Quincy, MA
Police & Fire
Brookline Police Chief Placed On Leave Amid Alleged Policy Violations Brookline Police Chief Placed On Leave Amid Alleged Policy Violations
Brookline Police Chief Placed On Leave Amid Alleged Policy Violations Brookline's Police Chief Ashley Gonzalez has been placed on paid administrative leave for allegedly violating several policies, the Town said in a statement.  “Last week, we were made aware of multiple allegations that Chief Gonzalez violated the Town’s Policy Against Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Retaliation," the statement read.  “The Town has a strict zero-tolerance policy against discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation committed by or against its employees," the Town continued. "We are committed to supporting the investigation, which will determine the facts,…

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by David Cifarelli
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
Man Admits To Fairfield County Murder In Retaliation For Robbery, Police Say Man Admits To Fairfield County Murder In Retaliation For Robbery, Police Say
Man Admits To Fairfield County Murder In Retaliation For Robbery, Police Say A Fairfield County man has been arrested and charged with the alleged murder of another man who he said robbed him and made him strip off his clothes. Dondre Nesmith, age 25, of Bridgeport, was arrested on Thursday, July 15, by the Bridgeport Police, for the Monday, July 12 murder of Javier Flores. During an interview, Nesmith admitted to shooting Flores in retaliation for Flores and another man robbing him and forcing him to strip out of his clothes, said Scott Appleby, the City of Bridgeport's director of Emergency Management. Nesmith was charged with murder.  He is being held…

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by Kathy Reakes
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Scathing Federal Suit Filed Against Ridley Township Police Captain, Elected Officials Scathing Federal Suit Filed Against Ridley Township Police Captain, Elected Officials
Scathing Federal Suit Filed Against Ridley Township Police Captain, Elected Officials A Delaware County police captain and other elected officials have been served a lawsuit alleging that they hindered and interfered with police investigations (see attachment for full lawsuit). Ridley Township Board of Commissioners Chairman Robert Willert, Police Capt. Scott Willoughby, and township managers Edward Pisani and Joseph Ryan were named in the 45-page suit filed Tuesday. “Ridley Township cannot comment on facts of the suit because we have not been served, but we question the timing of the lawsuit as it comes after the police department’s restructuring," township officials s…

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by Nicole Acosta
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Lawsuit Alleges Garfield Walmart Fired Worker For Reporting COVID-19 Violations Lawsuit Alleges Garfield Walmart Fired Worker For Reporting COVID-19 Violations
Lawsuit Alleges Garfield Walmart Fired Worker For Reporting Covid-19 Violations A former customer service manager at Walmart in Garfield has filed a lawsuit claiming that she was fired for reporting the store’s COVID-19 violations. Ejonte Gilyard, 27, of Passaic, is demanding back pay, benefits and other compensatory damages for retaliation, in a lawsuit filed last week in New Jersey Superior Court, NorthJersey.com reports. A corporate policy implemented at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic caps the number of shoppers at 20 percent of a store's capacity, and requires door hosts to keep a running count of customers who enter the store, according to the suit. Gil…

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by Valerie Musson
Elizabeth, NJ
News
Lawsuit: Years Of Bullying, Lack Of Administrative Action Led To Westfield Teen's Suicide Lawsuit: Years Of Bullying, Lack Of Administrative Action Led To Westfield Teen's Suicide
Lawsuit: Years Of Bullying, Lack Of Administrative Action Led To Westfield Teen's Suicide The parents of a Union County teenager who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2018 are suing the Westfield School District saying bullying and lack of administrative action contributed to their son's death. Carthoris “Carter” Uziel died by suicide when he was a 15-year-old sophomore Westfield High School in June of 2018, after nearly a decade of verbal and physical bullying by his peers, according to the suit, filed by his parents Gene and Frances Uziel on June 16 in Union County Superior Court. In addition from being called racial slurs and stalked, Uziel was thrown agains…

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by Valerie Musson
Hackensack, NJ
Schools
Rochelle Park Rehires Suspended Teacher Who Alleged Retaliation Against Sup't, BOE Rochelle Park Rehires Suspended Teacher Who Alleged Retaliation Against Sup't, BOE
Rochelle Park Rehires Suspended Teacher Who Alleged Retaliation Against Sup't, BOE The Rochelle Park Board of Education rehired a middle school teacher who filed a lawsuit against the district's superintendent and its board after he was suspended last year, NorthJersey.com reports. Thomas Hornes was approved for rehiring as per the order of a state arbitrator, after alleging a pattern of retaliation by Rochelle Park Schools Superintendent Geoffrey Zoeller and the BOE over the course of two years in a suit, the article says. A board member and school principal stepped down since Hornes filed the lawsuit last year. Zoeller is expected to step down at the end of the school y…

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by Cecilia Levine