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Craig Grauerholz

Sparta Police Department · 1 record · 2020

Suspended 45 days2020 · as reported

Corporal Grauerholz was involved in an off-duty altercation on the evening of March 17, 2020, and was charged by the Sussex County Prosecutors Office with one count of PDP harassment, according to the Sparta Police Department. The record states he pleaded guilty to a PDP offense on August 19, 2020, and the charge was expunged immediately. He was suspended for 45 days.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2020[1]

Suspended 45 days
Rank as reported
Corporal (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not applicable
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Cpl. Grauerholz was involved in an altercation off-duty on the evening of 3.17.2020. As a result, he was charged by the Sussex County Prosecutors Office with one count of PDP Harassment. He pled guilty to a PDP offense on 8.19.2020 and the charge was expunged immediately.

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Other officers at Sparta Police Department

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

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Base salary (pension basis)
$148,076
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
20 years, 7 months

How to read this

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Questions and answers

What is a summary of Craig Grauerholz's major discipline record?

Corporal Grauerholz was involved in an off-duty altercation on the evening of March 17, 2020, and was charged by the Sussex County Prosecutors Office with one count of PDP harassment, according to the Sparta Police Department. The record states he pleaded guilty to a PDP offense on August 19, 2020, and the charge was expunged immediately. He was suspended for 45 days.

What is Craig Grauerholz's major discipline record at Sparta Police Department?

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

What is Craig Grauerholz's base salary on record?

Craig Grauerholz's reported base salary is $148,076, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Craig Grauerholz has 20 years, 7 months of reported service.

How large is Sparta Police Department, the department Craig Grauerholz worked for?

Sparta Police Department reported 37 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Craig Grauerholz individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 3004. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 236963, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8596. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.