Major discipline · 2023[1]
Separated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Indictable Offense
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
In 2023, Officer Anthony Cosma separated from the Guttenberg Police Department while an internal affairs matter was pending. The agency received several complaints that Cosma had borrowed large sums of money from multiple people and failed to pay it back. Cosma was charged with theft by deception for an amount in excess of $500, a third-degree crime. He entered a pretrial intervention program and forfeited his position as a police officer. An indictable offense charge was sustained.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Several complaints were received alleging that Anthony Cosma had borrowed large sums of money from multiple people and failed to pay it back. Cosma was eventually charged with Theft By Deception for an amount in excess of $500, making it a third-degree crime. Anthony Cosma entered into a Pretrial Intervention program and subsequently forfeited his position as a Police Officer with the Guttenberg Police Department.