Prison for ex-N.J. police chief in sexual assault case dating back to 2008
A former police chief has been sentenced to prison in a sexual abuse case dating back to 2008.
Thomas Herbst, 57, the former chief of the Manville Police Department, received sentences of seven years and five years on Monday, which will be served concurrently, the state Attorney General’s Office said in a statement.
Herbst, of Bridgewater, was convicted at trial earlier this year on the second-degree charges of pattern of official misconduct, sexual assault and multiple counts official misconduct as well as fourth-degree criminal sexual contact.
Herbst victimized at least three women, with the abuse occurring both inside and outside of the workplace, according to prosecutors.
Starting in 2008, when Herbst was a lieutenant, he groped, exposed himself to and sexually harassed a police department employee, according to evidence presented at trial. Over the next 13 years, his conduct against the employee escalated to sexual assault, according to the evidence.
The attacks often happened on-duty and inside police headquarters, prosecutors said.
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