Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
In November 2017, Sergeant Teddy Cerra was arrested and charged with Possession of a Firearm with Unlawful Purpose, third-degree and fourth-degree Aggravated Assault, and second-degree Official Misconduct stemming from a road rage incident, and was suspended. The Franklin Township Police Department - Somerset County reported that Cerra provided a false name to officers during an investigation in March 2018. On June 12, 2023, he pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree Aggravated Assault and signed a plea agreement resigning his employment. No department discipline was imposed under the plea agreement.
November 2017 - Sergeant Cerra was arrested and eventually charged with one count of Possession of a Firearm with Unlawful Purpose, one count of 3rd degree Aggravated Assault, one count of 4th degree Aggravated Assault and one count of 2nd degree Official Misconduct stemming from a road rage incident. He was immediately suspended pending resolution of the criminal charges. He subsequently pled guilty to one count of 4th degree Aggravated Assault (NJSA 2C:12-1B(4)) on June 12, 2023. March 2018- Sergeant Cerra demonstrated a lack of candor by providing a false name to officers while being questioned as part of an investigation. On June 12, 2023, Sergeant Cerra signed a plea agreement with the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office resigning his employment with the Franklin Township Police Department and agreed to not seek employment with any other law enforcement agency in the future. No discipline was meted out from the department for these infractions based upon the plea agreement.
Compensation and pension
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Teddy Cerra's major discipline record?
In November 2017, Sergeant Teddy Cerra was arrested and charged with Possession of a Firearm with Unlawful Purpose, third-degree and fourth-degree Aggravated Assault, and second-degree Official Misconduct stemming from a road rage incident, and was suspended. The Franklin Township Police Department - Somerset County reported that Cerra provided a false name to officers during an investigation in March 2018. On June 12, 2023, he pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree Aggravated Assault and signed a plea agreement resigning his employment. No department discipline was imposed under the plea agreement.
What is Teddy Cerra's major discipline record at Franklin Township Police Department?
Teddy Cerra has one major discipline record at Franklin Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Teddy Cerra's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Teddy Cerra at Franklin Township Police Department.
How large is Franklin Township Police Department, the department Teddy Cerra worked for?
Franklin Township Police Department reported 103 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Teddy Cerra individually.
How does Franklin Township Police Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Franklin Township Police Department in the highest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Teddy Cerra individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1871. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8574. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩