tools they need to cope with the unique stressors of their jobs. Addressing a rise in reported police suicides nationwide, Grewal issued […]