Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department terminated Patrolman LaMontagne in 2024. According to the record, in January 2022 LaMontagne damaged the cell phone and side view mirror of his girlfriend's vehicle during a domestic dispute, and the conduct continued in May 2022 with harassment of his girlfriend. Investigators found he used a department computer to look up the identity of an associate of hers, and by July 2022 the harassing behavior led to temporary restraining orders. Sustained charges included Conduct Unbecoming, harassment, criminal mischief, and untruthfulness.
- Harassment - Criminal Mischief Untruthfulness Obedience to laws and General Orders
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer LaMontagne engaged in a course of a police officer over a substantial period of time beginning with with an arrest for a domestic dispute and charged with criminal mischief in January 2022 and concluding with being untruthful during the course of an internal affairs investigation interview. In January 2022, Officer LaMontagne damaged the cell phone and side view mirror of his girlfriend’s vehicle during a domestic dispute. The course of conduct continued in May of 2022 with the stalking/harassment of his girlfriend causing emotional distress. During the course of the internal affairs investigation, it was discovered that LaMontagne used the department computer system to look-up the identity of an associate of his girlfriend. In July 2022 LaMontagne continued to engage in harassing behavior while in the relationship with his girlfriend resulting in Temporary Restraining Orders being issued upon LaMontagne. Moreover, LaMontagne was found to be untruthful in relation to the unlawful use of township computers. Charges of an Officer, (Criminal Mischief), (Harassment), Untruthfulness and Failure to Obey Laws and General Orders were sustained and the officer was terminated.
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Sustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming a public employee
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Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael LaMontagne's major discipline record?
Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department terminated Patrolman LaMontagne in 2024. According to the record, in January 2022 LaMontagne damaged the cell phone and side view mirror of his girlfriend's vehicle during a domestic dispute, and the conduct continued in May 2022 with harassment of his girlfriend. Investigators found he used a department computer to look up the identity of an associate of hers, and by July 2022 the harassing behavior led to temporary restraining orders. Sustained charges included Conduct Unbecoming, harassment, criminal mischief, and untruthfulness.
What is Michael LaMontagne's major discipline record at Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department?
Michael LaMontagne has one major discipline record at Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Michael LaMontagne's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Michael LaMontagne's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department, the department Michael LaMontagne worked for?
Little Egg Harbor Township Police Department reported 45 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Michael LaMontagne individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1231. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8520. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩