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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,...

Grand jury looking at Cryan election issue

December 11, 2018 4:59 pmDecember 13, 2018 4:18 pm

A state grand jury has been empaneled to explore matters related to the February filling of five Union Township Democratic county committee seats during a February special election for Union County Democratic chairman. Two sources with knowledge of the investigation...