“It’s been difficult to say the least ... I really can’t comment much more than that,” Emann said.
The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office relieved Emann and two other officers of their posts and took control of the department on Oct. 1. Emann, Lt. Michael Henderson and Cpl. Arthur Villaruz are under criminal investigation for allegedly reselling township property.
While administrative charges were filed at the time of the takeover, criminal charges have not been filed.
It is still unclear what the county believes the officers resold.
“The investigation remains ongoing, and I can’t provide you with any updates or timeline,” Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, said in an e-mail on Thursday.
DeBlasio said last week that the alleged sale was of “moveable property,” as opposed to land, and that it could be police property.
Requests filed by The Daily Princetonian under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act for police records from the county, township and police department are still being processed.
Emann’s attorney, Robert Ramsey, said his client would like to have an administrative hearing scheduled in the near future so the county can present its evidence.
“My client is cooperating with them completely in their investigation,” Ramsey said.
Messages left at the home phone numbers listed for Henderson and Villaruz were not returned Thursday.
Meanwhile, after two weeks of running the Township police department, the prosecutor’s office has reported no major problems.
“With regard to supervising the department, the mayor, the [Princeton Township
Committee] and all of the members of the police department have been cooperative during this process,” DeBlasio said. “The department has continued to run professionally, smoothly and efficiently over the last two weeks, with no interruption to police services.”
While most of the University is located in Princeton Borough, southern parts of the campus — including parts of Butler, Whitman and Forbes colleges and most athletic facilities — fall under the Township’s jurisdiction.
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