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Christopher Somjen

Mountain Lakes Police Department · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 38 daysSeparated while IA pending2025 · as reported

Sergeant Somjen was charged with False Swearing and Theft by Deception after a complaint that he received educational reimbursement from both the Borough of Mountain Lakes and the Veterans Administration contrary to the terms of his Collective Bargaining Agreement. The record states he forfeited his employment as part of a pre-trial intervention agreement and separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. Mountain Lakes PD recorded a 38 day suspension. The sustained charges were False Swearing and Theft by Deception.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 38 daysSeparated while IA pending
Rank as reported
Sergeant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • False Swearing
  • Theft by Deception.
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Sgt. Somjen was charged with False Swearing and Theft by Deception resulting from a complaint that he was receiving educational reimbursement from the Borough of Mountain Lakes as well as the Veterans Administration contrary to the terms of his Collective Bargaining Agreement. He forfeited his employment as part of a pre-trial intervention agreement.

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Other officers at Mountain Lakes Police Department

One other named officer with a reported major discipline record at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists 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. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Christopher Somjen's major discipline record?

Sergeant Somjen was charged with False Swearing and Theft by Deception after a complaint that he received educational reimbursement from both the Borough of Mountain Lakes and the Veterans Administration contrary to the terms of his Collective Bargaining Agreement. The record states he forfeited his employment as part of a pre-trial intervention agreement and separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. Mountain Lakes PD recorded a 38 day suspension. The sustained charges were False Swearing and Theft by Deception.

What is Christopher Somjen's major discipline record at Mountain Lakes Police Department?

Christopher Somjen has one major discipline record at Mountain Lakes Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How large is Mountain Lakes Police Department, the department Christopher Somjen worked for?

Mountain Lakes Police Department reported 13 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Christopher Somjen individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 488. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8490. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.