Police lieutenant stole cocaine and fentanyl from evidence room, New Jersey attorney general says
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Charges have been filed against a New Jersey police lieutenant with a prosecutor's office who state officials say allegedly stole illicit drugs from an evidence room.
State attorney general Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability announced the charges against Kevin T. Matthew, 47, in a news release Tuesday. Matthew is a lieutenant with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and has been on leave since Nov. 3.
Matthew has been charged with two counts of official misconduct, a count of tampering with public records or information, a count of structuring financial transactions, two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, and a count of possession of drug paraphernalia after an investigation by the OPIA's Corruption Bureau, which probes alleged misconduct by law enforcement and other public officials.
