Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
Synopsis 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.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2244. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩