New Jersey Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in NJ

Swerved into oncoming traffic while driving drunk and hit another car, fled the scene and was later found asleep in his car by police who reported he had noticeable signs of impairment including a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, slurred speech and bloodshot eyes and then failed field sobriety tests and had a BAC three times the legal limit of 0.25

Hid $80 worth of clothes in a shopping bag and left a Kohl's department store without paying

Swerved so erratically that he forced another driver to take measures to avoid a collision, struggled on a field sobriety test after police pulled him over and was arrested after he refused to take a breathalyzer

Killed a 19-year-old after he drunkenly barreled through a stop sign and crashed into his victim's car and then admitted to police that he drank 10-12 beers not long before his crash

Failed to pay child support to the point that he was criminally charged for his negligence

Was accused of sexually assaulting a former campaign aide at a local GOP headquarters and later texting her pictures of weapons to scare her from reporting him to the police

Sent an unsolicited picture of his erect penis and other sexually inappropriate pictures to a subordinate

Sexually harassed a female government employee and retaliated against her when she filed an official complaint and then used taxpayer dollars to settle a lawsuit she filed against him and the town

Made sexualized advances towards a 16-year-old girl who worked in his office

Modified his timecards so he could get paid for hours he didn't actually work on at least five separate occasions before he was caught by his employer and reported to the police

Illegally kept his ex-wife on his taxpayer-funded health insurance plan after they divorced resulting in her improperly getting medical benefits she wasn't entitled to and over $7k worth of prescription drugs at taxpayer expense

Illegally operated his private business out of the mayor's office where he utilized public resources and personnel to improperly obtain government permits that enriched him personally and then encouraged at least one witness to lie to investigators if they were questioned

Accepted $12,400 in cash bribes in exchange for helping a health insurance broker keep their contract with a local school district

Engaged in multiple sex acts including penetrative sex with a 15-year-old boy over a two-month period

Paid a male prostitute from an escort website $500 to have sex while also being married with two children

Stole $9,657 in proceeds from an online auction of old government-owned vehicles

Stole an unknown amount from parking meters that was supposed to be deposited into a government bank account and sold government office furniture through a social media account with the intention of keeping the money he made from the sale

Voted twice using two different but similar sounding names in the 2020 election

Threatened to bash two people on the head with a baseball bat and gut them "like a fish" if they didn't repay the money he loaned them in addition to the exorbitant interest rates he charged them in a timely manner

Sent multiple anonymous letters verbally attacking local board of education members in a threatening manner

Drunkenly drove through several lawns, ran into two cars and then crashed through the wall of a house and barely missed hitting a sleeping teenager

Had an unregistered pistol, a second gun and a stun gun that was shaped like brass knuckles which police found in his car after they pulled him over following a 911 call that reported he was heavily armed and driving to confront someone

Illegally claimed a $6k federal tax deduction by falsely claiming he was a combat veteran who served in the Navy SEALs

Accepted at least $10k in cash stuffed in an envelope and $2,350 worth of checks from a business executive turned government informant he promised to make tax counsel for the county and award government contracts to

Illegally accepted two checks for $2,600 each -- the exact amount someone can legally donate to a political candidate -- from a straw donor who also happened to be cooperating with the authorities