South Jersey Police Officer Admits Making Death Threats Against Former Girlfriend: Prosecutor

Dylan J. Keenan-Hannum, 30, of the Del Haven section of Middle Township, was charged on Nov. 14 by Lower Township police with burglary, making terroristic threats and simple assault, a disorderly persons offense, according to the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office. 

Keenan-Hannum is a police officer in the borough of West Wildwood.

He pleaded guilty on Monday to the terroristic threats charge, said Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland. As part of his plea agreement, Keenan-Hannum must give up all public employment including being a police officer, the prosecutor said. He also must surrender any firearms he possesses, Sutherland said. 

Keenan-Hannum faces three to five years in New Jersey state prison when he is sentenced on March 22, Sutherland said.

However, The Press of Atlantic City reported that Keenan-Hannum will receive four years of probation. 

In Superior Court Monday, the prosecutor’s office said Keenan-Hannum broke into his former girlfriend’s home and texted her photos showing his feet propped up on a table. His texts reportedly implied he would kill her that night, PressofAC.com said.

The investigation was handled by detectives from the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office Professional Standards Unit.

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