A former New Jersey teacher accused of sexually assault while working for the Ocean County Beach Patrol has relinquished his teaching certificates.

The state Department of Education’s Board of Examiners ordered Jonathan Howell, a former teacher in the Pleasantville School District, to relinquish his certificates on Sept. 19.

Howell, 43, of the Marmora section of Upper Township, was sentenced to four years of probation and barred from future public employment in June 2024. The sentencing came three years after a social media post made numerous allegations against the beach patrol, prompting an investigation by authorities.

The allegations included rampant sexual abuse by older members against younger members of the beach patrol in 2017.

Howell was indicted in 2023 on multiple char

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