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Brent Spiner has made his determinations. Or maybe it was pressure from other states. But with New Jersey s COVID-19 positivity rate steadily decreasing, Gov. Murphy announced a joint plan with New York and Connecticut to lift most capacity restrictions in a couple weeks (after Cuomo beat him to the punch with his own announcement, and a long time after Connecticut).
N.J. spending millions to negotiate abuse lawsuits from women’s prison, records show
Updated 8:17 AM;
The problems in New Jersey’s only women’s prison are costing taxpayers.
The state will likely spend almost $2.8 million on outside lawyers amid several lawsuits alleging abuse behind bars, according to public records.
That’s on top of nearly $21 million taxpayers will have to pay out if a court ultimately approves a settlement for former prisoners, including more than 20 women who said they were sexually abused at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Hunterdon County.
Those numbers are in addition to hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to another outside advisor in the wake of a federal inquiry, and any money eventually spent on new lawsuits filed since several women said they were severely beaten by staff in January, an incident that has already led to charges against 10 officers.
NJ Man Charged with Sex Assault after Prior Case Dropped Amid Trooper Protests
On 4/23/21 at 7:00 AM EDT
Newsweek has learned.
Ian Schweizer, 38, was charged Wednesday with domestic violence after accusations by his partner and is being held at the Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Institute, according to an inmate record. A complaint warrant also seen by
Newsweek states that he is accused of knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury to [the victim], specifically by holding her down by her wrists and neck with his hands.
Two sources with direct knowledge of the investigation characterized the wounds sustained by the victim as violent and supporting sexual assault. The sources also confirmed to Newsweek that further charges are pending.
N.J. man faces new assault charge years after another allegation led to a bitter fight between State Police and prosecutors
Updated 12:13 PM;
The son of a former county official faces a new assault accusation years after sexual assault charges were dropped in a case that led to a bitter fight between State Police and local prosecutors.
Ian Schweizer, 38, has been charged with simple assault for attempting to cause “bodily injury to another,” according to Sussex County Sheriff’s records. He is currently in the Keogh-Dwyer Correctional Institute ahead of a Superior Court hearing.
In 2017, a woman accused Schweizer of attacking her outside a bar. Troopers arrested him, but the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office decided there was not enough evidence to bring to court, which led both sides to accuse the other of misconduct.
New Jersey AG Spent $270,000 to Investigate Media Reports on Top State Cop
On 4/22/21 at 5:19 PM EDT
The New Jersey Attorney General s Office spent nearly $270,000 to investigate coverage from
Newsweek and other outlets regarding the acting head of the New Jersey State Police s handling of a corruption case.
News of the probe and its price tag come amid calls for police reform and transparency nationwide, including in New Jersey, where Acting State Police Superintendent Patrick J. Callahan has not received a confirmation hearing in three and a half years.
Newsweek first reported on June 16 of last year that Callahan, then deputy superintendent of operations, held an informal sitdown in March 2017 with Sussex County Prosecutor Francis A. Koch and two other officials at a Bound Brook diner, where Callahan revealed that one of his troopers had filed corruption charges against the prosecutor s office. The charges surrounded the handling of a quashed sexual assault case involving a