Officer Sterling Wheaten was charged under Pennsylvania statutes with Simple Assault (18 Section 2701 A2), a grade 2 misdemeanor, Strangulation (18 Section 2718 A2), a grade 2 felony, and Harassment (18 Section 2709 A2), a summary offense, the Atlantic City Police Department reported. The charges stemmed from a domestic violence investigation, and Yardley Boro Police issued an arrest warrant. The department sustained a charge of Indictable Offense. Wheaten was suspended pending the outcome of the criminal charges.
Officer Sterling Wheaten was charged with Pennsylvania Commonwealth Criminal Statutes, Simple Assault - 18§2701§A2, a grade 2 Misdemeanor offense, Strangulation - 18§2718§A2, a grade 2 Felony offense and Harassment - 18§2709§A2, a Summary offense. It is alleged that, while off duty, Officer Wheaten was the subject of an investigation into allegations of Domestic Violence. Yardley Boro Police issued an arrest warrant for Officer Wheaten regarding a complaint in which a victim asserts that Officer Wheaten engaged them in a verbal argument, held them down and covered their face with a garment, causing said victim to struggle to breathe. Officer Wheaten was suspended pending the outcome of criminal charges.
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What is a summary of Sterling Wheaten's major discipline record?
Officer Sterling Wheaten was charged under Pennsylvania statutes with Simple Assault (18 Section 2701 A2), a grade 2 misdemeanor, Strangulation (18 Section 2718 A2), a grade 2 felony, and Harassment (18 Section 2709 A2), a summary offense, the Atlantic City Police Department reported. The charges stemmed from a domestic violence investigation, and Yardley Boro Police issued an arrest warrant. The department sustained a charge of Indictable Offense. Wheaten was suspended pending the outcome of the criminal charges.
What is Sterling Wheaten's major discipline record at Atlantic City Police Department?
Sterling Wheaten has one major discipline record at Atlantic City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Sterling Wheaten's base salary on record?
Sterling Wheaten's reported base salary is $124,240, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Sterling Wheaten has 17 years, 11 months of reported service.
How large is Atlantic City Police Department, the department Sterling Wheaten worked for?
Atlantic City Police Department reported 295 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Sterling Wheaten individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1461. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 226807, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8112. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩