On 1/7/21, Senior Correctional Police Officer Werner Gramajo of Northern State Prison was charged with official misconduct after an investigation determined that between 1/1/20 and 1/7/21 he smuggled contraband into the prison to a particular incarcerated person while on duty and was paid cash in return. On 9/22/25, Gramajo pleaded guilty to one count of criminal conspiracy and agreed to the forfeiture of his employment with the Department of Corrections on 10/6/25.
E1- Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision. , Actions involving criminal matters, charged with: N.J.S.A. 2C:30-2 (2nd degree crime) - Official misconduct N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7(a)- Tampering with Public Records N.J.S.A. 2C:27-2c- Bribery N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2- Conspiracy
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 1/7/21, Northern State Prison’s (NSP) Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Werner Gramajo was charged with Official Misconduct, contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:30-2a- Public Servant Soliciting/Accepting a benefit over $200 and contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:27-10- Acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior. An investigation determined that between 1/1/20 and 1/7/21, while on duty, SCPO Gramajo smuggled contraband into NSP to a particular incarcerated person and was paid cash in return. On 9/22/25, SCPO Gramajo pleaded guilty to one count of criminal Conspiracy N.J.S.A 2C:5-2a (1)- Conspiracy and agreed to the forfeiture of his public employment with the New Jersey Department of Corrections on 10/6/25.
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Other officers at Department Of Corrections
433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Werner Gramajo's major discipline record?
On 1/7/21, Senior Correctional Police Officer Werner Gramajo of Northern State Prison was charged with official misconduct after an investigation determined that between 1/1/20 and 1/7/21 he smuggled contraband into the prison to a particular incarcerated person while on duty and was paid cash in return. On 9/22/25, Gramajo pleaded guilty to one count of criminal conspiracy and agreed to the forfeiture of his employment with the Department of Corrections on 10/6/25.
What is Werner Gramajo's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Werner Gramajo has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Werner Gramajo's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Werner Gramajo's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Werner Gramajo worked for?
Department Of Corrections reported 4,741 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Werner Gramajo individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 627. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8641. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩