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AG: County Detective Illegally Attached Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle AG: County Detective Illegally Attached Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle
AG: County Detective Illegally Attached Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle An Essex County prosecutor’s detective who stuck a hidden GPS on a suspect’s vehicle without permission was indicted Monday on official misconduct charges, authorities said. Timothy Kealy, 27, of Bloomfield was working with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force when he bought and installed the tracking device without getting a supervisor’s permission to apply to a judge for a warrant, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced. A court-issued warrant is required by law for law enforcement to install a GPS device on a vehicle. Kealy was suspended as a resu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
AG: County Detective Illegally Attached Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle AG: County Detective Illegally Attached Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle
AG: County Detective Illegally Attached Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle An Essex County prosecutor’s detective stuck a hidden GPS on a suspect’s vehicle without permission, then lied about where to find his county-issued cellphone when he was ordered to turn it in, state authorities said Friday. Timothy Kealy, 27, of Bloomfield, was working with the prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force when he bought and installed the tracking device without getting a supervisor’s permission to apply to a judge for a warrant, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. A court-issued warrant is required by law for law enforcement to install a GPS device on a vehicle. Kealy was suspe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Newark Officer In Wrong-Way DWI Crash Among Four Who Went Barhopping On Duty Prosecutor: Newark Officer In Wrong-Way DWI Crash Among Four Who Went Barhopping On Duty
Prosecutor: Newark Officer In Wrong-Way DWI Crash Among Four Who Went Barhopping On Duty One of four Newark police officers who went barhopping and lied about it was drunk when he drove the wrong way down a one-way street and crashed his vehicle into a car containing a mother and four children, authorities charged. Michael Chirico, 55, of Newark, was charged after the University Avenue crash, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens III said Thursday. Authorities also charged Lt. Norberto Soares, 42, of Kenilworth and Officers Erik Blount, 33, and Tashia Jones, 35, both of Newark with tampering with public records, he said. Investigators found false entries made by the…

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by Jerry DeMarco