Ex-driving instructor charged with criminal sexual contact told teen to drive faster when he squeezed her thigh, officials say
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office began investigating Steven L. Collucci on June 8, 2020 when the father of a former student at Dill’s Driving School contacted them to say his daughter had been assaulted, an affidavit of probable cause states.
A week later, investigators interviewed the woman, who by then was 19.
She told detectives that Collucci placed his hand on her inner thigh in June 2017 as they drove through Bridgewater. Collucci allegedly told the then 16-year-old girl who was wearing shorts to driver faster whenever he squeezed. Collucci did the same thing when the girl wore leggings to her next lesson, according to court papers.
NJ driving school instructor charged with sexual contact with students
From Staff Reports
SOMERVILLE – A driving school instructor in Central Jersey is accused of inappropriate sexual contact with two students during instruction sessions.
Fifty-nine-year-old Steven Collucci of Dill’s Driving School was charged with two counts of second-degree criminal sexual contact and lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a bail detention hearing, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office announced.
In June 2020 a student, 16, reported to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office that they were touched in a sexual manner by Collucci. The accuser said that while driving in the area of Bridgewater and Hillsborough in June 2017 during an instruction session, they were touched in a sexual manner by Collucci.
By JEFF GOLDMAN | nj.com | Published: April 27, 2021 SOUTH BOUND BROOK, N.J. (Tribune News Service) A former South Bound Brook police officer who alleged he was discriminated against because of post traumatic stress disorder he suffered after being injured while serving in Iraq years earlier has settled his lawsuit against the department for $100,000, according to court documents. News of the settlement, which was reached late last month, was first reported by TransparencyNJ.com. Kevin J. Klink, of the Skillman section of Montgomery, alleged in the lawsuit two different chiefs created a hostile work environment for him with the second forcing him to retire.
Ex-cop hurt while serving in Iraq gets $100K settlement in discrimination lawsuit against department NJ.com 7 mins ago Jeff Goldman, nj.com
A former South Bound Brook police officer who alleged he was discriminated against because of post traumatic stress disorder he suffered after being injured while serving in Iraq years earlier has settled his lawsuit against the department for $100,000, according to court documents.
News of the settlement, which was reached late last month, was first reported by TransparenceyNJ.com.
Kevin J. Klink, of the Skillman section of Montgomery, alleged in the lawsuit two different chiefs created a hostile work environment for him with the second forcing him to retire.