Should a minor offense ruin a life? No, says the ex-superintendent who has had his needs on H.S. Track

A former New Jersey school superintendent who pleaded guilty to defecating on a high school track near his home suing police for distributing his identity photo to the media, claiming that this had fed an inaccurate coverage that changed his life irreversibly and irreversibly.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in a New Jersey federal court, Thomas Tramaglini said that the police department of Holmdel County had violated his constitutional rights by "illegally taking and subsequently leaving the photo" after being summoned to court. last year. The prosecution appoints the police department, the commune, the chief of police and some members of the police force.

"The booking photo should never have been taken, let alone the fact that it was immediately unlawfully made public, fueling" sophisticated, inaccurate and prejudicial "new stories on the plaintiff," says the lawsuit. .

The publication of identity photos is "expressly prohibited by law" by states for minor non-criminal offenses, such as those committed by Tramaglini, said his lawyer, Matthew Adams, to NBC News.

The broadcast of the photo ruined the life of Tramaglini, said his lawyer.

He resigned as director of the Kenilworth School District in northern state after a 20-year career in public education. According to the lawsuit, the Kenilworth Board of Education in particular invoked the rant to justify its separation.

"Tramaglini will never achieve the level of compensation, benefits and retirement income that it would otherwise have obtained if its illegally taken photographs had not been broadcast in the media. to satisfy the "evil" interests of some police officers and others, according to the trial.

Tramaglini told NBC News that he had got limited work outside of the world of education, but was under-employed and was struggling to regain his current state before the release of his photo. ;identity.

He was charged with lust, rubbish and stool in public in May after police claimed to have repeatedly defecated on the trail at Holmdel High School. He pleaded guilty in October to being relieved of his duties at one time due to a medical emergency, and paid a $ 500 fine.

He also submitted to the court and the prosecutor's office evidence of a medical problem known as runner's diarrhea that often affects runners and which is caused by acute blood flow during the day. ;exercise.

Tramaglini claims unspecified damages, as well as the fees of his lawyer.

In February, Tramaglini asked the Attorney General of New Jersey to investigate the illegal behavior of the police when he took his photo ID and made it public.

David Schwartz, a lawyer representing the Holmdel County Police Department, did not immediately postpone a request for comment on Wednesday, but told NBC News in February that the canton "was not commenting on outstanding litigation cases. or threatened, or to letters such as Tramaglini's letter of 25 February 2019. "