TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a former Atlantic City inspector was sentenced to state prison today for accepting cash bribes from a taxi operator and operators of massage parlors and \”stress therapy centers.\”

DEP’S ENDANGERED AND NONGAME SPECIES PROGRAM PLAYING KEY ROLE
IN RESEARCH ON \”NEW\” FROG SPECIES

TRENTON – For Division of Fish and Wildlife Endangered and Nongame Species Program zoologist Brian Zarate, having a hand in helping to \”discover\” a new frog species in a state as populated and urbanized as New Jersey is both a \”very cool\” and \”humbling\” experience.

Zarate and the DEP’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program are currently participating in an ongoing effort to map the potential range of the Atlantic Coast leopard frog, a newly identified species being found in places as diverse as New Jersey’s Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, the Meadowlands, marshlands along the Delaware River and Delaware Bay, Cape May Point State Park, and along stretches of the state’s coastline. 

English: A white-tailed deer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

NOVEMBER 25, 2014–Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Monday regarding the conclusion of the St. Louis County grand jury proceeding in the shooting of Michael Brown:

\”While the grand jury proceeding in St. Louis County has concluded, the Justice Department’s investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown remains ongoing. Though we have shared information with local prosecutors during the course of our investigation, the federal inquiry has been independent of the local one from the start, and remains so now. Even at this mature stage of the investigation, we have avoided prejudging any of the evidence. And although federal civil rights law imposes a high legal bar in these types of cases, we have resisted forming premature conclusions.

English: TCNJ Music Building (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

For Theft Of Christmas Decorations And Lawn Ornaments 

On Sunday, November 23, 2014 at approximately 8:05 PM, the Gloucester Township Police responded to the 400 Block of Dearborne Avenue to investigate a report of a female who was seen taking Christmas decorations and lawn ornaments from a home. An observant citizen was able to provide a partial vehicle registration for the suspect as the vehicle, a Nissan minivan, fled the area towards the Black Horse Pike.

English: A small barred perch recovered from the stomach of a striped bass offers clue of its diet. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Unit takes more than $300,000 worth of heroin off the streets of Harrisburg 

Seven gangs and seven drug trafficking organizations identified, bolstering local investigations

HARRISBURG PA (NOVEMBER 24, 2014) – Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane today announced during a press conference in Harrisburg\’s City Government Center that the task force she created to infuse resources into communities that are overrun with violent, drug-related crime has again punched a hole in drug trafficking and criminal activity, this time in the Commonwealth\’s capital city. 

The Mobile Street Crimes Unit\’s deployment to Harrisburg yielded 239 arrests including drug dealers, and violent and repeat offenders; $300,000 worth of heroin that is now off the streets; and the identification of seven gangs and seven drug trafficking organizations operating in the region.