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New Jersey Corrections Officer from Brick Pleads Guilty to Assault

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New Jersey Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Assault

**Trenton, NJ** — A New Jersey Department of Corrections police officer has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault after an incident at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center’s Special Treatment Unit in Woodbridge.

Giuseppe Mandara, 55, from Brick, New Jersey, admitted to attempting to cause significant bodily injury during a plea hearing on Tuesday. The hearing was held before Judge Thomas K. Isenhour in Union County.

Under a plea agreement with the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, Mandara consented to forfeit his public employment and was barred from future public office. Prosecutors will recommend a four-year prison sentence, with sentencing scheduled for January 31, 2025.

The incident occurred on August 23, 2019, when Mandara assaulted a victim, escalating a verbal dispute into a physical altercation. Following the altercation, the victim suffered a fatal stroke, however, a state grand jury did not file homicide charges related to the death.

Brick Township Man Charged for Lewd Images of Children

Brick Township Man Charged with Child Pornography Possession

**Brick Township, NJ** – Dennis Hubert, a 42-year-old resident of Brick Township, was charged Thursday with possession of child pornography. The charge follows an investigation initiated by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.

The investigation began after a cyber-tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was referred to the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. This tip alerted authorities to an individual allegedly involved in sending and receiving child pornography online.

The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit identified an IP address belonging to a residence in Brick Township as the source of the illicit activity. Through further investigation, Dennis Hubert was identified as the individual accessing the illegal material.

On Thursday, law enforcement agencies including detectives from the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations, and Brick Township Police Department executed a search warrant at Hubert’s home. A forensic examination of electronic devices found several items of child pornography. Hubert was subsequently taken into custody and is being held at the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing.

Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer acknowledged the collaborative effort of the various law enforcement agencies involved