The Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Prosecutor’s Office has charged police Sergeant Kevin Bollaro with official misconduct and tampering with public records, alleging he failed to properly respond to multiple 911 calls on August 1, 2025, about gunshots and screaming.
Instead, prosecutors say he stopped at a bank ATM and a pizzeria, and then submitted a misleading report about his actions, per NBC News.
According to the investigation, the first 911 call happened around 7 p.m. on August 1 from a house in Pittstown, New Jersey. That first caller’s home sits less than 600 feet from the residence where two people were found dead the next afternoon.
An ATM withdrawal and some pizza
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Instead of arriving at the scene, prosecutors say GPS and surveillance data show Bollaro drove nearly two miles in the opposite direction to make a personal ATM withdrawal and later spent roughly 50 minutes at a local pizzeria instead of immediately canvassing the area. He also allegedly spent about five hours parked at a cemetery later in his shift with no recorded law enforcement activity.
Prosecutors allege he then recorded in his incident report that he had checked the area that the calls came from, a claim authorities say evidence contradicts.
The August deaths Bollaro allegedly failed to respond to were later ruled a double murder-suicide. Investigators say New Jersey State Police Lieutenant Ricardo Santos fatally shot 33-year-old Lauren Semanchik and 29-year-old Tyler Webb before taking his own life in an alleged domestic violence and stalking situation.
The bodies were not discovered until the next day, at about 12:22 p.m., after which time county and state investigators began probing the initial emergency calls and the Bollaro’s Franklin Township Police Department’s response.
Bollaro’s attorney has pushed back, calling the murders “tragic” but asserting that nothing Bollaro did or did not do could have prevented the killings. Defense counsel has signaled plans to challenge the prosecution’s account as the case moves forward. Bollaro is due to appear in Hunterdon County court on November 5. If convicted, he could face significant prison time and fines under New Jersey law.
