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| Man pleads guilty to posing as officer |
| By centraljersey.com |
| Published: 10/24/2013 |
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A state correction officer from Burlington County pleaded guilty Oct. 17 to impersonating a law enforcement officer to coerce prostitutes to have sex with him, according to Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman. Juan R. Stevens, 51, of Burlington Township, a suspended senior correction officer, pleaded guilty to a charge of official misconduct before Superior Court Judge Jeanne T. Covert in Burlington County, according to an Attorney General press release. Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that he be sentenced to five years in state prison, including two years of parole ineligibility. He must also forfeit his state job and will be permanently barred from public employment in New Jersey. Mr. Stevens is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 3. Deputy Attorneys General Victor R. Salgado and Valerie R. Butler prosecuted the case and took the guilty plea for the Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau. The case was investigated by the New Jersey State Police and the Division of Criminal Justice, with assistance from the Department of Corrections, the Mansfield Police Department and the Westampton Police Department. In pleading guilty, Mr. Stevens admitted that he used equipment issued to him as a correction officer, including his badge, to impersonate a police officer and coerce prostitutes into having sex with him free of charge or for a reduced charge. The state investigation revealed that between May 2011 and July 2012, Stevens impersonated a law enforcement officer to coerce four women into having sex at hotels or motels in Burlington County. In each case, he allegedly identified himself as a police officer and displayed what appeared to be a law enforcement badge so the victim feared she would be arrested. However, it was Mr. Stevens that was arrested in March by the State Police in connection with incidents involving three prostitutes who said they were coerced. Read More. |
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