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Authorities arrested a high-ranking police lieutenant Tuesday in New Jersey for allegedly taking cocaine and fentanyl from evidence storage.

An investigation into the lieutenant's behavior is ongoing and he has been on leave since November, officials said.

An investigation into the lieutenant's behavior is ongoing and he has been on leave since November, officials said.

An old friend of Senator Robert Menendez was in legal trouble. The government says the senator went to great lengths to try to install a friendly prosecutor.

An investigation by NJ Advance Media found 370 legal settlements across New Jersey police departments since 2019 involving allegations of misconduct. Of those 16 settlements involving 13 police departments were for at least $1 million.

An investigation by NJ Advance Media found 147 police departments across New Jersey have paid legal settlements since 2019 to resolve misconduct claims against their officers, including 13 departments that agreed to cut checks for $1 million or more.

The embattled officer was also involved in a whistleblower lawsuit.

Trooper William Carvounis, 35, is accused of stealing nearly $300 in merchandise from a Tilden Township, Pennsylvania Cabela's store Jan. 8 Police say surveillance footage reveals Carvounis slipped items into his pockets and even tore a price tag from his hat as he tried leaving the store According to Tilden Police Chief William J. McEllroy,…

Monroe Police Sgt. Anthony Trohalides has also asked for a court reporter to transcribe the disciplinary hearing

Judge orders Pemberton Township to pay overtime and attorneys fees for police officers lawsuit