A New Jersey cop who went on a destructive rampage at her ex-boyfriend’s home and attacked him and his new girlfriend is barred for life from ever working in law enforcement in the Garden State.
Ex-Toms River Police Officer Rebecca Sayegh, 32, pleaded guilty to burglary, criminal mischief and simple assault on Nov. 17, after breaking into her ex’s Berkeley house in April, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced.
As part of her guilty plea, Sayegh has also formally forfeited her gig with the Toms River Township Police Department and “all future public employment in the State of New Jersey.”
Sayegh had been suspended without pay before November’s decision.
Sayegh’s guilty plea stems from the violent rampage in which she used her baton to smash through the front door of her ex-boyfriend’s home around 11:20 p.m. April 25, confronting him and his new girlfriend, who was also at the home, NJ.com reported.
The off-duty cop — who once shared the home with her ex-boyfriend of five years — got into an argument with the pair before shoving and pushing both of them.
During the dispute, the victims attempted to restrain Sayegh, but she broke free, smashed items around the home and damaged the hood of one victim’s car, according to prosecutors.