A sergeant at the Atlantic County Justice Facility allegedly hid contraband recovered from an inmate and ordered a junior officer to help cover it up.
Fred Gilbert, 37, of Egg Harbor City, is charged with official misconduct along with witness tampering, obstruction, false reporting and tampering with evidence.
He was charged on a summons and was not jailed.
Gilbert, who worked in the jail for 15 years, allegedly recovered unspecified contraband from an inmate June 12, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
He then allegedly had a junior officer to create a false document indicating the contraband was not recovered. Gilbert authored his own report saying the same thing.
The investigation was conducted by the Atlantic County Justice Facility with the assistance of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Professional Standards and Accountability Unit.
