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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 · 2020[1]
Suspended 45 daysSynopsis 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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Police Transparency NJ, "Craig Grauerholz, Sparta Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/craig-grauerholz-sparta-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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.
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.
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.
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.