Overview

• New Jersey police lieutenant Kevin T. Matthew has been charged with stealing cocaine and fentanyl from an evidence room.
• Matthew allegedly removed the drugs from the evidence room and returned them in a substantially different condition.
• He is also accused of making a series of cash deposits at various banks to avoid federal reporting requirements for transactions over $10,000.
• Matthew was allegedly caught on camera carrying bags large enough to contain the narcotics he had signed out.
• Matthew's attorney, Charles Sciarra, has insisted on his client's innocence.