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Police chief awarded $1.165M in whistleblower suit accusing mayor of meddling
WEST WILDWOOD -- The West Wildwood police chief has been awarded $1.165 million in her whistleblower suit against the Jersey Shore town.
Jacquelyn Ferentz said then-mayor Herbert Frederick repeatedly overstepped his authority by interfering in police business before and after she became acting chief in 2008. She accused the mayor of committing several illegal acts along the way.
A jury sitting in Cape May County reached the verdict last week, according to Ferentz's lawyer Michelle Douglass.
Reached by phone Monday afternoon, Frederick said he was previously dropped from the lawsuit.
Read more: http://www.nj.com/cape-may-county/index.ssf/2017/07/police_chief_awarded_1165m_following_mayors_allege.html