State of New Jersey

2008 News

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

5/21 - Three Members of Sex Money Murder Gang Plead Guilty to Dealing Drugs

5/20 - State Attorney General’s Office Charges Orange Mayor and Former Assemblyman Mims Hackett Jr. With Official Misconduct

5/20 - Attorney General Files Judgment Against Merck Resolving Investigation Into Marketing of Vioxx - New Jersey among 30 states sharing record $58 million settlement

5/20 - “Buck, the Buckle-Up Dog” Website Brings Educational Safety Program to Educators, Parents and Young People

5/19 - Defendant Agrees to Pay $275,000 to Settle Stock Fraud Lawsuit

5/19 - "Proms and Alcohol Don’t Mix" - Winner Announced in TV Public Service Announcement Contest

5/16 - Two Philadelphia Men Sentenced on Theft and Gambling Charges

5/16 - Two North Jersey Men Sentenced For Their Roles in Auto Theft Ring

5/16 - Attorney General Announces Arrest of Sex Offenders Surfing Social Networking Sites

5/16 - Man Sentenced to State Prison for Stealing $790,000 from Clients of His Red Bank Investment Firm

5/16 - Elizabeth Store Owner Charged with Using Stolen Vouchers to Collect More than $25,000 from Federal Child Nutrition Program

5/15 - Central Jersey Resident Pleads Guilty in Multi-State Stolen Property Ring and Fencing Operation

5/15 - 2008 “Click It or Ticket” Mobilization Kicks-Off in Towns Throughout the State - Law Enforcement Checkpoints Will Reinforce Importance of Buckling-Up, Every Ride

5/13 - Five Charged with Fraudulently Collecting More than $60,000 in Unemployment Benefits

5/12 - Five Indicted in Probe by New Jersey State Police into Drug Network Linked to Farm Labor Camps

5/12 - Pennsylvania Man Indicted on First-Degree Cocaine Charge

5/9 - Former Morris County Resident Sentenced for $74,000 Health Insurance Fraud

5/9 - Cumberland County Motorcycle Gang Leader Found Guilty of Illegal Possession of Guns as a Felon

5/9 - Elizabeth Man Indicted on Charges He Fraudulently Attempted to Collect $7,000 from New Jersey Lottery with Altered Ticket

5/9 - Montclair Man Sentenced to Prison for Dealing Marijuana

5/9 - Residents Warned about New Identity Theft Scam Tied to Economic Stimulus Checks

5/9 - Eatontown Lawyer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Stealing $1 Million from His Former Employer, K. Hovnanian

5/8 - Fifty Attorneys General Announce Agreement with Facebook to Make Site Safer for Underage Users

5/8 - Division on Civil Rights Ruling Affirmed in Case of Racism at Subway Eatery

5/6 - Mercer County Man Sentenced for $12,300 Insurance Fraud

5/6 - Expanded Racing Commission Test Protocols Lead to Detection Of Blood Doping in Six New Jersey Race Horses

5/6 - Newark Man Charged with Witness Tampering

5/2 - Newark Man Indicted on First-Degree Cocaine Charge

5/2 - Two Morris County Men Sentenced to Prison on Cocaine Charge

5/2 - Lambertville Man Sentenced to State Prison for Growing Marijuana on Farm in Delaware Township

5/2 - Warren County Speech Therapist Sentenced for Fraudulent Billing

5/1 - Division of Law Prevails in Dispute Over Corporate Tax Base Allocation

5/1 - MEDIA ADVISORY for Wednesday, May 7th - Attorney General’s Advisory Group on the Use of Less Lethal Force to Hold Public Hearing on Stun Guns

2008 News

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

4/30 - Attorney General Announces $73 Million Settlement of Tyco Fraud Suit

4/30 - Five Charged with Fraudulently Collecting More Than $72,000 in Unemployment Benefits

4/30 - Plumstead Man Indicted on Charges He Repeatedly Tried to Bribe MVC Clerk to Issue Driver’s Licenses to Unauthorized Persons

4/30 - Irvington Police Officer Indicted on Charges She Fraudulently Obtained a Driver’s License in the Name of Another Person

4/29 - Jackson Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investors of $641,000

4/29 - Court Order Halts Burial of Construction Waste at Monmouth Site, Directs Owners to Submit Plan for Clean-up of Illegal Landfill

4/29 - Montclair Woman Pleads Guilty to Filing False Insurance Claim

4/28 - Essex County Woman Charged with Automobile Insurance Fraud

4/25 - Eight Students Charged with Underage Drinking - Long Branch Bar Manager Also Arrested

4/24 - Bergen County Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Administering Anesthesia

4/23 -Attorney General, DEP Announce Settlement in Superfund Landfill Case - Agreement Means $20 million Available for Cleanup of 60-Acre Global Site

4/23 - Consumers Cautioned About the “Advance Fee” Scam

4/18 - Juvenile Drug Dealer Sentenced to State Prison for Racketeering