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A Hamilton correctional police officer who works for the Mercer County Department of Corrections has been charged by the state with accepting bribes and providing inmates with illegal drugs, tobacco products, and other banned items. Tyree L. Hobbs, 39, was indicted last month on four criminal counts, including official misconduct charges, by a grand jury. […]

WARREN TWP. - The Somerset County Prosecutors Office has assumed control of the Township Police Department, however, no reason for the takeover has been disclosed.

Former corrections officer Sgt. Matthew Faschan, 35, of Hackettstown, was indicted on charges of conspiracy, official misconduct, tampering with public records, and aggravated assault related to a January 2021 incident

At one point, the handcuffed victim spat in the direction of a trooper standing near the open rear passenger door.

The woman was in the back of a troop car after trying to walk away from troopers but not charged.

A State Police trooper punched an intoxicated woman last year while she was handcuffed in a patrol cars backseat, a state investigation found.

The woman was in the back of a troop car after trying to walk away from troopers but not charged.

New Jersey’s Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has added new charges to an ongoing election-fraud case involving Democrat Alex Mendez, the Paterson City Council President, and several alleged co-conspirators. According to the Attorney General, the defendants are accused of attempting to rig the election, tampering with ballots, and obstructing the course of justice through witness tampering.

The council president was hit with a new batch of criminal election fraud charges stemming from the 2020 ward council races.

A former New Jersey mayor barred from office as part of a corruption conviction has been indicted yet again for allegedly trying to circumvent that ban. A Trenton grand jury returned...