“In New Jersey, our police officers show compassion and provide help to people dealing with problems and distress on a daily basis, dutifully and often quietly doing the work that makes theirs such a noble profession. He pleaded for that assistance, but he never got the help he so desperately needed,” said Attorney General Matthew J. “Mario Terruso was in desperate need of medical help. An investigation by the Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) found the Hamilton Township (Atlantic County) officers allegedly opted against getting medical help for the victim, instead bringing him to the Atlantic County Justice Facility, where he experienced a medical episode as correctional officers were trying to restrain him. Michael Schnurr and Nicole Nelson, along with Hamilton Police Officers Servando Pahang, Cory Silvio, and William Howze, on official misconduct charges in connection with their handling of Mr. In addition, the grand jury indicted Hamilton Police Sgts. Jesse Swartzentruver with official misconduct in connection with their treatment of Mr. Tornblom with aggravated assault and charged Tornblom, Jenigan, and Correctional Lt. Eric Tornblom and Correctional Officer Mark Jenigen charging them with manslaughter. Platkin today announced that the grand jury returned an indictment against Atlantic County Correctional Sgt. Terruso at the jail instead of transporting him to a hospital for treatment of medical and behavioral symptoms observed during his arrest.Īttorney General Matthew J. The grand jury also returned charges against five Hamilton Township Police Officers for their conduct in dropping off Mr. TRENTON – A state grand jury on Monday, April 24, voted to file criminal charges against three Atlantic County Correctional Officers in connection with the death of Mario Terruso, 41, of Mays Landing, who died after he was lodged in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on September 15, 2019.
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