The report in question details the internal affairs probe of a Jersey City lieutenant arrested in 2019 after authorities say he fired his gun at guests at his home. (Photo by New Jersey Monitor)
The expungement of a Jersey City police lieutenant’s 2019 arrest does not prevent the city from releasing an internal affairs report about the matter, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that pitted the New Jersey Monitor against the state’s second biggest city.
But, the court ruled in its unanimous decision, the state’s expungement statute bars the release of any information related to the lieutenant’s criminal case, so the justices sent the case back to lower courts for a judge to redact any such information from the internal report…