ACPD payroll worker indicted for allegedly stealing hours

A grand jury has indicted a Pleasantville woman accused of illegally padding her payroll hours while working for the Atlantic City Police Department.

Suzanne Ricketts, 43, faces charges of official misconduct, theft by deception and computer crimes.

The civilian employee was working in payroll at the time of her arrest.

She allegedly added 174.75 hours to her time sheets from Nov. 19, 2019 to Jan. 16, 2020, for a total of $3,325.49, according to the affidavit of probable cause.

Ricketts and Gregory Ingrum, a retired police officer who was working as a Class III officer in the department's Surveillance Center, were both charged in August 2021.

Ingrum was fired from his retirement position after being charged with third-degree theft. He has since waived his right to a grand jury and entered into pretrial intervention May 23.

If he completes the conditions of his one-year term, he will avoid prosecution in the case.

Ricketts was charged on a summons and remains free while the case goes through the system. She was suspended without pay.

Two Atlantic City Police Department workers stole hours, charges claim

Two Atlantic City workers are charged with stealing time, including a retired police officer with a nearly $115,000 annual pension.Gregory Ingrum, who retired in 2017, was working as a Class III officer in the city’s surveillance center.But while Ingrum was clocking and out of work, he allegedly was rarely on the job.Between Dec. 5 and…