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Suspended county detective Robert Harkins, seated, beside his attorney Meghan Hoerner. Harkins was offered a plea by the Attorney General’s Office that would result in no jail time, but force Harkins to forfeit future public employment. His attorney said negotiations are at an impasse.  

 

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COURT HOUSE – A criminal case brought against a county investigator, who allegedly launched an unauthorized investigation into a parking lot fender bender involving his mother-in-law, was relisted for July after a brief hearing in Cape May County Superior Court May 19. 

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Deputy Attorneys General Brian Uzdavinis, standing, and Jessica Saxon, seated, both appeared on behalf of the state May 19 in the official misconduct case against Harkins. 

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Presiding Judge Bernard E. DeLury Jr. conferenced the matter in chambers with the attorneys May 19, before briefly addressing Harkins’ case on the record to give it a new July date.  

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Shay Roddy is a Delaware County native who has always spent as much of his summers as he could at the Jersey Shore. He is a graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.

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