Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Middlesex County Sheriff's Department · 1 record · 2022
TerminatedSuspended 0 days2022 · as reported
The Middlesex County Sheriffs Office terminated and suspended Officer Joshua Padilla in 2022. Padilla was arrested and convicted for producing, distributing, and possessing child pornography. The record states he had sex with a minor in Pennsylvania, recorded it, and published it on a website. The sustained charge was inability to perform duties.
Major discipline · 2022[1]
TerminatedSuspended 0 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Joshua Padilla was arrested and convicted for producing, distributing, and possessing child pornography. Officer Padilla had sex with a minor in Pennsylvania. He recorded it and published it on a website.
Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.
David Demaio · Middlesex County Sheriff's Department · 2022
Suspended 45 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year
Lakia Torres · Middlesex County Sheriff's Department · 2022
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive absenteeism.
same agency · same year
Carol Diarmento · Middlesex County Sheriff's Department · 2022
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Inabilities to perform duties
same agency · same year
Keith Regis · Middlesex County Sheriff's Department · 2022
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Inabilities to perform duties
same agency · same year
Mercy Neal · Middlesex County Sheriff's Department · 2022
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Inabilities to perform duties
same agency · same year
16 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Joshua Padilla, Middlesex County Sheriff's Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/joshua-padilla-middlesex-co-sheriffs-dept/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
The Middlesex County Sheriffs Office terminated and suspended Officer Joshua Padilla in 2022. Padilla was arrested and convicted for producing, distributing, and possessing child pornography. The record states he had sex with a minor in Pennsylvania, recorded it, and published it on a website. The sustained charge was inability to perform duties.
Joshua Padilla has one major discipline record at Middlesex County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Yes. At least one of Joshua Padilla's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2022.