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Michael Cheff, Conspiracy to Violate Civil Rights, New Jersey 2022

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Paterson Police Sergeant Sentenced for Conspiracy to Violate Civil Rights

A Paterson police sergeant has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for conspiring to violate civil rights and filing a false police report, according to a recent federal court ruling.

Michael Cheff, 51, of Oakland, New Jersey, was convicted on May 26, 2022, following a five-day trial before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden on one count of conspiracy to deprive persons of civil rights and one count of falsification of a police report.

Cheff, who was a sergeant with the Paterson Police Department, supervised police officers who stopped and searched motor vehicles without justification, stole cash and other items from occupants, and submitted false police reports to cover up their activities.

According to court documents, Cheff received a portion of the stolen monies from some of the officers and joined in the theft of cash from an apartment in Paterson on November 14, 2017.

U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger stated, ‘It’s a sad day when we have to announce the sentencing of a law enforcement official who has violated his oath.’ Sellinger added, ‘This defendant preyed on the public he had sworn to protect and violated the rights of citizens in the process.’

FBI Special Agent in Charge James Dennehy said, ‘This defendant not only betrayed his badge and the public who entrusted him with it, he led his subordinates down a path of self-destruction.’

Cheff was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his crimes, which included conspiracy to violate civil rights and falsifying a police report.

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