Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 38 daysSeparated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Sergeant
- Sustained charge(s)
- False Swearing, Theft by Deception.
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
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.