It looks to me like this is an attempt by a legislator who got caught driving soused to deflect the charges against him by attempting to file his own criminal complaint against the arresting officer.
NEW JERSEY LAWMAKER SUES COP OVER DWI ARREST
Officer says the legislator cut him off near a Chick-fil-A restaurant
By Edward Colimore
The Philadelphia Inquirer
October 19, 2012
PHILADELPHIA — A Gloucester County assemblyman charged with drunken driving after declining to take a breath test over the summer has filed a 27-count criminal complaint against the arresting patrolman, accusing him of lying and falsifying a police report.
Democratic Assemblyman Paul Moriarty said Wednesday that he was wrongfully pulled over July 31 by Washington Township Police Officer Joseph DiBuonaventura, who accused the legislator of cutting him off near a Chick-fil-A restaurant on Greentree Road in Turnersville.
Moriarty's complaint, announced Wednesday, accuses the officer of official misconduct, perjury, filing false reports, and falsifying and tampering with public records, among other alleged violations.
A Municipal Court judge or court administrator will evaluate the complaint and decide whether charges will be issued, said Moriarty's attorney, John C. Eastlack Jr.
"What happened to me a few months ago shouldn't happen to anyone," said Moriarty, 56, also a former CBS3 reporter.
Township Police Chief Rafael Muniz said Wednesday that the misconduct allegations had been referred to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office for investigation.
Bernie Weisenfeld, a spokesman for the Prosecutor's Office, said that his office had not seen Moriarty's complaint and that prosecutors were "limited in what they can say."
Township Police Capt. Richard Leonard was unavailable for comment Wednesday. DiBuonaventura and his police union representative, Officer Joe Micucci, also could not be reached.
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