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Red Lobster Line Cook Forcibly Kissed, Harassed Female Employee In NJ: AG Red Lobster Line Cook Forcibly Kissed, Harassed Female Employee In NJ: AG
Red Lobster Line Cook Forcibly Kissed, Harassed Female Employee In NJ: AG A Red Lobster in Gloucester County created a hostile work environment by failing to address numerous cases of workplace sexual harassment against a female employee, authorities said. The employee at the Red Lobster in Woodbury said a male line cook repeatedly harassed her while management did nothing to stop it, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. . Where an employer knows or should have known that an employee has been subjected to unwanted conduct based on gender and that such conduct gives rise to a hostile work environment, the employer must take prompt and effective remedi…

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by Sam Barron
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Trenton Police Sergeant Exposed Himself To Female Officers In Dept. Gym, Lawsuit Claims Trenton Police Sergeant Exposed Himself To Female Officers In Dept. Gym, Lawsuit Claims
Trenton Police Sergeant Exposed Himself To Female Officers In Dept. Gym, Lawsuit Claims A Trenton police sergeant was accused of exposing himself in front of two female officers in the department's gym several times, according to a sexual harassment lawsuit. The two officers filed a civil suit on Friday, Aug. 9 against Sgt. Noel Santiago, accusing him of sexual harassment and other forms of creating a hostile workplace. The officers also claimed the police department didn't properly respond to their allegations against Santiago, who had a supervisory role over them. Daily Voice reached out to the Trenton Police Department to comment on the suit. The department hadn't…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Suspended NJ Police Chief Indicted As Sexual Predator, New Charges Added: State AG Suspended NJ Police Chief Indicted As Sexual Predator, New Charges Added: State AG
Suspended NJ Police Chief Indicted As Sexual Predator, New Charges Added: State AG A local New Jersey police chief who’d already been charged with sexually preying on women is facing new allegations, the state’s top cop announced on Tuesday. Following his suspension amid sexual assault allegations, Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst wrongfully held onto his badge, then displayed it as if was still on active duty to a police officer who’d pulled him over late this past January, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. The charge was contained in an eight-count indictment returned by a state grand jury that focused mostly on what the attorney general called “sexually pred…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Special Education Teacher Fired After Complaining About Understaffing In South Jersey: Lawsuit Special Education Teacher Fired After Complaining About Understaffing In South Jersey: Lawsuit
Special Education Teacher Fired After Complaining About Understaffing In South Jersey: Lawsuit A special education teacher has sued a South Jersey school district for firing her after she complained about understaffing. Bryanna Mostak, 30, of Hamilton, was fired after taking a medical leave due to stress and anxiety. Mostak claims her supervisors failed to respond to her complaints as an elementary school teacher in the Bordentown Regional School District. Mostak began the 2021 school year with seven special education students  "who often had very aggressive or violent tendencies and suffered from numerous physical, emotional, behavioral, and psychological challenges," the laws…

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by Jon Craig
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Female Boss Groped NJ Google Exec Who Was Ultimately The One Fired, Suit Says Female Boss Groped NJ Google Exec Who Was Ultimately The One Fired, Suit Says
Female Boss Groped NJ Google Exec Who Was Ultimately The One Fired, Suit Says Google is facing a lawsuit from one of its former directors, a New Jersey dad, alleging discrimination and retaliation from another director who allegedly harassed him at a company dinner in 2019. Ryan Olohan, 48, of Morris County, alleges in the suit he was fired from the massive company after another director rubbed his stomach and told him she knew he liked Asian women at a company dinner in 2019, according to a copy of the lawsuit published by Bloomberg Law. Olahan, a dad of seven from Montville who owns ice cream shop Seven Scoops & Sips, alleges in the suit that was only the …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hudson Prosecutor's Office Workers Probed For 'Offensive & Sickening' Comments Hudson Prosecutor's Office Workers Probed For 'Offensive & Sickening' Comments
Hudson Prosecutor's Office Workers Probed For 'Offensive & Sickening' Comments Employees of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office are the center of an investigation after reportedly making offensive and racist comments, several news outlets say. Assistant Prosecutor Bill Specht and agent Kelly Taylor-Sisk are being probed by Hudson County Counsel, while clerk Debra Collins was issued a three-day suspension for offensive comments, HCPO Spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said. Specht has been stripped of any supervisory or prosecutional authority pending the outcome of the investigation, Morrill added. Screenshots show that Specht made the racist comment while disc…

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by Cecilia Levine