Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Questionable Conduct - Off Duty, Careless Driving, Failure to Report MV Accident, Leaving the Scene of MV Accident, Failure to Notify the Division of Information to Which the Division Would Take Cognizance, Driving While Intoxicated, Failure to Carry Duty Weapon
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Detective II Matthew D'Augustine admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. While off duty, D'Augustine was involved in a motor vehicle crash while driving intoxicated in his personal vehicle and then fled the scene. The sustained charges included driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident. He received a 270 day suspension.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division. While off-duty, the member was involved in a motor vehicle crash while driving intoxicated in their personal vehicle and subsequently fled the scene. The member received a 270 day suspension.
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2304. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 252280, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩