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Joseph Tuminelli, 28, lasted all of seven months with the city police department after being sworn in to the job in July 2020.
Members of his own department took Tuminelli into custody in February 2021. The case was then turned over to the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office.
An indictment secured by an assistant prosecutor in Superior Court in Paterson accuses him of “multiple acts” of domestic violence, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said.
In addition to the indictment, Tuminelli is also charged with harassment, a local disorderly persons offense, Valdes said.
Tuminelli had remained free on pre-trial monitoring since Feb. 23, 2021. An arraignment on the indictment has yet to be scheduled, Valdes said.
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