A sex-crazed former New Jersey cop who moonlighted as a volunteer hearth chief allegedly assaulted a whopping 11 firefighters — together with one whom he used a mechanical system to “hog-tie.”
Robert Sinnott Jr., 53, was indicted by a state grand jury on a slew of recent fees Thursday, together with recent counts of fourth-degree felony sexual contact, second-degree official misconduct, and second-degree sample of official misconduct, the New Jersey Legal professional Normal Jennifer Davenport introduced.
The retired Island Heights police officer and former chief of the Silverton Volunteer Hearth Firm in Toms River allegedly “created conditions the place he could be alone” along with his 11 victims at varied places, together with the firehouse and his residence, in accordance with the state’s high cop.
“He would allegedly handcuff victims beneath the false pretense of needing their help with a police-related coaching, or he would in any other case bodily restrain them, earlier than forcing sexual contact upon them towards their will,” Davenport’s workplace mentioned.
In a single disturbing incident, Sinnott’s hearth division subordinate arrived at his residence in August 2022 just for the fireplace chief to allegedly handcuff and put him in a headlock, in accordance with an affidavit of possible trigger obtained by NJ.com.
The clothed creep then positioned his groin into the firefighter’s palms and thrust whereas grunting — because the intercourse fiend snapped a number of pictures of the assault with a digital digicam, the filings alleged.
A month prior, Sinnott used a mechanical system to “hog tie” a male firefighter and climb on high of him earlier than having intercourse with him and photographing it, the grievance alleged.
A 3rd firefighter mentioned Sinnott restrained him within the chief’s car on Feb. 10, 2023, whereas they inspected a hearth hydrant and pushed his head onto the dashboard, the outlet reported.
Sinnott then grabbed the firefighter’s arm and compelled his hand onto Sinnott’s groin, earlier than he chillingly laughed and launched him, the filings declare.
The identical firefighter was allegedly attacked once more by the intercourse pest simply two weeks later, when the chief grabbed him in a bear hug and rubbed his crotch towards his buttocks whereas mocking him, courtroom papers mentioned.
“The defendant held positions of belief and energy throughout the communities he served and amongst his coworkers and subordinates in authorities. However, as alleged within the indictment, he abused that belief many times,” Davenport mentioned in a press release.
Sinnott’s victims initially considered him as a “function mannequin, mentor, and father determine,” in accordance with the filings.
“Resulting from Sinnott’s optimistic repute locally, they feared private and
skilled harassment and retaliation in the event that they reported these incidents,” NJ.com reported, in accordance with the affidavit.
Police arrested the perv at his residence in Cape Coral, Florida, in December, and search warrants had been executed on his residence and car.
He was then extradited to New Jersey to face fees. Along with the brand new counts, Sinnott, who stays out of jail, faces 4 counts of fourth-degree felony sexual contact and one depend of second-degree official misconduct.
Sinnott has pleaded not responsible and “intends to combat this case with each ounce of his energy, his legal professional, Michael Ansell, informed the outlet.
The legal professional added that the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Workplace pursued fees towards him in 2023, “nevertheless it didn’t go wherever so the truth that the state pursued fees may be very perplexing.”
Earlier than he was slapped with fees, Sinnott “served with distinction and had an unblemished document,” Ansell added.
