Date of Offense
Offense(s)
Official Statement
Terminated: Yes
Demoted: No
Suspended: Yes
Other Sanction: Monetary fine or loss of pay
Resigned, retired, transferred, or separated while case was pending: No
# of Days Suspended: 294
Sustained Charge: Untruthful/Candor
Description: Officer Ricker was under two (2) IA investigation in 2022. The first (IA‐22‐001 on 2/8/2022) was an allegation that he had commit time thief from the department. During this matter he notified the dispatch center that he was off‐duty while he was still being paid the the Town. During that IA investigation he gave a sworn taped statement under oath and lied during the interview. All chargers in that matter were sustained. In the second investigation (IA‐22‐002 on 2/24/2022) the Warren County Prosecutor's Office was notified by the FBI that Officer Ricker was the target of a Child Pornography. His personal cellular phone had received an disseminated a number of videos and images of child pornagraphy while on and off‐duty. During the joint criminal investigation Gary Ricker was arrested on 4/27/2022 and then on 12/4/2023 he plead guilty in an agreement to serve three (3) years in New Jersey State Prison.
