Robert Lawson,Lakewood Chief of Police Today’s Asbury Park Press reports that former Lakewood police officer Matthew Moore was arrested on May 17, 2015 for possession of heroin. According to the article, Lakewood Officer Kristie Buble, while investigating a suspicious vehicle in a Kentucky Fried Chicken parking lot, allegedly observed Moore “preparing to ingest heroin.” This […]
Posted inNJ Civil Settlements
LEAP Academy quietly pays $50,000 to settle employee’s whistle blower suit.
On August 25, 2014, a Camden County charter school agreed to pay $50,000 to its former facilities manager who claimed he was retaliated against for reporting his supervisor’s alledged requirement that he make repairs to her personal residence on the school’s time and using school resources. In his suit, Mark Paoli of Audubon said that […]
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Paulsboro poised to pass another juvenile curfew ordinance that it believes will pass constitutional muster.
On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 the Paulsboro (Gloucester County) Borough Council will vote on enacting a new juvenile curfew ordinance to replace the one the Borough repealed in October 2014. The repealed ordinance is on-line here and the new one under consideration is on-line here. Both versions of the ordinance made it illegal, with certain […]
Posted inFairfield Township Informant
Former Fairfield mayor files discrimination suit against another former mayor.
Update: Sharp’s suit settled for $75,000. On March 6, 2015, former Fairfield Township mayor Michael Sharp filed a discrimination suit (Docket No. CUM-L-162-15) against former mayor (now Committee member) Joanne L. Servais, Committee member Michael Morton, former Committee members Don Taylor and Viola Thomas-Hughes and Russell Pierce, Richard Servais and Joseph Servais. Sharp’s attorney is […]
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Westville quietly pays $180,000 to settle suit by woman who claimed she was forced to pee on cell floor in front of male officers.
On March 29, 2015 the Borough of Westville (Gloucester County) agreed to pay $180,000 to a Brooklawn woman who sued members a Westville Police Department for allegedly forcing her to pee on the floor of her jail cell in full view of male police officers. In her suit, Rosa Badalamenti said that on March 20, […]