A former New Jersey fire chief and retired police officer has been arrested in Florida on charges of criminal sexual contact and official misconduct, nearly nine months after multiple firefighters accused him of subjecting them to abuse under the pretense of training.

Robert Sinnott Jr., formerly of Toms River and now a resident of Cape Coral, on Florida’s Gulf Coast, is accused of forcing firefighters at the Silverton Volunteer Fire Company into acts of non-consensual sexual contact, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said in a news release Friday.

The 52-year-old, who served as president of the fire company from 2017 to 2021, also served as an officer with the Island Heights Police Department until retiring in February 2021 after 23 years of service, according to Patch Toms Riv

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