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N.J. will shutter embattled public corruption office

September 3, 2026 3:47 pmSeptember 4, 2026 1:29 am

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport will close the embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability and return responsibility for prosecuting public corruption to the Division of Criminal Justice, ending a controversial eight-year experiment that produced accusations of prosecutorial misconduct, years-long delays,...

OPIA knew over two years ago that Gloucester official wasn’t being charged, but said nothing

July 20, 2026 12:26 amJuly 20, 2026 2:55 pm

The embattled state Office of Public Integrity and Accountability decided over two years ago that it would not prosecute Gloucester County Fire Marshal Shawn Layton for the death of two dogs in his county vehicle in 2022, but opted to...

Another allegation that a deputy attorney general withheld evidence from a grand jury

January 11, 2024 11:24 amJanuary 11, 2024 11:50 am

There are new allegations that the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability presented false information to a grand jury in the prosecution of a detective for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, the latest in a cavalcade...

Nicodemo faces more allegations of prosecutorial misconduct

December 6, 2023 7:44 pmDecember 7, 2023 11:17 pm

Embattled Deputy Attorney General John Nicodemo faces new allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in an explosive court filing claiming that he purposely edited out portions of a statute during his grand jury presentment seeking the indictment of a charter school business...

Kugler exonerated after judge dismisses indictment

November 2, 2022 7:07 pmNovember 2, 2022 11:23 pm

Robert Kugler, the Saddle Brook police chief who lost a bid for Bergen County Sheriff in 2021 after being indicted on corruption charges, was vindicated today after a Superior Court Judge dismissed an indictment against him. Judge Marilyn Clark dismissed...

Toledo gets PTI for misconduct charges

June 21, 2022 2:08 pmJune 22, 2022 11:21 am

Former Passaic County Surrogate Bernice Toledo, who was criminally charged with misconduct last year, was accepted into the state’s Pre-Trial Intervention (PTI) program today. Superior Court Judge Carol Novey Catuogno admitted Toledo into the twelve-month program; if the former surrogate remains...

N.J. attorney general’s office takes shots at ex-federal judge in bid to stop dismissal of charges

May 19, 2021 2:32 pmMay 19, 2021 6:19 pm

The state attorney general’s office took a shot at the integrity of a respected former federal judge in a response brief involving the state’s cooperating witness in a corruption sting caper, attorney Matthew O’Donnell. In court papers filed on Monday,...