Suspended Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst was found guilty of seven crimes, including sexual assault and official misconduct, for abusing his power and harassing subordinates. Herbst is facing charges related to multiple sexual assaults of a former police employee and sexual harassment of others within the department. He was convicted on four counts of official misconduct, one count of committing a pattern of official misconduct, one count of sexual assault, and one count of criminal sexual contact. Attorney General Matthew Platkin emphasized that the conviction demonstrates that no one is above the law, even corrupt officials.
A jury convicted suspended Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst of seven crimes Thursday for multiple sexual assault s of a subordinate police employee and the sexual harassment of others in the department.
Herbst, 57, of Bridgewater was on pretrial release and the judge continued that status after the guilty verdicts, Wronko said. At trial, Wronko said the jury found Herbst guilty of having nonconsensual sex with one victim for about 10 years, asking a subordinate officer for a sexually explicit picture of his wife, and sexual harassment via texts sent to two other police employees, an officer and a civilian.
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