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Brick, NJ
Police & Fire
Award-Winning Former Rec Director Admits To Stealing $9K+ From Brick Township: Prosecutors Award-Winning Former Rec Director Admits To Stealing $9K+ From Brick Township: Prosecutors
Award-Winning Former Rec Director Admits To Stealing $9K+ From Brick Township: Prosecutors A former Brick Township official, once celebrated as a top professional in his field, has admitted to stealing nearly $10,000 in township recreation fees, authorities said. Daniel Santaniello, 46, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 10 to theft, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release.  Santaniello was previously the recreation director for Brick Township. The New Jersey Recreation & Park Association gave him the "Professional of the Year Award" in 2016. Investigators said Santaniello abused his position to charge private organizations cash to u…

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by Chris Spiker
Woodbridge, NJ
Police & Fire
Former Woodbridge Corrections Officer Confesses To Beating Resident Who Died From Stroke: AG Former Woodbridge Corrections Officer Confesses To Beating Resident Who Died From Stroke: AG
Former Woodbridge Corrections Officer Confesses To Beating Resident Who Died From Stroke: AG A former New Jersey corrections officer admitted to assaulting a resident who died several days after the attack, authorities said. Giuseppe Mandara of Brick Township pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 3 to third-degree aggravated assault, Attorney General Matthew Platkin and the state's Office of Public Integrity and Accountability said in a news release on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Mandara confessed to attacking Darrell "Malik" Smith on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Smith served more than 23 years in state prison on convictions for kidnapping and aggravated assault on a police officer. Man…

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by Chris Spiker
Villas-Lower Township, NJ
Police & Fire
South Jersey Corrections Officer Who Sexually Assaulted Girl Under 13 Sentenced: Prosecutors South Jersey Corrections Officer Who Sexually Assaulted Girl Under 13 Sentenced: Prosecutors
South Jersey Corrections Officer Who Sexually Assaulted Girl Under 13 Sentenced: Prosecutors A Cape May County corrections officer will spend more than a quarter-century in prison for sexually assaulting a girl younger than 13 years old, authorities said. Jonathan Perez, 35, of Woodbine, was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 8 to 30 years in state prison, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland said in a news release. A jury convicted him on four charges on Friday, Apr. 12. The girl reported the abuse "over an extended period of time" to state police in Woodbine on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. Perez was arrested the next morning and a grand jury indicted him on…

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by Chris Spiker
Middletown, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Police Chief Admits Coverup of Sex Affair With Subordinate NJ Police Chief Admits Coverup of Sex Affair With Subordinate
NJ Police Chief Admits Coverup of Sex Affair With Subordinate A retired New Jersey police chief admitted trying to cover up a sexual affair with a subordinate, authorities said. Andrew Kudrick, 50, will be banned for life from public employment and will receive probation instead of prison time in exchange, state Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Kudrick, of Farmingdale, lied to Howell Township officials about the affair and “threatened to launch an improper internal affairs investigation” of a captain who called him on it, the attorney general said. A confrontation between the chief’s wife and his alleged mistress during a 2021 retirement party …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Former NJ Elections Official Sentenced In OT Scheme, Paying Workers To Clean Mother's House Former NJ Elections Official Sentenced In OT Scheme, Paying Workers To Clean Mother's House
Former NJ Elections Official Sentenced In OT Scheme, Paying Workers To Clean Mother's House A former Atlantic County elections official is sentenced after pleading guilty to a kickback scheme nearly seven years ago, authorities said. Michael Gibbons, 38, of Glendora was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 12 to four years probation, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced on Monday, Jan. 22. The conditions of Gibbons' probation require him to spend 364 days in Atlantic County Jail, which can be served by day reporting. Gibbons pleaded guilty on Thursday, Apr. 6 to third-degree and fourth-degree theft by deception. The charges stem from when Gibbons was the county's …

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by Chris Spiker
Middletown, NJ
Police & Fire
Corrections Officer Admits Giving Inmate Cell Phone In Monmouth County Jail: Prosecutor Corrections Officer Admits Giving Inmate Cell Phone In Monmouth County Jail: Prosecutor
Corrections Officer Admits Giving Inmate Cell Phone In Monmouth County Jail: Prosecutor A Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office correctional police officer who worked at the Monmouth County Jail has admitted to providing a cell phone to an inmate, authorities said. Latonya C. Johnson, 52, of Piscataway, pleaded guilty to knowingly providing an electronic communication device to an inmate, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. An investigation led by the MCPO Professional Responsibility & Bias Crime Bureau and assisted by the MCCI Investigations Division revealed that Johnson brought the cell phone into the jail somet…

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by Jon Craig
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Former Plainfield Police Sergeant Found Guilty Of Stealing $1,100 From City Via Her Job Former Plainfield Police Sergeant Found Guilty Of Stealing $1,100 From City Via Her Job
Former Plainfield Police Sergeant Found Guilty Of Stealing $1,100 From City Via Her Job A Union County jury has returned guilty verdicts on several charges filed against a former Plainfield police sergeant accused of exploiting her position to steal nearly $1,100 from the city by falsifying work records, authorities said. Leslie Knight, 51, was found guilty Tuesday on several counts of both third and fourth-degree theft by deception and one charge of falsifying records, a fourth-degree crime, following a two-week trial before Union County Superior Court Judge Robert Kirsch and five hours of jury deliberation.  The jury found Knight, who was hired in 2001, not guilty on on…

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by Cecilia Levine
Washington Township, NJ
Police & Fire
PBA Treasurer Stole $54K In Union Funds, South Jersey Prosecutor Says PBA Treasurer Stole $54K In Union Funds, South Jersey Prosecutor Says
PBA Treasurer Stole $54K In Union Funds, South Jersey Prosecutor Says A 40-year-old treasurer of a PBA union stole more than $53,725 from the fund's account, authorities said. Tanya Evans of Vineland was sentenced Monday for convictions on charges of theft and filing a fraudulent tax return, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. The charges stem from an investigation into funds stolen from the PBA Local 231. An investigation revealed that Evans was the elected Treasurer for PBA Local 231 from 2017 through 2019 and had direct access to the Union’s bank account, according to Webb-McRae. It was determined that she had bee…

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by Jon Craig
Lakewood, NJ
News
Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs
Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs UPDATE: A married New Jersey State Police detective couple caught lying about a North Wildwood bar fight agreed to give up their jobs on Monday, authorities said. Detective Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Ogden, 52, and Detective Sgt. Dorothy Ogden, 46, cut a deal with the state Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) rather than go to trial, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Besides forfeiting their jobs, the Ogdens -- both of Hammonton – must successfully complete a pre-trial intervention program that will clear their records of false swearing charges, the attor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Former Warren County Municipal Tax Collector, 50, Stole Payments Totaling $824K Prosecutor: Former Warren County Municipal Tax Collector, 50, Stole Payments Totaling $824K
Prosecutor: Former Warren County Municipal Tax Collector, 50, Stole Payments Totaling $824K A Warren County woman admitted stealing more than $800,000 in payments while working as a municipal tax collector for three townships, authorities said. Rachellyn Mosher, 50, misappropriated a total of $824,000 from taxpayers in White, Harmony and Lopatcong Township between 2013 and 2018, Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a joint release. Mosher, of Lopatcong, pleaded guilty to official misconduct in Hunterdon County Superior Court Wednesday, Pfeiffer said. She is required as per a plea agreement to spend five years in state prison with a four-year mandatory minimum before the poss…

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by Valerie Musson
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Morris County Officers Sentenced To Probation In Cocaine, Oxycodone Distribution Scheme Morris County Officers Sentenced To Probation In Cocaine, Oxycodone Distribution Scheme
Morris County Officers Sentenced To Probation In Cocaine, Oxycodone Distribution Scheme Four former law enforcement officials with the Morris County Sheriff’s Office will avoid jailtime and instead face probation after sharing and dealing cocaine and Oxycodone between each other. Dominick Andico, Robert Busold, Albert Wyman and Nicholas Ricciotti took plea deals permanently banning them from holding public employment and requiring them to forfeit their badges, NJHerald reports. The officers admitted to carrying out drug transactions in the parking lot of the county jail, where at least one of them had worked in corrections, between Jan. 2018 and July 2020, the outlet…

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by Valerie Musson
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Four Jersey City Police Officers Lose Their Jobs Over Actions During Chase Four Jersey City Police Officers Lose Their Jobs Over Actions During Chase
Four Jersey City Police Officers Lose Their Jobs Over Actions During Chase Four Jersey City police officers have agreed to leave the force and to be forever barred from public employment as part of a plea agreement stemming from a high-speed chase that left an innocent West New York man with serious injuries, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday.  Late on June 4, 2017, a 48-year-old Jersey City man, Leo Pinkston, fled from a traffic stop and led police on a chaotic chase through the streets of Jersey City at speeds of up to 60 mph.  During the chase, Pinkston slammed into another police car and into civilian vehicles. Officers MD Khan, Eric…

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by Paul Milo
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Ex-Corrections Officer From Elizabeth Who Had Sex With Inmate Gets Probation Ex-Corrections Officer From Elizabeth Who Had Sex With Inmate Gets Probation
Ex-Corrections Officer From Elizabeth Who Had Sex With Inmate Gets Probation A former corrections officer at Northern State Prison in Newark was sentenced to three years' probation after admitting she had a sexual relationship with an inmate, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.  In addition, Avril. D. Richardson, 46, forfeited her job and will be barred from future public employment.  Richardson, an Elizabeth resident, was arrested following an investigation that revealed she had started the relationship in 2016 and that it continued until her arrest in December. Richardson, who was assigned to the unnamed inmate's housing unit, maintained th…

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by Paul Milo