Major discipline · 2023[1]
Other sanction- Rank as reported
- Lieutenant
- Sustained charge(s)
- not reported
- Separated while IA pending
- not reported
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Lieutenant Shaun Butler was suspended without pay by the Mantua Township Police Department, according to a 2023 record, after being charged with indictable crimes stemming from an off-duty incident in 2021. The indictment, pending in criminal court, included official misconduct, computer crime for accessing data, witness tampering, conspiracy to tamper with public records, tampering with public records, criminal coercion, and a pattern of official misconduct. The department did not report the sustained charges.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Lt. Shaun Butler has been suspended without pay after being charged with indictable crimes stemming from an off-duty incident which occurred in 2021. An indictment was returned on the following statutes and are pending in criminal court: 2C:30-2a - Official misconduct-unauthorized use of official function 2C:20-25a - Computer crime-access data/computer etc. 2C:20-31b - Computer crime-access and disclose etc. 2C:28-5a(2) - Witness tampering-withhold testimony/info. 2C:5-2 - Conspiracy-tamper with public records 2C:28-7a(2), 2C:2-6, 2C:5-2 - Tamper with public records 2C:13-5a(4) - Criminal coercion-threaten to take/withhold official action 2C:30-7 - Official misconduct-pattern