Predator NJ police chief sentenced to prison for ‘abhorrent’ sexual abuse Rick Rickman Published: August 12, 2025 Former Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst has been sentenced to prison for sexual abuse (Manville PBA #236 via Facebook/Google Maps)

🔴 Disgraced former police chief not handcuffed at sentencing

🔴 Abuse and harassment went on for more than a decade

🔴 Justice only came after a township employee filed a lawsuit

MANVILLE — The head of a New Jersey police department has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for the horrific sexual abuse of officers and township employees.

Thomas Herbst, 57, was sworn in as the chief of the Manville police in October 2020. However, the accusations against him date back to at least 2009 , long before he got the top positio

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