Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
East Hanover Township Police Department · 1 record · 2025
TerminatedSeparated while IA pending2025 · as reported
Sergeant Keith Gunther of the East Hanover Township Police Department was terminated in 2025 after separating while an internal affairs investigation was pending. Gunther was involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident and charged with vehicular homicide. He resigned from the department, and on June 17, 2025, he pleaded guilty to the criminal charges and was incarcerated.
Major discipline · 2025[1]
TerminatedSeparated while IA pendingSynopsis as reported by the agency
Sgt Gunther was involved in a fatal MVA and subsequently charged with Vehicular Homicide. Sgt Gunther resigned from his position at the East Hanover Police Department and plead guilty to the criminal charges on 6/17/25, resulting in his incarceration.
Mikalah Goode · Burlington County Sheriff's Office · 2025
TerminatedSeparated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Failure of Drug Test
same year · similar sanction outcome
Robert O'Donnell · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2025
TerminatedSeparated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Failed Drug Screening
same year · similar sanction outcome
Devin Higgs · East Orange Police Department · 2025
TerminatedSeparated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): (1) N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.7(a) -Actions Involving Criminal matters. Immediate suspension is necessary to maintain the safety, health, order and…
same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Liotta · East Hanover Township Police Department · 2022
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming
same agency
Jason Hawiszczak · East Hanover Township Police Department · 2020
Demotedsame agency
2 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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Sergeant Keith Gunther of the East Hanover Township Police Department was terminated in 2025 after separating while an internal affairs investigation was pending. Gunther was involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident and charged with vehicular homicide. He resigned from the department, and on June 17, 2025, he pleaded guilty to the criminal charges and was incarcerated.
Keith Gunther has one major discipline record at East Hanover Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Yes. At least one of Keith Gunther's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
East Hanover Township Police Department reported 35 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Keith Gunther individually.