The assault charges in New Jersey were announced the same day a retired chief in the state was charged with trying to cover up an improper relationship with a subordinate.
Two New Jersey police chiefs — one suspended, the other retired — were charged on Wednesday with abusing their authority by committing sex-related crimes involving women who worked in their departments.
The cases are unrelated, but Matthew J. Platkin, the state’s attorney general, announced them together at a news conference to send a message to the public and to those who work in law enforcement.
“The people of New Jersey and the members of our police departments, especially our many female officers, deserve police leaders who serve and protect, not prey on those who are less powerful than they are and then try to cover it up,” he said.
Chief Thomas Herbst of Manville, who was suspended last year, was charged with sexual assault, official misconduct and other counts for what Mr. Platkin described in a news release as “a yearslong pattern of sexually predatory behavior targeting multiple women.”
From 2008 to 2021, Mr. Platkin said, Chief Herbst had regularly groped, exposed himself to, sexually harassed and sexually assaulted a department employee who reported directly to him. He also assaulted a second department employee and sought sex from the wife of an officer in exchange for favorable treatment for the officer, Mr. Platkin said.
Chief Herbst, 55, was arrested early Wednesday and released after...
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