Thursday, January 17, 2013
Thomas Eden is now an ex-Gloucester Township Police officer after his plea to a drug charge stemming from an April 2012 arrest.
A Gloucester Township Police officer accused of buying drugs on the job pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Thursday and immediately lost his job. Thomas Eden Jr., 31, of Sicklerville, reportedly bought prescription drugs while on duty in April 2012. A tip to police led officers to the Howard Johnson motel on the Black Horse Pike, where Eden—on duty, in uniform and driving a police cruiser—purchased oxycodone and Percocet pills from an undercover informant. Eden pleaded guilty to third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance. While he’ll learn his sentence on Feb. 22, his plea deal calls for noncustodial probation. Eden also had to forfeit his position as a police officer, effective today, and cannot hold public office in New …
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Ptl. Thomas Eden Jr. was arrested on drug and weapon offenses Tuesday afternoon when he allegedly bought prescription pills at a motel while on duty.
Roughly 24 hours after one of his officers was arrested on drug and weapon charges, Gloucester Township Police Chief W. Harry Earle was still angry. Ptl. Thomas Eden Jr. was arrested Tuesday outside a Black Horse Pike motel room where he allegedly purchased seven prescription pills—five 30 mg Percocets and two Oxycontin placebos—from a confidential informant. "I am angered that Mr. Eden allegedly abused his position of trust by violating the very laws he swore to uphold and defend as a Gloucester Township Police officer," Earle said during a press conference held inside Council chambers at the Chews Landing Road municipal building Wednesday afternoon. Eden was arrested Tuesday at approximately 2:30 p.m. at the Howard Johnson Express Inn at…
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Eden, 31, was arrested Tuesday at a Black Horse Pike motel, according to authorities.
A township police officer has been charged with several drug and weapon offenses following an investigation into allegations he had been illegally purchasing prescription pills. Ptl. Thomas E. Eden Jr. was arrested Tuesday at approximately 2:30 p.m. at the Howard Johnson Express Inn at 832 N. Black Horse Pike, in the township's Blenheim section, after he allegedly purchased seven prescription pills from a police informant, Police Chief W. Harry Earle said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon. Eden was on duty, in uniform and driving a township police cruiser at the time of his arrest, according to Earle. Eden, 31, was released on his own recognizance following his arrest. He has been "suspended without pay with the intent to …
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The unnamed officer faces drugs and weapons charges. Gloucester Township Police will release more details later today.
A Gloucester Township Police officer was arrested on drug and weapons charges Tuesday, the department announced this morning. Authorities are not releasing the officer’s name until a 2:30 p.m. press conference at police headquarters. Early reports from the department indicate the officer was arrested on-duty as the result of an internal investigation run in conjunction with the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. The officer is charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance (third degree), possession of an imitation controlled dangerous substance (third degree), possession of a weapon during a controlled dangerous substance offense (second degree) and possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance (third …
Debbie Shinn
10:53 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Unfortunately, big-pharma, doctors and our very health-care system have become the pushers. People don't start taking these drugs for kicks, they are prescribed, over prescibed and people get hooked under the care of thier own doctor. THEN, once someone is hooked, we turn around and walk away until something like this. THEN, we have plenty to say... more ›