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TRENTON –Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a woman was sentenced to state prison for her role in a theft scheme in which “straw buyers” obtained car loans and high-end cars by fraud. The leader of the scheme previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced to state prison. Jacqueline Reyes-Keegan,... Read More

Egg Harbor Township, N.J. – The New Jersey State Police is seeking the public’s assistance with a shooting investigation where a 13-year-old male was shot on the Atlantic City Expressway in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County. On Sunday, July 12, at approximately 4:06 a.m., troopers from the Troop “A” Atlantic... Read More

Ewing Township, N.J. – The New Jersey State Police have arrested Daniel Peyton, 55, of Westampton, N.J., Wayne Bessant, 39, of Trenton, N.J., and Davae Craig, 31, of Trenton, N.J., for various drug and weapon offenses during an ongoing drug investigation. On Friday, July 10, while investigating alleged drug activity... Read More

MORRIS TOWNSHIP – The Attorney General’s Office is conducting an investigation of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred yesterday, July 14, in Morris Township, N.J. The decedent has been identified as Timothy O’Shea, 24, of Morris Township. According to the preliminary investigation, the Morris Township, Morris Plains, and Morristown Police... Read More

Middle Township, N.J. – Christopher Liston, 35, and James Liston, 73, both of Cape May Court House, N.J. were arrested for various weapons offenses during a cooperative gun theft investigation. On July 8, detectives from the New Jersey State Police Firearms Investigations Unit were contacted by members of the Bureau... Read More

TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today joined a coalition of Attorneys General in suing the U.S. Department of Education over changes to its “borrower defense” rule that will limit financial protections for student loan borrowers. The lawsuit also names U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos as a defendant.... Read More

NEWARK –Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced new measures to promote access to mental health and substance use disorder services and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a new program to make it easier for recent graduates of social work and counseling programs... Read More

Morris Township, N.J. – The Attorney General’s Office is conducting an investigation of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred at approximately 4:19 p.m. this afternoon on Fairchild Avenue in Morris Township, N.J., when police responded to a 911 call reporting a domestic disturbance. One male civilian sustained fatal injuries. The... Read More