Defendant Previously Convicted of Lying to FBI
CAMDEN, N.J – U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today
that his office will retry the retired chief of the Bordentown Township Police
Department on hate crime and civil rights charges after a jury deadlocked on
those counts at his trial. The defendant was convicted by the same jury on Oct.
9, 2019, of lying to FBI agents who questioned him about violating an
18-year-old man’s civil rights during an arrest.
The jury deliberated eight days in the trial of Frank M.
Nucera Jr., 62, of Bordentown, New Jersey, before announcing that they could
not reach a unanimous decision on Counts One and Two – hate crime assault and
deprivation of civil rights under color of law, respectively. U.S. District
Judge Robert B. Kugler declared a mistrial on those counts. U.S. Attorney
Carpenito thanked the jury for its efforts during deliberations.
Defense counsel: Rocco C. Cipparone Jr. Esq., Haddon
Heights, New Jersey
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