Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 30 days- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a)6. a public employee (a)12. C7: Fighting or creating a disturbance on state property. C11: an employee. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Larry Newsome for 30 days in 2024. On March 14, 2024, an investigation found that Newsome engaged in a physical altercation with another staff member at the New Jersey State Prison, pushing the other officer in the chest with his open right hand and then being pushed back. Custody staff had to separate the two. Newsome signed a settlement agreement on June 28, 2024.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On March 14, 2024, an investigation revealed that Officer Newsome engaged in a physical altercation with another staff member at the New Jersey State Prison Facility. Specifically, SCPO Newsome pushed another Officer in the chest with his open right hand, palm facing outward. SCPO Newsome was then pushed in the chest by the other Officer. A verbal altercation also ensued between the two. Custody Staff had to separate SCPO Newsome and the other Officer. Officer Newsome signed a settlement agreement on this matter on June 28, 2024.