A Trenton police detective was indicted on multiple charges after prosecutors said he is accused of “unlawfully” using pepper spray on a man and making statements “he knew to be false” in a criminal complaint that he filed against the victim.
On April 16, 2026, a Mercer County grand jury voted to indict 51-year-old Aaron Bernstein on two counts of second-degree official misconduct, one count of third-degree perjury, one count of third-degree aggravated assault and one count of third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
According to Mercer County prosecutors, the charges stemmed from an incident that happened on May 10, 2022…