A state grand jury has voted to uphold criminal charges against a Paterson police officer who shot a fleeing man in the back last year, leaving him paralyzed.
Prosecutors have reached a settlement with Mercer County Community College over accusations of discrimination for firing an employee who was critically sick with COVID complications.
James “Jimmy” Barreras, of Cinnaminson, has agreed to dissolve his business, South Jersey Home Contracting, and pay $442,000 in restitution and penalties.
State officials say 20 nurses and another 26 people with temporary licenses are no longer allowed to work in the medical field until their credentials are resolved.
The state Division of Consumer Affairs has received approximately 16 consumer complaints about baby formula price gouging to date, roughly half of them in the less than three days since a state of emergency was declared.
A grand jury has declined to hand up charges against a State Police trooper who ultimately shot and killed an unarmed 28-year-old New York man in a confrontation along the Garden State Parkway two years ago.
The victim was left in the sun long enough, according to the OAG, for her internal body temperature to reach 106 degrees, and subsequently require intubation at Bayshore Medical Center.
More than 70,000 New Jersey consumers are eligible for a portion of $2.15 million in direct restitution under the terms of a settlement reached by all 50 states with Intuit.
Out of New Jersey’s 38,000 state, county, and local law enforcement officers, more than 350 were listed as having received “major discipline” over the course of 2021.