Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 60 daysSeparated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- PO
- Sustained charge(s)
- Indictable Offense
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Allendale Police Department reported that Police Officer Victor Bartoloma was charged with Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution, a second degree crime under N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3A(5), for an incident on or about January 15, 2023 in the Village of Ridgewood. The charge involved false statements to a law enforcement officer investigating a motor vehicle crash that occurred while Bartoloma was off duty. Bartoloma was suspended for 60 days and resigned while the internal affairs investigation was pending.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Police Officer Bartoloma was charged with Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution, a second degree crime in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3A(5), for an incident that occurred on or about January 15, 2023, in the Village of Ridgewood. Officer Bartoloma was charged with making false statement(s) to a law enforcement officer who was investigating a motor vehicle crash that occurred while PO Bartoloma was off duty. It was alleged that he told a police officer that he was the driver of a vehicle involved in a motor vehicle accident, knowing that he was not the driver and that he had provided the driver with a vehicle to leave the scene of the accident. PO Bartoloma resigned while IA investigation was pending.