ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced on June 16 that five defendants were indicted on charges that they conspired to operate a Newark-based stolen-automobile–trafficking ring that fenced stolen luxury vehicles. They were charged in an investigation by the New Jersey State Police Motor Vehicle Crimes North Unit and the New Jersey […]
TRENTON, NJ — On June 3, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced a wave of 35 indictments secured by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice in just over two months charging numerous defendants with illegal gun trafficking and/or possession of illicit weapons, including untraceable ghost guns, assault rifles and outlawed large-capacity ammunition magazines. Ghost […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced May 17 that a suspended detective in the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office was indicted that same day for installing a GPS tracking device on a civilian’s vehicle without obtaining the required warrant from a judge or departmental authorization. Timothy Kealy, 27, of Bloomfield, was indicted […]
TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced April 29 that New Jersey and other states have reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical company Indivior plc and its subsidiary Indivior Inc. to settle allegations that Indivior falsely and aggressively marketed and otherwise promoted the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone, resulting in improper expenditures of […]
TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced April 29 that the Juvenile Justice Commission, in conjunction with the governor’s Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee, has awarded 14 grants totaling $233,000 to police departments, schools and nonprofit organizations across the state to expand summer programs for at-risk youth. The grants provide organizations already […]
TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced April 29 that an alleged local leader of the Latin Kings street gang and eight inmates allegedly under his command in various correctional facilities — including Northern State Prison in Newark and New Jersey State Prison in Trenton — have been charged with forming a “hit […]
TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal issued guidance on April 20 on interactions between law enforcement and the news media during protest events in New Jersey designed to address critical issues of free speech, freedom of the press and public safety. The guidance reflects the priorities of a working group formed by Grewal […]
NEWARK, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced March 18 a first-of-its-kind settlement with a ghost gun company that the attorney general and New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs sued over the company’s advertising and marketing of ghost guns to New Jersey residents and delivery of an assault firearms kit to a New Jersey buyer. […]
TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced that a suspended senior correctional police officer at Northern State Prison was indicted March 17 on charges, including official misconduct for falsifying a New Jersey Department of Corrections record to conceal his membership in an outlaw motorcycle gang. The Office of Public Integrity and Accountability obtained a […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced March 2 that a Montclair man has been arrested for attempting to lure a boy under the age of 16 for sex and sending child sexual abuse materials via social media to persons he believed were underage. Keith F. Matheis, 67, of Montclair, was arrested March 1 […]