Bordentown Township

A judge has granted a request by a former New Jersey police chief to delay reporting to federal prison to serve a 28-month sentence on a conviction of lying to the FBI during a hate crime investigation.

A former New Jersey police chief facing retrial on civil rights charges for allegedly slamming a handcuffed Black man’s head into a doorjamb in 2016 was sentenced Wednesday to more than two years in prison for lying to the FBI during an investigation into those allegations

Sentencing has been postponed for a former New Jersey police chief convicted of lying to the FBI and facing retrial on hate crime assault and civil rights violation charges

A federal jury has deadlocked in the trial of a white former police chief charged with a hate crime against a handcuffed black suspect.

A white former New Jersey police chief accused of slamming a handcuffed black man’s head into a doorjamb three years ago has been convicted of lying to the FBI

Authorities allege that 62-year-old Frank Nucera, former Bordentown Township police chief, approached the 18-year-old prisoner from behind in September 2016 and smashed his head into a doorjamb.

A jury resumes deliberations Monday in the federal trial of a white former New Jersey police chief accused of slamming a handcuffed black man’s head into a doorjamb three years ago.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday for the federal trial of a white former New Jersey police chief accused of slamming a handcuffed black man’s head into a doorjamb.

A retired New Jersey police chief with a purported history of racist comments about black people allegedly assaulted a suspect last year while he was in custody, according to a federal criminal complaint disclosed Wednesday.

State police say a six-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike did not cause any serious injuries. The crash occurred shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday in the southbound lanes near milepost 54.5 in Bordentown Township.