CAMDEN — A former South Jersey police chief, tried twice for the alleged assault of a Black teenager, claims he was the victim of malicious prosecution.
Frank Nucera Jr. said in a lawsuit that his former employer, Bordentown Township , and a municipal police officer “influenced and participated” in his prosecution “without probable cause and with malice.”
The now-retired officer, Salvatore Guido, testified against Nucera at trials in Camden federal court in 2019 and 2021. A jury in the first trial convicted Nucera of lying to FBI agents…