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« Reply #45 on: Nov 9th, 2009, 8:55pm » |
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NJ court: Use-of-force reports are public records
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A New Jersey appeals court panel has ruled that police use-of-force reports are public records.
The opinion by a three-judge Appellate Division panel upholds a 2008 Superior Court ruling that said West Milford must turn over use-of-force reports to resident Martin O'Shea, an open records activist.
Police officers in New Jersey are required to file a report whenever they use force, whether physical or involving a weapon.
The town claimed the records should be exempt from New Jersey's Open Public Records Act as "criminal investigatory records."
But lawyers for O'Shea, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and North Jersey Media Group argued that access to the reports can help the public evaluate whether police use of force was justified
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« Reply #46 on: Nov 17th, 2009, 8:49pm » |
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Judge won't void disciplinary charges for troopers
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A state administrative law judge has refused to throw out disciplinary charges against seven New Jersey state troopers involved in a sex scandal.
Earlier this month, the troopers' lawyers asked that the allegations be dismissed, saying the state Attorney General's Office withheld crucial evidence.
But on Tuesday, Administrative Law Judge Jeff Masin said that wasn't sufficient reason to throw out the case.
The troopers were accused of sexually assaulting a 25-year-old Rider University student they'd met at a Trenton nightclub. The troopers said the sex was consensual, and a criminal investigation ultimately was dropped.
But they were suspended without pay last month after an internal investigation found they acted improperly.
A separate federal appeal is pending.
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« Reply #47 on: Jan 10th, 2010, 10:38pm » |
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Police: Ex NYPD commissioner hit woman, drove off
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NEW YORK -- A former New York City police commissioner has been accused of backing his SUV into a pregnant woman, then driving away.
Police say Howard Safir bumped the woman with his Cadillac Friday afternoon in Manhattan.
She was treated for a bruised shoulder, but wasn't seriously hurt.
Police detectives decided not to press charges.
They say Safir didn't know he'd hit someone.
The victim tells a different story.
Joanne Valarezo tells The New York Times that both she and a passenger in the SUV yelled at the driver for being careless before he drove away.
She says she didn't know who he was until informed by a reporter.
Safir was police commissioner from 1996 to 2000.
Calls to his homes in New York and Maryland weren't immediately returned.
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« Reply #48 on: Jan 14th, 2010, 9:10pm » |
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NJ ex-police officer admits excessive force on boy
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A former New Jersey police officer has admitted to using excessive force on a 12-year-old over a stolen bike.
Stephen Wassel pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a disorderly persons offense and paid a $750 fine.
The 47-year-old Hamburg resident retired from the Fair Lawn Police force after the April incident.
The child's mother says her son's friend was stopped after stealing a bike. Police also called for the boy to stop. But Hansel Castillo ran away.
Authorities say the officer grabbed the boy by his head and smashed his face into the pavement.
The boy was never charged in the bike case.
A lawyer for the child says he plans to file a lawsuit against Fair Lawn.
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« Reply #49 on: Apr 25th, 2010, 9:56pm » |
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Concern on trooper's alcohol-related traffic stops
By: CHRIS MEGERIAN
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It had all the makings of a routine motor vehicle stop. Police officer Ronald Gorneau spotted a silver Toyota swerving and pulled it over. The driver, Sheila McKaig, admitted she had drunk "a lot" before getting behind the wheel, according to the incident report.
Then she told Gorneau she was a state trooper, and the stop in Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, was no longer routine. Instead of being charged, McKaig was driven to the township's police station, where fellow troopers picked her up.
It was not an isolated incident. In fact, it was the third time in three months in early 2008 that an off-duty McKaig was stopped by Hamilton police after drinking, according to a State Police document. Each time no blood-alcohol test was given, no charges were filed and no ticket was written. Today McKaig is still on the road as a state trooper, a position she has held for nine years.
All told, McKaig was stopped 10 times for various offenses over a 14-month period, but she has never received a traffic ticket in New Jersey, according to police records and a spokeswoman for the state judiciary.
The file on McKaig's motor vehicle stops was part of State Police disciplinary records requested by The Star-Ledger and provided by the Office of Administrative Law. The incident report was obtained from Hamilton Township police under the state's Open Public Records Act.
Law enforcement experts call it "professional courtesy" when officers give fellow cops a pass they would not give the average driver. At the same time, however, New Jersey has been on a sustained crackdown on drunken driving. In 2008, police arrested 28,705 people for driving under the influence, and 154 people died in accidents involving at least one intoxicated person.
Assemblyman Nelson Albano, D-Cumberland, who has campaigned for tougher laws against driving under the influence, said the McKaig incidents showed disregard for efforts to crack down on drinking and driving.
"Those officers did not do their job," he said of the Hamilton Township police who stopped McKaig. "There should be no favoritism, no special treatment."
State Police officials said McKaig, 41, is a highly respected and decorated trooper who has earned her spot patrolling the Atlantic City Expressway by staying sober the past two years. Although she caught a break from Hamilton police, they said, she used the opportunity to turn her life around.
"The break got her sober," said Jim Nestor, who leads the State Police's employee-assistance program, which arranges counseling for troopers.
State Police officials said McKaig would not be available for comment.
Hamilton Township Police Chief Stacy Tappeiner said the officers should not have given McKaig a break.
"The discretion exercised for McKaig was done far too leniently due to the person's profession," said Tappeiner, who became police chief this year.
Deborah Jacobs, state director for the American Civil Liberties Union, said the police should have taken a tougher stand. "It seems to me that police agencies should want to hold police officers to a higher standard than that of the general public, not a lower standard," she said.
Dennis Kenney, a former Florida policeman who is a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said police use an informal "sliding scale" when determining whether to look the other way. Speeding off-duty police officers may get a pass, but drinking and driving is less likely to be overlooked because it's much more dangerous, he said.
Although cutting breaks violates the principle of equally enforcing the law, it's still common, Kenney said.
"Policing is not unlike any other profession," he said. "Every other profession has its way of making exceptions for friends and colleagues."
McKaig was never suspended after the stops, which were detailed in the police documents obtained by The Star-Ledger through the Open Public Records Act. But she is facing disciplinary charges of conduct unbecoming an officer related to the allegations of drinking and driving. The charges were signed by State Police Supt. Rick Fuentes in March 2009, almost one year after McKaig's third alcohol-related stop. They will be reviewed at an administrative hearing before a final punishment is decided.
The disciplinary charges noted that Hamilton Township police pulled McKaig over 10 times from March 17, 2007, through April 30, 2008. "The majority of stops concluded with verbal warnings, however, the last three instances involved the consumption of alcoholic beverages," reads the document.
The document also shows McKaig later admitted to internal State Police investigators that she had been drinking alcohol before being pulled over each of those three times. Driving while drunk is a motor vehicle violation, not a criminal offense, in New Jersey. But the penalties are tough; even a first offense for drunken driving can cost the motorist a hefty fine and a license suspension of up to six months. A third conviction within 10 years of the second conviction can land someone in jail for 180 days in addition to a 10-year license suspension.
McKaig's lawyer, Katherine Hartman, said she doesn't believe her client was ever over the legal limit.
However, Hamilton police were concerned enough that they didn't let McKaig drive home after the second and third stops involving alcohol, documents show.
On April 11, police stopped McKaig for speeding and reported she was "pretty impaired and not fit to drive." A cop drove her home, leaving her car in a parking lot.
Two weeks later, when McKaig admitted drinking "a lot" of alcohol, police had her car towed. Under the legislation known as John's Law, police are allowed to impound a drunken motorist's car to prevent the motorist from returning to it and continuing to drive while intoxicated.
Each stop was handled by a different officer, and poor communication left the Hamilton department in the dark about how often McKaig had been pulled over, Tappeiner said.
"Once we were aware of the multiple stops, the previous chief had our internal affairs officer notify the State Police immediately," he said. "The previous chief also took steps to correct the situation within the department."
At that point, McKaig's supervisor sent her to the employee-assistance program to get help, state officials said.
"She's a good person that had an issue," said state police spokesman Capt. Gerald Lewis. "She has overcome some obstacles and is still a productive member of the State Police."
McKaig has drawn positive attention since graduating from the State Police Academy in May 2001. She was commended for helping save the life of a 4-year-old girl lying on a road in Deptford Township after a car accident in 2005; she performed CPR without a protective mask. In 2008 she was recognized again for helping disarm a man in Camden who had two handguns.
Lewis said State Police leaders do not want troopers cutting breaks for fellow cops, and he emphasized that the state police were not responsible for pulling over McKaig.
Since the stops, she has attended meetings for alcoholics, spoken at conferences and visited with female prison inmates to discuss addiction, said Nestor, who talked about McKaig's case with her permission.
He added that her situation is not unusual. "It happens to a lot of cops," Nestor said. "They get breaks by other cops."
There are no formal rules on how police should enforce the law with fellow officers, said Peter Aseltine, spokesman for the state Attorney General's Office.
Maki Haberfeld, another professor at John Jay, said detailed rules could help break down the "blue wall of silence where police officers cover for each other no matter what."
"If there's no strict regulation, it will just continue," Haberfeld said.
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« Reply #50 on: May 6th, 2010, 10:26pm » |
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NJ man dies in struggle with police over arrest
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A southern New Jersey man has died after struggling with police who tried to arrest him for loitering outside a convenience store.
Authorities say 36-year-old Keith Briscoe of Waterford was asked several times to leave a Wawa store in Winslow Township around 8:30 a.m. Monday. He refused.
When police tried to arrest him, they say he resisted.
Eventually five police officers and three civilians joined the struggle.
Briscoe was sprayed with Mace, subdued, handcuffed and was about to be put into a police car when he stopped breathing.
CPR and a defibrillator did not revive him.
He died around 9:30 a.m.
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« Reply #51 on: May 6th, 2010, 10:28pm » |
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Newark police officer charged with beating teen
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A Newark police detective has been charged with using excessive force against a 15-year-old during an incident that was caught on video surveillance tape.
Detective Angel Pared has been charged in a grand jury indictment with four counts, including aggravated assault, official misconduct and falsifying police reports.
The 28-year-old Pared, who has been with the Newark Police Department since 2006, is suspended without pay.
Prosecutors said Monday that Pared assaulted the teenager on March 24, arresting him, then allegedly falsified reports about the incident.
Charges against the teen have been dropped.
Pared's attorney, Anthony Fusco Jr., said his client _ who he maintains was threatened by the teen during a legitimate stop _ was being made a public example of the week before Newark's mayoral election in order to nullify residents' anger over relations with the police department.
"This is a real railroad job," Fusco said. "This officer was never given an opportunity to submit or give his side of the story; never given an opportunity to testify in the grand jury."
Newark Police Director Garry McCarthy said at a news conference Monday that he observed "police tactics that were not proper, that were terrible;" on the surveillance video of the incident.
"This agency will maintain a zero tolerance policy for any actions that jeopardize or tarnish the public's trust," he said.
Three other officers who were present during the incident are on paid administrative duty, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.
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« Reply #52 on: May 12th, 2010, 1:04pm » |
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Former NJ cop wins $5M in lawsuit vs. state police
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A former municipal police officer who sued a New Jersey state trooper for excessive use of force has been awarded $5 million.
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority says it plans to appeal the jury's decision.
Gary Wade, then a Tinton Falls police officer, claimed he was roughed up, pepper sprayed and handcuffed by Trooper Michael Colaner after being stopped for speeding on the Garden State Parkway in August 2004.
Colaner and a second trooper involved in the stop said Wade was combative and refused to identify himself as a police officer.
The suit was filed in federal court in 2006, and last month a jury awarded Wade $4.5 million in punitive damages and $500,000 in compensatory damages.
On Tuesday, Turnpike Authority spokesman Joe Orlando said the verdict is flawed.
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« Reply #53 on: Apr 1st, 2011, 10:13pm » |
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NJ state trooper faces disciplinary charges
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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J. - New Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee has always maintained that when his State Police car hurtled through an intersection and into a minivan carrying two teenage sisters out to buy a gallon of milk, killing both of them, it was a tragic accident, not a crime.
In 2009, a jury agreed with him, clearing him of vehicular homicide.
But now the trooper faces new trouble stemming from that incident: His boss, State Police Supt. Rick Fuentes, says he failed to perform his duties when he ran a stop sign, and should be disciplined for it.
A state troopers union official told the Statehouse Bureau of The Star-Ledger of Newark and The Record at stake is about $60,000 that Higbee lost while serving an unpaid suspension.
In court papers, Higbee's lawyer claims the charges are a ploy to avoid reimbursing the trooper's back pay.
"It is an ill-disguised move on the part of the superintendent to circumvent state law and therefore is an ill-conceived and an illegal act," his lawyer, D. William Subin wrote in court papers. Subin and State Police officials declined to talk to the newspapers regarding the proposed discipline. But after his acquittal in June 2009, Higbee said the jury agreed with his claim that the crash was a tragic accident.
"I never went out there to deliberately hurt anybody," he told reporters outside the courthouse.
But the departmental charges Fuentes filed say Higbee performed his duties in a "culpably inefficient manner" because "the safe operation of any assigned division vehicle is of paramount importance."
In court papers, the state says a lengthy suspension would be "especially fair" in Higbee's case.
"The accident was categorized by the State Police as 'preventable,' " the state asserted. Higbee's "failure to use due caution and circumspection resulted in a fatal motor vehicle accident."
The Sept. 27, 2006 crash killed 17-year-old Jacqueline and 19-year-old Christina Becker in Cape May County's Upper Township. The trooper was accused of running a stop sign while pursuing a speeder with his lights and siren off, as recommended by New Jersey police policy. The state has paid the girls' family $2 million to settle a civil suit stemming from the crash.
Subin, the trooper's lawyer, argued in court papers that Higbee should lose no more than 90 days' pay, representing the amount of time his driver's license was suspended after settling two traffic tickets resulting from the crash.
"The penalty for this case should not be dependent on the unfortunate fatalities that resulted," Subin wrote.
David Jones, president of the State Troopers Fraternal Association, said the state is trying to make up for losing its criminal case against Higbee by hitting him with departmental charges that could cost him tens of thousands of dollars.
"They don't want to be responsible for the money they owe Rob," Jones told the newspapers. "The state has spent more money fighting this than they've spent resolving this."
Paul Loriquet, spokesman for the state attorney general, said the state has the right to file departmental charges against the trooper.
"Even though Trooper Higbee was found not guilty during his trial, it doesn't negate the State Police from implementing any disciplinary matters," he said.
An administrative law judge has yet to issue a ruling in the case, which could still be settled internally.
Higbee, 38, remains on duty, assigned to the Atlantic City Casino Investigations Unit. On several occasions over the past year, he has been assigned to provide security at public meetings of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, standing in the back of the room.
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« Reply #54 on: May 19th, 2011, 9:04pm » |
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NJ state police implement stricter DWI policies
May. 16, 2011
TRENTON — New Jersey State Police have implemented stricter policies regarding alcohol-related motor vehicle incidents involving troopers.
And agency officials have launched an extensive review on the use of undercover identification cards by troopers.
The directives from Supt. Rick Fuentes were included in an order that was recently distributed to the command staff of the 2,900-member force. It increases accountability for ranking officers, requiring them to carefully review motor vehicle stops and accidents in which alcohol use is suspected.
The Star-Ledger of Newark, which obtained a copy of the order, reports such incidents will now receive “multiple layers” of internal review, including a final review by Fuentes.
The policy changes also make regional commanders responsible for ensuring troopers are thoroughly examined for alcohol use, and ranking officers may be required to respond to the scene of alcohol-related incidents.
Fuentes also ordered top commanders in charge of operations and investigations to review “all existing protocols” concerning undercover identification cards and provide him with written recommendations on when they can be presented to police at accidents or motor vehicle stops. Those recommendations were due back to Fuentes on Friday, and it’s not clear if or when the protocols will be modified.
Also, any troopers presenting fictitious credentials will be required to explain themselves to their supervisors.
“Personal safety and the integrity of ongoing covert investigations will be considered in the display of those credentials and whether that action was appropriate at the time and place of the incident,” Fuentes wrote in the memo.
State police have dealt with several alcohol-related incidents in recent years.
And last month, an administrative law judge recommended a seven-month suspension for trooper Sheila McKaig, who was never ticketed even though she was caught drinking and driving three times during a three-month period in 2008.
The judge did not recommend firing McKaig because she sought counseling and is considered a “model trooper.” She remains on duty patrolling the Atlantic City Expressway, and Fuentes will have the final say on whether she is disciplined.
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« Reply #55 on: May 20th, 2012, 8:48pm » |
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Troopers suspended over caravan 'escort' reports
Monday, April 23, 2012
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) --- New Jersey's attorney general suspended two state troopers without pay Monday, one of them a 25-year veteran, amid reports they served as escorts last month for a group of high-performance luxury cars on a 100-mph trip down the Garden State Parkway, alarming other motorists.
An attorney for one of the troopers, meanwhile, called the suspension of his client a public relations move made in the heat of a media spotlight that had intensified by Monday afternoon.
Suspended were Sgt. First Class Nadir Nassry and Trooper Joseph Ventrella. Nassry has been with the state police for 25 years and Ventrella for six years.
The alleged incident occurred March 30. Witnesses who emailed the state Turnpike Authority to report the incident said they saw two state police cruisers escorting the speeding cars, one in front and one in back.
According to Turnpike Authority spokesman Tom Feeney, one witness said he saw flashing lights in his rear-view mirror and had to speed up to get over to the right and out of the way. Once there, he said, the cars "raced by" at speeds upward of 100 mph. Their license plates allegedly were taped over.
Another witness said he saw the cars weaving in and out of traffic at high speed.
"We will not tolerate any conduct by a member of the State Police that puts the public in jeopardy, as this unauthorized caravan had the potential to do," Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said. "We are thoroughly investigating this incident, and those responsible will face serious discipline."
When asked about the incident at an unrelated news conference, Gov. Chris Christie, at one time the state's top federal prosecutor, called it "a dumb thing to do" and said he was confident leaving the investigation in the hands of Chiesa and Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes.
"I hated it when politicians behind podiums would lecture law enforcement people about what to do in law enforcement," he said. "So far be it from me to be a hypocrite on this one. I trust the attorney general, he's a smart guy, and I trust Superintendent Fuentes."
Nassry's attorney, Charles Sciarra, said in a statement emailed Monday evening that his client had been scheduled for an interview about the incident earlier in the day but was suspended before the interview took place. He implied that the attorney general's office was swayed by news coverage that started with The Star-Ledger of Newark's first reporting the alleged incident on Sunday.
"We hope that the powers that be will take a breath, exhale and engage in a fair investigative process with which we will continue to cooperate," Sciarra said. "Either way, we will not permit Sgt. Nassry to be sacrificed to satisfy a public-relations agenda."
It was not immediately known if Ventrella had retained an attorney.
Sciarra added that the incident had been blown out of proportion and that charitable organizations "routinely ask and receive escorts from the State Police to and from the various charitable functions they attend with their exotic vehicles." It was not immediately clear whether the March 30 trip was connected to a charitable event.
Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper reported that former New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs was among those driving the sports cars. Jacobs' agent, Justin Schulman, confirmed Monday that Jacobs drove to Atlantic City that day, but he wouldn't say whether he was part of the caravan.
Jacobs, who was released by the Giants last month and later signed with the San Francisco 49ers, is known to be a fan of high-performance cars. Rides Magazine featured him in its October edition, where he discussed a collection that includes a 700-horsepower Nissan GT-R and a Mercedes S63.
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« Reply #56 on: May 20th, 2012, 9:22pm » |
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Report: NJ trooper stole $7,000 worth of gasoline Associated Press
Sunday, June 24, 2012
A veteran New Jersey state police trooper has left the force after admitting he stole more than $7,000 worth of gasoline from state fuel pumps for his personal vehicles, according to a published report.
Citing disciplinary records it obtained, The Star-Ledger of Newark reports the trooper was suspended without pay in March and retired in April. He was not criminally charged.
The trooper, a 25-year veteran of the force, stole 3,128 gallons of gas valued at $7,038 from October 2007 to March 2011. He didn't respond to the newspaper's request for comment.
The newspaper said the trooper forfeited accrued personal, holiday and vacation time, which was valued at roughly the same amount of gas that was stolen. He also was barred from holding another law enforcement job in New Jersey and from obtaining a gun permit for retired officers.
The State Police Retirement Board also reduced the trooper's pension from 65 percent of his final salary to 50 percent _ citing the thefts _ and revoked his medical benefits.
During the board's disciplinary hearing, the trooper said he was a recovering alcoholic but did not always follow his treatment routine during the time the gas thefts occurred. The trooper also said he worked a large amount of overtime but could not overcome his debt, which led to his actions.
Officials would not discuss how the thefts were discovered or whether any reforms have been implemented to bar similar thefts from occurring in the future.
The thefts occurred during a time when the state auditor's office had warned that state police were not doing enough to track gas use by troopers. Officials have since vowed to make changes in how the state monitors fuel fill-ups for its entire fleet.
The state treasury department _ which oversees the fuel-monitoring system _ is now reviewing contract proposals for a new system that would use real-time reporting of details such as who requested the gas and how much was pumped. However, officials would not say if there is a timetable for awarding a contract.
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2 troopers charged in 100-mph caravan escort
Jul. 28, 2012
TRENTON — Two state troopers charged Friday with records-tampering turned a state highway into a "virtual speedway" when they gave a caravan of luxury cars a high-speed escort, taping over their own license plates to conceal their involvement, the attorney general said.
"No one is above the law," Attorney General Jeff Chiesa said. "We will not tolerate officers who endanger the public they are sworn to protect."
Administrative charges also were brought against four other members of the state police in connection with a high-speed escort in 2010, and a fifth trooper for his handling of a ticket issued to the driver of a Lamborghini clocked at 116 mph, also in 2010.
Sgt. 1st Class Nadir Nassry and Trooper Joseph Ventrella sought to conceal their involvement in the March escort, which reached speeds exceeding 100 mph, by using black electrical tape to alter their plates, the attorney general said.
Nassry also is accused of instructing other drivers in the caravan of high-performance vehicles to conceal or partly conceal their license plates using tape or other means.
By hiding their plate numbers, the drivers were able to speed through tolls on the Garden State Parkway without paying, the attorney general said, creating what he described as a "mirage."
Chiesa said putting the tape on the plates shows "they intended to conceal their involvement in conduct that they knew was wrong."
The unauthorized escort had "turned our highway into a virtual speedway, placing countless motorists at risk," Chiesa said.
The attorney general said the time limit had expired to issue any tickets to the motorists involved in any of the high-speed caravans. He added that he did not anticipate any of the drivers would be charged in the ongoing investigation.
New escort procedures are now in place, including "clear instructions on observing posted speed limits," Chiesa said.
Nassry, an assistant station commander and 25-year-veteran, on Thursday took full responsibility for the escort and submitted his retirement papers. He denied through his attorney taping his plates and asked for leniency for Ventrella, whom he said was simply following orders and has been on the force only six years.
Nassry and Ventrella's attorneys both denied their clients engaged in any criminal wrongdoing. Ventrella's attorney, Vincent K. Nuzzi, said his client never taped his license plate and only participated in the caravan on his supervisor's orders.
"He's the lowest guy in the chain of command, given a direct order to do this stuff, and given that direct order by somebody authorized to give him the order," Nuzzi said of Ventrella.
Both Nassry and Ventrella were charged with fourth-degree falsifying or tampering with records. Nassry also faces a second charge of third-degree tampering with public records.
Nassry had agreed to participate in the escort because of his friendship with Brandon Jacobs, a former member of the New York Giants, now with the San Francisco 49ers, who was part of the caravan, Nassry's attorney, Charles Sciarra, said Thursday.
Witnesses who emailed the state Turnpike Authority reported seeing the caravan, escorted by two state police vehicles, traveling down the parkway at speeds over 100 mph, weaving in traffic and forcing some motorists to speed up to get out of the way. Its participants included members of a New York driving club.
Nassry, 47, and Ventrella, 28, were suspended in April.
State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes announced Friday that new guidelines on state police escorts cover authorization and review procedures and rules of conduct, including observing posted speed limits and avoiding passing lanes.
Fuentes and Chiesa referred Friday to the 2012 escort as "unauthorized," but state police have refused previous requests from news organizations to provide a copy of their prior policy on escorts, and did not make a copy of the new policy available.
In the administrative charges announced Friday, two state troopers were charged with unsafe driving and improperly conducting an escort, and two supervisors were charged for improper supervision relating to a similar 2010 high-speed escort of luxury cars. One trooper was charged administratively with improperly handling a speeding ticket during the incident. Fuentes said all five troopers, who were not named as they are subject to an internal agency hearing process, are likely to face unpaid suspensions.
The investigation into the escorts also led to a major shake-up of state police brass, with the reassignment of 10 state police commanders.
Both Chiesa and Fuentes emphasized that the state police regularly conducts lawful escorts for legitimate reasons and insisted the two incidents were isolated.
"This is a public safety issue, plain and simple," Chiesa said. "Thankfully, thankfully nobody was hurt."
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