Teaneck Cop Wins $2.1M In Retaliation Suit
A Bergen County jury on Thursday, Aug. 7, awarded more than $2.1 million to a veteran Teaneck police officer who claimed in a lawsuit that he was targeted, demoted, and hit with “fabricated” charges after speaking out about misconduct inside the department.
Officer Glenn Coley, hired in 2002, filed his lawsuit in April 2022 against the Borough of Teaneck, the Teaneck Police Department, then Chief Glenn O’Reilly, Capt. Michael Ferrante, Sgt. Jeanette Williams, and Sgt. Kenneth Egbert.
The 53-page complaint alleges the department and borough officials discriminated against him because o…
'Murder, Not Suicide:' Shocking New Lawsuit Filed In Mays Landing Woman's 2015 Death
The parents of an 18-year-old New Jersey woman who died after being hit by a train say she was abducted, assaulted, and murdered — and not suicidal, as officials claimed. Now they’re taking NJ Transit and other state agencies to court.
Stephen and Dianne Valiante, the parents of Tiffany Valiante, filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Thursday, July 10 in Atlantic County Superior Court, nearly 10 years after their daughter was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train in Galloway Township.
The lawsuit names NJ Transit, its police department, the New Jersey Office of the Chief State Medical Examine…
Twins Endured 'Years Of Terror' Being Bullied At Patchogue School, Parents Claim In Lawsuit
A pair of twins endured relentless bullying at their Long Island school—physical assaults, cruel taunts, and even the circulation of an illicit photo—while their parents begged administrators for help, only to be met with silence and retaliation, a federal lawsuit alleges.
The suit, filed in the Eastern District of New York in February, accuses the Patchogue-Medford School District of failing to protect the male and female students from relentless bullying, harassment, and discrimination—despite repeated pleas for help.
District officials ignored formal complaints, failed to intervene in da…
