Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Charles Lewandowski

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2021

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Major discipline · 2021^[1]

Suspended 90 days

Rank as reported: Trooper
Sustained charge(s): Intentional False Statements
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Trooper Charles Lewandowski admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while on duty. Lewandowski provided false or misleading information during an investigation. The sustained charge was intentional false statements. He received a 90 day suspension.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

The member admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the Division while on-duty. The member provided false or misleading information during an investigation. The member received a 90 day suspension.

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance: $4,832.17
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living): $4,832.17
Final salary basis: $115,972
Retired: June 2021
Pension fund: State Police Retirement System (SPRS)
Reported years of service: 20 years, 1 month

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2687. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 309085 (member 44265576), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩