TerminatedSuspended 145 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Kelly has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dover PD, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Indictable Charges Pending; 2C:24-4b(5)(a)(i).
Discipline timeline, 2024 to 2025
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2 records, 2024 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Anthony Kelly, by year
Former Officer Anthony Kelly of the Dover Police Department was suspended for 145 days and terminated in 2025. In 2024, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office charged Kelly with possessing less than 1,000 items of suspected child sexual abuse material, a crime of the third degree, and with distributing an item depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of a minor, a crime of the second degree. On or about July 16, 2025, Kelly pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree distribution.
In 2024, former Officer Anthony Kelly was charged by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO) with knowingly possessing, viewing, or having control of less than 1,000 items of suspected Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) through means including the internet, a crime of the third degree. He was also charged with knowingly distributing an item depicting the sexual exploitation or abuse of a minor, specifically by sending such items through a messaging application to others, a crime of the second degree. On or about July 16, 2025, Kelly pled guilty to one (1) count of second-degree distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).
In 2024, the Dover Police Department placed Officer Anthony Kelly on indefinite suspension pending the outcome of criminal charges filed by the Morris County Prosecutor's Office on November 26, 2024. The record states the charges include possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. The number of days suspended was not reported.
The individual was placed on indefinite suspension pending the outcome of criminal charges filed by the Morris County Prosecutor's Office on November 26, 2024. The charges include possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
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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 Anthony Kelly's major discipline record?
Kelly has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dover PD, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Indictable Charges Pending; 2C:24-4b(5)(a)(i).
What is Anthony Kelly's major discipline record at Dover Police Department?
Anthony Kelly has 2 major discipline records at Dover Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Anthony Kelly's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Anthony Kelly's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How large is Dover Police Department, the department Anthony Kelly worked for?
Dover Police Department reported 35 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Anthony Kelly individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 484. 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 1220. 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 484. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 484, 1220. ↩
[4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8474. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩