Fontanez has 2 sustained major discipline records from Elizabeth PD, spanning 2023 to 2024. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Charged w/indictable crime; Conviction of a crime; Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee.
Discipline timeline, 2023 to 2024
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2 records, 2023 to 2024
Major discipline records reported for AB Fontanez, by year
Officer AB Fontanez was terminated by the Elizabeth Police Department. Fontanez entered PTI after pleading guilty to indictable crimes under the New Jersey Criminal Code, including endangering the welfare of a child, hindering apprehension, false reports to law enforcement, and availability of alcoholic beverages to minors. As a condition of the PTI, Fontanez forfeited his public office and is barred from holding any public office or position of trust in New Jersey.
Ofc. Fontanez entered into PTI after pleading guilty to indictable crimes under New Jersey Criminal Code, specifically, 2C:24‐4A(2) Endangering Welfare of a Child, 2C:29‐3B(4) Hindering Apprehension, 2C:28‐ 4B(1) False Reports to Law Enforcement, 2C:33‐17A Availability of Alcoholic Beverages to Minors. As a condition of the PTI by Order of Forfeiture of Employment, Fontanez forfeited his public office as a law enforcement officer with the Elizabeth Police Department and is forever barred from holding any public office or position of trust under the State of New Jersey.
Officer AB Fontanez was suspended by the Elizabeth Police Department; the number of days was not reported. Fontanez was charged with indictable crimes under the New Jersey Criminal Code, including endangering the welfare of a child, hindering apprehension, false reports to law enforcement, and availability of alcoholic beverages to minors.
Ofc. Fontanez was charged with indictable crimes under New Jersey Criminal Code, specifically, 2C:24-4A(2) Endangering Welfare of a Child, 2C:29-3B(4) Hindering Apprehension, 2C:28-4B(1) False Reports to Law Enforcement, 2C:33-17A Availability of Alcoholic Beverages to Minors. The complaint alleges that Fontanez served alcoholic beverages to minors, failed to summon medical attention for a minor who was unconscious, hindered his own apprehension by making false statements to law enforcement, and made alcoholic beverages available to minors.
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No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of AB Fontanez's major discipline record?
Fontanez has 2 sustained major discipline records from Elizabeth PD, spanning 2023 to 2024. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Charged w/indictable crime; Conviction of a crime; Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee.
What is AB Fontanez's major discipline record at Elizabeth Police Department?
AB Fontanez has 2 major discipline records at Elizabeth Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does AB Fontanez's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of AB Fontanez's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Elizabeth Police Department, the department AB Fontanez worked for?
Elizabeth Police Department reported 337 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about AB Fontanez individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1436. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1977. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1436. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 1436, 1977. ↩
[4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8604. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩