N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . Actions involving criminal matters C11: an employee. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision. N.J.S.A. 2C: 20-11B (1). Shoplifting for any person purposely to take possession of, carry away, transfer, or cause to be carried away or transferred, any merchandise displayed, held, stored or offered for sale by any store or other retail mercantile establishment with the intention of depriving the merchant of the possession, use or benefit of such merchandise or converting the same to the use of such person without paying to the merchant the full retail value thereof. 3rd degree offense.
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Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Senior Correctional Police Officer Matthew Hahn was suspended for 120 days by the Dept Of Corrections. On February 16, 2023, Hahn was arrested by the Stafford Township Police Department and charged with third-degree shoplifting. The charge involved more than $1000.00 of items taken from various Target locations. Hahn signed a settlement agreement on February 29, 2024.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On February 16, 2023, Officer Hahn was arrested by the Stafford Township Police Department and subsequently charged with a crime of the 3rd degree, specifically Shoplifting in violation of NJSA 2C:20-11(b)1. He allegedly stole more than $1000.00 of items from various Target locations. Officer Hahn signed a settlement agreement on this matter on February 29, 2024.
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 1407. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213715, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩