Prosecutors investigating claims of sexual harassment against Ocean City Beach Patrol
Prosecutors investigating claims of sexual harassment against Ocean City Beach Patrol
FOX 29 s Steve Keeley has more on an investigation into claims of sexual misconduct and harassment against members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol.
OCEAN CITY, N.J. - The Cape May County Prosecutor s Office is investigating over 150 claims of sexual misconduct and harassment brought against members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol after an Instagram account detailed the claims.
Ocean City Mayor Jay A. Gillian announced on Friday that his office has launched a criminal investigation into the claims posted by an Instagram account called OCBP Predators.
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N.J. prosecutor failed to recuse himself in conflicted case, AG says
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Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner speaks in Atlantic City, Oct. 22, 2019 with Sheila Harvey, left, and Vernesta Green, right, mothers of victims in homicide cases his office had solved.Lori M. Nichols | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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The Atlantic County Prosecutor failed to do his duty and recuse himself from a criminal case involving a potential conflict of interest, the Attorney General’s Office decided this week.
The AG’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability on Monday informed the victim in a 2019 case that his complaint alleging Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner should have immediately recused himself was sustained by the office’s investigation, according to a letter obtained by NJ Advance Media and first reported by BreakingAC.com.
Sex predator allegations bring change to Ocean City Beach Patrol
Mayor Jay A. Gillian said he has started to make changes to the Ocean City Beach Patrol to deal with anonymous allegations of sexual abuse made on an Instagram account.
Many of the posts to the page called ocbp predators describe men in their 30s and 40s taking advantage of 16- and 17-year-old female lifeguards. There are frequent mentions of drugs and alcohol, teen guards being sexualized and the teens waking up not aware of what happened the night before.
Gillian said that while the Cape May County Prosecutor s Office continues its investigation, mayoral aide Michael Allegretto has been appointed to oversee the operation of the the Beach Patrol and has two immediate tasks.
The anonymous account has amassed more than 6,800 followers. The city was made aware this week of an Instagram account that describes predatory and sexually harassing behavior among members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol, Mayor Jay Gillian said in a statement on the city s website. The account includes anonymous posts about unnamed individuals inside and outside the workplace.
A handful of posts reference two unnamed older lifeguards who allegedly displayed a pattern of inappropriate interactions with girls. The same two predators everyone is talking about groomed me from the age of 13, following the same M.O. as previous victims ie: flashing me their genitals, untying my bathing suit top, trying to take me under the music pier, one woman wrote. Then when I made the patrol at 16 I became their subordinate and it became some joke between the two of them that I was their favorite tease. I had to sit the stand with both of them multiple times over the course of my rookie s