Brian Rossmeyer
Service Record
Edison New Jersey Police Department
| Rank | Sergeant (December 2017)[1] |
| Dates of Service | Hired in 2007.[2] |
| Salary | $170,142 (2021)[3] |
| Last Known Status | Active |
Incident Reports
2005 Indecent Exposure Arrest
In 2005, before being hired by the Edison Police Department, Rossmeyer and Officer David Salardino were seen posing naked in front of a hotel window in Ocean City, Maryland.[4]
Response Timeline
Rossmeyer and Salardino were arrested for indecent exposure.[4]
2016-2018 Racketeering
Response Timeline
On June 1, 2018, Sergeant Ioannis (John) Mpletsakis, Sergeant Brian Rossmeyer, Patrolman Gregory Makras, Patrolman James Panagoulakos, and Patrolman Paul Pappas were charged with two counts of official misconduct in the second degree and one count of theft by unlawful taking in the third degree.[1]
In June 2018, the officers were suspended without pay.[5]
On October 19, 2019, the officers were indicted by a grand jury and charged with two counts of official misconduct in the second degree, participation in a pattern of official misconduct in the second degree, financial facilitation of criminal activity in the second degree, conspiracy to commit the crime of financial facilitation of criminal activity in the second degree, theft by unlawful taking in the second degree, and theft by deception in the second degree. Mpletsakis was also charged with promoting organized street crime in the first degree, and Makras was charged with hindering prosecution in the third degree, uttering a forged document in the fourth degree, and fabricating physical evidence in the fourth degree.[6]
On October 23, 2019, the officers asked that the charges be dropped as the prosecutor's office had not presented the case fairly to the grand jury.[7]
On April 16, 2020, a judge dropped the charges.[7]
On May 8, 2020, the prosecutor signed new complaints against the officers.[7]
On July 6, 2020, the same judge dismissed the new complaints, claiming "callous disregard" for his earlier order.[7]
On September 14, 2020, a judge ruled that the officers must be reinstated and given back pay.[8]
On October 14, 2022, a grand jury returned an indictment, charging the officers with racketeering, bribery, theft, money laundering, witness tampering, conspiracy, official misconduct, pattern of official misconduct, hindering apprehension, fabricating evidence, falsifying documents, failure to pay income tax, filing fraudulent tax returns, retaliating against a witness, and retaliation for past official action.[8]
The officers were offered to have the charges dismissed if they resigned from their positions. At least one officer turned down the deal, so the charges will be pursued in court.[8]
LEO Ratings
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Suzanne Russell, Edison police officers charged with misconduct and theft, My Central Jersey, 2018-06-01
- ↑ Suzanne Russell, Edison's latest police promotions bring controversy, My Central Jersey, 2017-12-11
- ↑ Brian Rossmeyer P, Edison Township, govSalaries
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Katie Kausch, 3 Promoted Edison Police Officers Had Been Disciplined For Nudity, patch.com, 2017-12-12
- ↑ Nick Muscavage, Judge blocks prosecutors’ request to reconsider Edison cops’ no-show case dismissal, My Central Jersey, 2020-07-31
- ↑ Susan Loyer, Edison police officers indicted on multiple charges including misconduct and theft, My Central Jersey, 2018-10-19
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Mike Deak, Edison police officers charged with racketeering in sweeping indictment, My Central Jersey, 2022-10-14
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Four Edison police officers facing trial after one turns down plea deal, My Central Jersey, 2022-10-29
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