Former Cape May police officer, PBA president sentenced for embezzling $105,000
A former police union president and retired Cape May police officer who pleaded guilty to embezzling about $105,000 in union funds was sentenced Friday to home confinement and probation and ordered to pay fines.
John Campbell, 49, of Cape May, will serve six months of home detention, including electronic monitoring with an ankle bracelet, and five years of probation under the sentence imposed by Superior Court Judge John Porto, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced in a statement.
He also must serve 300 hours of community service and pay a $5,000 fine and $105,000 in restitution to New Jersey Policeman’s Benevolent Association Local 59 in Cape May, Porrino said. Campbell has already made restitution in full, Porrino said.
Campbell pleaded guilty Aug. 10 to third-degree theft by unlawful taking.
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