Sergeant Richard Conte was terminated by the Howell Township Police Department in 2024. In September 2018, Conte was arrested as part of the Operation Open House investigation led by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, the New Jersey Regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, and he was suspended on September 7, 2018. On August 25, 2023, the Ocean County Superior Court issued a judgment of conviction on an amended charge of computer criminal access, and Conte was terminated on January 22, 2024.
In September of 2018, Sgt. Richard Conte was arrested as part of the “Operation Open House” investigation. This operation was led by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), the New Jersey Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, which is led by the New Jersey State Police, and the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. Following his arrest, Sgt. Conte was suspended by the Howell Township Police Department on September 7, 2018. On August 25, 2023, the Ocean County Superior Court issued a judgement of conviction for Sgt. Conte on an amended criminal charge of 2C:20-25C (Computer Criminal Access). Following this judgement of conviction, Sgt. Richard Conte was officially terminated by the Howell Township Police Department on January 22, 2024.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Richard Conte's major discipline record?
Sergeant Richard Conte was terminated by the Howell Township Police Department in 2024. In September 2018, Conte was arrested as part of the Operation Open House investigation led by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, the New Jersey Regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, and he was suspended on September 7, 2018. On August 25, 2023, the Ocean County Superior Court issued a judgment of conviction on an amended charge of computer criminal access, and Conte was terminated on January 22, 2024.
What is Richard Conte's major discipline record at Howell Township Police Department?
Richard Conte has one major discipline record at Howell Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Richard Conte's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Richard Conte's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Howell Township Police Department, the department Richard Conte worked for?
Howell Township Police Department reported 97 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Richard Conte individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1193. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8434. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩