Thursday, May 2, 2013
Officer Joseph DiBuonaventura was formally charged with official misconduct and related offenses in connection with a drunken-driving arrest of state Assemblyman Paul Moriarty.
The police officer who arrested state Assemblyman Paul Moriarty on a drunken-driving charge last year may himself end up in prison. A Gloucester County grand jury on Wednesday indicted Washington Township Ptl. Joseph DiBuonaventura on an array of charges related to the arrest on July 31, 2012. DiBuonaventura, 42, of Brigantine, was charged with five second-degree counts of official misconduct; three fourth-degree counts of false swearing; three third degree counts of tampering with records; and three fourth-degree counts of falsifying records, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office announced Thursday. DiBuonaventura faces five to 10 years in state prison on each of the official misconduct charges, the most serious of his offenses. …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Patch Media Corporation wins a lawsuit against Washington Township for violating open public record laws surrounding state Assemblyman Paul Moriarty's July arrest.
Washington Township, Gloucester County, violated open public records laws when officials refused to release police dashboard video of Assemblyman Paul Moriarty’s drunken-driving arrest, a judge found Friday. Washington Township must turn over the complete video of the traffic stop and subsequent arrest, as well as other records in the case within two weeks, Assignment Judge Georgia M. Curio ruled, saying the public’s right to access the video trumps counterarguments. Curio heard the case in state Superior Court in Bridgeton, where she sits. Patch Media Corporation sued Washington Township’s police records custodians and township attorney John Armano after they denied requests made under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) for the arrest …
Friday, October 19, 2012
The state legislator and his attorney held a press conference Friday to release video from his arrest in July, NBC-10 Philadelphia reported.
State Assemblyman Paul Moriarty and his attorney on Friday released video of his July 31 arrest on drunken-driving charges, claiming the video proves the arresting officer acted improperly, NBC-10 Philadelphia reported. Earlier this week, Moriarty (D-Washington Township) filed criminal complaints against the officer, Joseph DiBuonaventura, alleging the officer committed perjury and official misconduct, filed false police reports, and falsified and tampered with public records. Moriarty was arrested after he was pulled over in Washington Township, Gloucester County, where he previously served as mayor. In addition to driving while intoxicated, Moriarty also was charged with refusal to submit to a breath test and failure to maintain a …
Monday, September 24, 2012
Gloucester Township Patch's parent company wants to force Washington Township Police to turn over the footage of the assemblyman's July 31 arrest.
Patch Media Corporation has filed suit in state Superior Court to force Washington Township to release police dashboard camera footage of state Assemblyman Paul Moriarty’s arrest. The complaint, filed Friday in Woodbury, accuses Washington Township (Gloucester County), its police records custodian and its solicitor of violating New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act, which makes official documents and materials open for public inspection. Moriarty, a Democratic 4th District state assemblyman, was arrested in Washington Township on July 31 on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Patch Media filed the lawsuit on behalf of Gloucester Township Patch, whose editors have attempted to access the footage since shortly after Moriarty’s arrest. The…
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
State Assemblyman Paul Moriarty denies he was drinking alcohol before he was pulled over by police.
State Assemblyman Paul Moriarty will have to wait a little longer for the court case against him to proceed. Moriarty's hearing in Bridgeton Municipal Court, scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, was postponed. The hearing is now scheduled for 10 a.m. Sept. 13. The four-term Democratic assemblyman faces charges of driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit to a breath test, and failing to maintain a lane. Moriarty, 55, was arrested following a traffic stop on the Black Horse Pike, in the Turnersville section of his hometown of Washington Township, Gloucester County, on July 31. The lawmaker has labeled Officer Joseph DiBuonaventura's decision to arrest him as an "abuse of power," and has denied having consumed any alcoholic …
Thursday, August 2, 2012
The four-term Democratic state assembylman was arrested Tuesday afternoon in his hometown of Washington Township.
Paul Moriarty was a political newcomer when he won a landslide victory against incumbent Randee Davidson in the 2004 Democratic primary in Washington Township, Gloucester County. He then easily beat the Republican challenger in the general election to become mayor. The following year, he ascended to the state Assembly, despite his seeming lack of experience in the bare-knuckles world of South Jersey politics. Moriarty had been a consumer reporter for CBS 3 in Philadelphia, so the political neophyte's on-air image was well known to voters in South Jersey. Now, that image may be tarnished by charges of drunken driving and refusal to submit to a breath test. Even if he’s not convicted, Moriarty’s arrest could haunt him on the political …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The Fourth Legislative District assemblyman was arrested Tuesday afternoon on the Black Horse Pike.
Washington Township Police Department on Wednesday issued a brief press release detailing the arrest of Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Officer Joseph DiBuonaventura stopped Moriarty at 3:53 p.m. at 5651 Black Horse Pike, in Washington Township's Turnersville section. Moriarty indicated in a statement he issued Tuesday night around 9:40 that DiBuonaventura accused him of cutting off the officer's police cruiser in an intersection. During the traffic stop, Moriarty was placed under arrest on the charge of driving while intoxicated. He subsequently refused a blood-alcohol content test at the police station. In addition to the DWI charge, DiBuonaventura cited Moriarty for refusal to …
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The Fourth Legislative District assemblyman was arrested Tuesday in his hometown of Washington Township.
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ -- Several sources have confirmed Fourth Legislative District Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty was arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Moriarty was arrested in his hometown of Washington Township, Gloucester County. He reportedly refused to provide a breath sample once at the police station, according to one source, who spoke to Patch on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing nature of the investigation. Moriarty, 55, served as Washington Township mayor from 2004 through 2008. He was elected to the Assembly in 2005. The four-term Assembly Democrat previously worked as an investigative reporter for CBS 3 in Philadelphia. A voicemail left on Moriarty's cell phone Tuesday evening …
Saturday, June 2, 2012
There was a solid crowd at Lt. Col. Samuel M. Siler Veterans Memorial Park all day Saturday. Fireworks are scheduled for 9 p.m.
Gloucester Township Day was going strong as of 4 p.m. Saturday. Fireworks are scheduled for 9 p.m. The 40 winners of the 2012 Gloucester Township Day Scholarship Committee scholarships will be announced on the "Show Mobile" at around 6 p.m. (See list of winners below.) Just prior to the scholarships presentation, Gloucester Township Rotary will announce the winner of the "Four Aces" Phillies jersey raffle. The jersey is signed by 2011 starting pitchers Cole Hamels, Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Roy Oswalt. Rotary will be selling the raffle tickets at its booth right up to the 6 p.m., when Mayor David Mayer will be pulling the winning ticket. Patch has been at the 28th annual Gloucester Township Day all day long, talking to folks about the …
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Friday, September 2, 2011
The 4th District assemblyman vows to prevent corporate-style payouts of public officials.
To the Editor: The city of Philadelphia’s recent $900,000 buyout of its school superintendent is an egregious misuse of taxpayer money. It’s the kind of unsavory backroom deal that will never be allowed here in New Jersey as long as I am an elected representative—and we in the State Legislature should move quickly to prohibit any such blatant assault on our citizens. Handing someone nearly a million dollars in exchange for his or her resignation is precisely the type of official misconduct I’d try to get to the bottom of during my years as an investigative journalist. And as an elected official sworn to protect the taxpayers, it has and will remain a top priority to root out and expose government waste and abuse. I am determined that under…
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9:37 pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
All moot. With Ron Helmer at his back, hes guaranteed safe passage. With a wink and a nod to the judge, Dibono.... ,whatever his name is, will be back to work in no time. more ›