Franklin township police sergeant Kevin Bollaro has been charged with official misconduct for knowingly refraining from performing his police duties, prosecutors said. He also faces a charge of tampering with public records for knowingly making false entries in his incident report.
A New Jersey officer has been charged with misconduct after prosecutors say he didn’t immediately respond to and properly investigate reports of a shooting that turned out to be a double murder, and instead stopped at an ATM and pizzeria.
Franklin township police sergeant Kevin Bollaro was the on-duty officer on the evening of 1 August when police received 911 calls reporting gunshots and screaming in Pittstown, about 60 miles from Manhattan in central New Jersey, according to Hunterdon county prosecutor Renée Robeson’s office.
GPS Data and Surveillance Video Showed Bollaro Stopped at an ATM and Pizzeria Before Responding to the Call
However, instead of responding to the call, prosecutors say, GPS data and surveillance footage showed Bollaro drove nearly 2 miles in the opposite direction of the caller’s location.
