Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Detective Ronald Allen was suspended for 323 days by the NJ Division of Criminal Justice in 2024 for conduct unbecoming, misuse of public property, and driving while intoxicated and related offenses. On November 23, 2023, South Plainfield police stopped Allen while he was operating a State vehicle off duty. He was charged with reckless driving, driving while intoxicated, having an open alcohol container, and consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle. Allen pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and separated from the Division of Criminal Justice in 2024.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On November 23, 2023, Division of Criminal Justice Detective Ronald Allen was stopped by the South Plainfield Police Department while operating a State vehicle off-duty. He was charged with N.J.S.A. 39:4-96, Reckless driving; N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, Driving While Intoxicated; N.J.S.A. 39:4-51 B, Open Alcohol Container in a Motor Vehicle; and 39:4-51A, Consumption of an Alcoholic Beverage in a Motor Vehicle. Detective Allen pleaded guilty to Driving While Intoxicated in violation of N.J.S.A. 39:4-50 on or about May 22, 2024. Detective Allen was suspended without pay for approximately 11 months. He separated from the Division of Criminal Justice in 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 1417. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 360240 (member 44348741), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩