Major discipline · 2023[1]
TerminatedSuspended 294 days- Rank as reported
- Patrolman
- Sustained charge(s)
- Untruthful/Candor
- Other sanction
- Monetary fine or loss of pay
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Ricker was the subject of two internal affairs investigations in 2022. The first sustained charges of time theft, for reporting himself off duty while still being paid, and untruthfulness during a sworn taped statement. In the second, the FBI notified the Warren County Prosecutor's Office that Ricker's personal cellphone had received and disseminated child pornography; he was arrested on April 27, 2022, and pleaded guilty on December 4, 2023, to a three-year prison term. The Phillipsburg Police Department suspended Ricker for 294 days and terminated him.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Ricker was under two (2) IA investigation in 2022. The first (IA-22-001 on 2/8/2022) was an allegation that he had commit time thief from the department. During this matter he notified the dispatch center that he was off-duty while he was still being paid the the Town. During that IA investigation he gave a sworn taped statement under oath and lied during the interview. All chargers in that matter were sustainded. In the second investigation (IA-22-002 on 2/24/2022) the Warren County Prosecutor's Office was notified by the FBI that Officer Ricker was the target of a Child Pornography. His persnonal cellular phone had recieved an disseminated a number of videos and images of child pornagraphy while on and off-duty. During the joint criminal investigation Gary Ricker was arrested on 4/27/2022 and then on 12/4/2023 he plead guilty in an agreement to serve three (3) years in New Jersey State Prison.