A former police chief of North Arlington recently settled a civil dispute with the Meadowlands Racetrack and the New Jersey State Police over a dispute that has taken several years to sort out. Frank Italiano was taken to court for a disorderly persons offence that allegedly took place at the racetrack in 2004 where he trains horses. The judge decided to throw the case out as there wasn’t sufficient evidence against Italiano. After the judge’s decision in the original case, Italiano filed a civil lawsuit against the Meadowlands Racetrack and state police within ninety days. His claim was that the two departments had humiliated him and prosecuted him under false charges resulting in the defamation of his character.
The settlement was made out of court and the amount Italiano settled for was not disclosed.
Italiano was relieved that his name had been cleared. Victory was all the more important for him as it affected his reputation. During the whole ordeal, Italiano’s friends stood by him and vouched for him. Most of them were shocked about the nature of the charge as they stated that they had never known him to do anything improper.
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