NJ police chief accused of sticking subordinate with hypodermic needle, pooping on floor and spiking coffee pot with Adderall and Viagra: legal docs
A New Jersey police chief is under fire after disturbing accusations emerged Wednesday that he spiked coworkers’ coffee with Viagra and Adderall, defecated on floors and even stuck a hypodermic needle into an officer’s penis, according to legal papers. The unsavory antics were part of a culture of humiliation, harassment and vulgarity that North Bergen police chief Robert Farley allegedly fostered within the department since he took charge last year, according to a group of cops preparing to sue him and the town.
Farley was also accused of sneaking hot peppers into officers’ food, sending sex toys and gay pride flags to the home of a cop and tossing eggs “in fits of anger” in the legal documents.Five officers filed the legal action in preparation to sue for retaliation, harassment and discrimination they said they faced at the hands of Farley and his allegedly toxic workplace.
“I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,” the officers’ attorney, Patrick Toscano, told NJ.com Wednesday.Farley, who became police chief in February 2024 after more than 20 years with the department, allegedly wasted little time to begin harassing subordinates.Michael F.Derin, who worked as a special captain in an administrative role, accused the chief of chasing him around the office before cornering him and poking him with a hypothermic needle through his jeans and into his penis in August 2024.“When I told chief Farley I was unhappy with his actions, he told me that I didn’t know how to take a joke,” Derin wrote in a notice of claim – the precursor to a lawsuit.Derin, a former detective in the department, also claimed Farley shaved his body hair over people’s property and their food.When he planned on reporting the chief’s behavior to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, he was fired and his son, Det.
Michael A.Derin, was given lousier hours, the notice alleged.He and Lt.
Alex Guzman also listed numerous times that Farley allegedly relieved h...