Post by WaTcHeR on Sept 20, 2006 14:21:14 GMT -5
09.20.2006 - The Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office has dismissed an official misconduct charge against a former Washington Township police officer in exchange for his guilty plea to a disorderly persons offense.
Officer Danny Moore, who turns 43 today, pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court to harassment. He acknowledged he made harassing phone calls to his estranged wife. Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. fined Moore $25.
As part of his plea, Moore has agreed not to seek future employment as a police officer or other public servant, said his attorney, Louis G. Hasner of Cherry Hill.
In June, Marshall ordered a new trial for Moore, who was convicted in 2004 of official misconduct and harassment. Marshall ruled Moore had ineffective counsel because defense attorney John Angelucci refused to allow Moore to testify on his own behalf at trial. Moore, a 12-year police veteran, was found guilty of using police equipment to track his wife and making harassing phone calls, violating a restraining order.
He was sentenced to three years in state prison but completed his sentence earlier this year through the state's Intensive Supervision Program.
"The agreement was reached with the victim's knowledge and it satisfied the state's interest in ensuring that he (Moore) no longer will be involved in law enforcement," said Bernie Weisenfeld, the prosecutor's spokesman.
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Officer Danny Moore, who turns 43 today, pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court to harassment. He acknowledged he made harassing phone calls to his estranged wife. Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. fined Moore $25.
As part of his plea, Moore has agreed not to seek future employment as a police officer or other public servant, said his attorney, Louis G. Hasner of Cherry Hill.
In June, Marshall ordered a new trial for Moore, who was convicted in 2004 of official misconduct and harassment. Marshall ruled Moore had ineffective counsel because defense attorney John Angelucci refused to allow Moore to testify on his own behalf at trial. Moore, a 12-year police veteran, was found guilty of using police equipment to track his wife and making harassing phone calls, violating a restraining order.
He was sentenced to three years in state prison but completed his sentence earlier this year through the state's Intensive Supervision Program.
"The agreement was reached with the victim's knowledge and it satisfied the state's interest in ensuring that he (Moore) no longer will be involved in law enforcement," said Bernie Weisenfeld, the prosecutor's spokesman.
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