Sheridan

Lawsuit Claims Sheridan Evidence Destroyed

A Somerset County investigator has challenged the probe into the September 2014 deaths of Camden hospital executive John Sheridan and his wife. Jeffrey Scozzafava, a detective with the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, contends crime-scene evidence from the couple’s home “was improperly collected, improperly preserved and subsequently destroyed.” The criticisms are …


Lawsuit Alleges 7 Ways Cases, Including Sheridan, Were Mishandled

Veteran Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Det. Jeffrey Scozzafava’s lawsuit, in which he alleges that unqualified officials were put in charge of the office’s Forensics Unit, outlines how evidence was improperly handled and, in one high profile case, reportedly destroyed. The lawsuit, filed April 20, claims that when Scozzafava pointed out their errors in several cases, he was retaliated …