An appeals panel vacated a Newark police officer’s official misconduct conviction because his second gig had no nexus to police duties. (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor)
A New Jersey appeals court on Friday reversed a Newark police officer’s official misconduct conviction, finding the second job he held while on paid sick leave lacked the connection to his official duties needed to sustain such a charge.
Newark police officer Anthony Gibson was convicted of theft and official misconduct for violating department policy that bars officers from working a second job while on paid sick leave, but the latter conviction could not stand, the three-judge panel ruled…