Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended (days not reported)- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Indictable Offenses
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Michael Martinez was suspended by the Plainfield Police Department on a charge of indictable offenses. The record states that on 23 April 2023 Martinez was involved in a domestic violence incident with a person protected under the Domestic Violence Act, during which he discharged his department-issued firearm inside his home while the protected person and three small children were present. North Brunswick Police Department charged him with third-degree aggravated assault, second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 23 April 2023, Officer Martinez was involved in a Domestic Violence incident with a person that is protected under the Domestic Violence Act, where he discharged his departmental issued firearm, while inside his home. This occurred while the protected person and three small children were present. Officer Martinez was charged by North Brunswick Police Department with Aggravated Assault-3rd Degree, Poss of Firearm for Unlawful Purpose-2nd Degree and Endangering the Welfare of a Child-2nd Degree. Officer Martinez has been suspended since 24 April 2023. This matter is still pending in Middlesex Superior Court.