Sheriff's Officer Charged with Simple Assault and Filing False Report
Middlesex County Sheriff's Officer Lawrence Madigan has been suspended without pay and charged with simple assaulting of a woman and filing a false report against her.
Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office has announced that a Middlesex County Sheriff's Office has been suspended without pay and charged with simple assault and filing a false report against a Perth Amboy woman. Lawrence Madigan, 51, of Jamesburg was charged Wednesday with submitting a false report, false swearing and tampering with public records, all third and fourth degree offenses, according to a press release from the Prosecutor's Office. He also was charged with filing a false report and simple assault of the woman, both of which are disorderly persons offenses. The charges stem from an incident on Aug. 1 in which the 38-year-old woman was at Family Court in New Brunswick, where Madigan was on patrol. According to the release, the …
