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| NJ police chief pleads guilty to lying about affair with subordinate |
| 2024-05-16 |
| [NYPOST] A disgraced former New Jersey police chief admitted in court Monday to having an affair with a subordinate, then lying about it to a special counsel hired by his town to investigate the rumors — which led the local PBA head to mock him as a "felon" in a courtroom confrontation. Andrew Kudrick, the 50-year-old former chief of the Howell Police Department, pleaded guilty to an obstruction of justice charge for his crimes, which included denying his rule-breaking extramarital fling in a January 2022 interview with the counsel, according to the Asbury Park Press. But even though Kudrick — who suddenly retired in March 2022, two years before his contract was up — has fled the department, his former officers haven’t forgiven or forgotten. Several PBA members reportedly lined the back of the courtroom as their former leader lodged a guilty plea that could land him in jail for more than a year — but will likely just mean probation, the Press said. "You’re a clown," the salty former chief told James Alexander, the union president, as he left the courtroom. "But you’re a felon," Alexander shot back, according to the outlet. Last year, the state Attorney General’s Office hit the former chief with an avalanche of charges stemming from the cover-up, including misconduct, false swearing, tampering with public records, witness tampering and obstruction. The deal let him plead guilty to obstruction and dropped the other charges, the Press said. Kudrick will be permanently barred from public employment as a condition of his plea — and could be charged with contempt of court if he even applies for a public job, state Superior Court Judge Paul X. Escandon told him in court. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Doesn’t sound like he made many friends at work. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-16 13:59 |