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Trenton NJ, acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced that a New Jersey state trooper has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge related to an incident in which he stalked a female motorist in his patrol vehicle while on duty.
Trooper Michael Patterson, 30, of Bayonne, N.J., pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of fourth-degree tampering with public records before Superior Court Judge Andrea Carter in Middlesex County. In pleading guilty, Patterson admitted that he purposely disabled the Digital In-Vehicle Recorder (DIVR) in his troop car to prevent it from capturing a motor vehicle stop he conducted so that he could make advances on the female motorist during the incident in question.
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