NEWTON – The Newton officer accused of exposing himself to male drivers over a 7-month period last year has accepted a plea agreement that calls for him to resign from his job on the police force.
Jason Miller, 37, appeared before Judge Thomas Critchley in Sussex County Superior Court Monday with his attorney, Anthony Iacullo, for the first time since being arrested in November 2014.
Under the terms of the agreement, Miller pleaded guilty to turning off the video and audio components of his patrol car’s dashboard camera system “to conceal unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” between March 1, 2014 and Oct. 23, 2014.
Additionally, Miller, who is currently suspended indefinitely without pay from the Newton Police Department, will be barred from seeking employment as a law enforcement officer in New Jersey, Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Greg Mueller said.
The state is also seeking that Miller serve 60 days in county jail, as well as be subject to a probationary period of between one and five years, Mueller said.
Miller’s sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 7.
An investigation was launched by the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office in late October 2014, when the Newton Police Department received two anonymous tips alleging that the 14-year-veteran of the force had unzipped his pants during “numerous” traffic stops of male drivers between the ages of 18 and 26.
Authorities said they took statements from drivers the officer had stopped, and reviewed dashboard camera footage captured from Miller’s police car. He turned himself in at the prosecutor’s office on Nov. 17, 2014 and was charged with two counts of official misconduct, one count of a pattern of official misconduct and one count of lewdness.
Miller, who was also ordered at the time of his arrest to surrender any firearms, remains free on $35,000 bail.
Iacullo declined to speak with reporters following Monday’s hearing but last week told NJ Advance Media that if there “was anything” his client regrets it would be not “ensuring that his equipment was in proper working order or activating it so that his dialogue would have been preserved to refute these frivolous allegations.”
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the folks of corrupticut are soooo brainwashed that they will probably vote this creep into some gov position soon.
the next person to see him act this way should “fear for his life” and shoot that thing off
Someone should take care of the situation with this pervert, just castrate him and he wouldn’t do that anymore and that he does not to try to hurt children.
Well, what do you know! A pig in a blanket. Nothing nefarious happening here. Standard procedure. Hey, he passed the “pig” test, what do you expect? When you search for sub-standard intelligence you may have a couple personality quirks thrown in for a bonus.
“Hey boy, you rolled through that last stop sign! Now, look what I got to roll out for you! What an F’N pervert! Where do they dredge these knuckledraggers out from? It’s like they advertise. “Sign up for a career in law enforcement.” Do they have the sign up list as part of a exit interview from the looney bin? “Hi, I’m Officer Fudgepack, tell me what you see here!” “Move on citizen, I’m conducting a show and tell interview!”
Typical cop. This one’s chasing boys instead of raping women, but there’s no surprise here. This is what cops do.
If they weren’t mentally-challenged, psychotic freaks, they never would have been hired for the job.
THIS GUY EVEN LOOKS LIKE HES FIRING ON A FEW CYLINDERS SHY OF 12.
“A few sandwiches short of a picnic!” “A few bricks short of a load.” “A couple cards short of a full deck.” “One “rim job” short of a blown load!” “One guy short of accomplishing freedom.” I never want to go there. If I’m the last guy to die, so be it. Do you want to live in the world they have in mind for us? Not me. I’d rather lay my life down for my freedom than live one second under bondage.
I note that there is no mention made of this homosexual pervert being placed in a sex offenders registry, as some have been for lesser issues like urinating in public or two minors having consensual sexual relations. I would definitely view a public official deliberately exposing himself to be a sexual offender.
http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/14/perverted-justice
https://www.appa-net.org/eweb/docs/appa/pubs/RML.pdf
Guess what? My mother-out-law lives in Newton, NJ. I’ll have to ask her about this. We live in Pa., my wife’s from Newton, NJ, though.
HEY! Maybe the cop exposed himself to my MOTHER-OUT-LAW!!! wtf?
“Additionally, Miller, who is currently suspended indefinitely without pay from the Newton Police Department, will be barred from seeking employment as a law enforcement officer in New Jersey,…”
S.F. is probably looking for a few fag pigs.
This j e wish pi g should be a registered sex offender.
It’s a shame the scumbag is not condemned to be whipped to death.
Death to cops! Death to ALL cops, but not to Police officers!
ssri’s?