A suspended Manalapan Township, New Jersey, police officer has been indicted after being accused of engaging in illegal conduct involving two teenage girls, the Monmouth County District Attorney announced Thursday.

Kevin Ruditsky, 47, is charged with numerous charges, including engaging in official misconduct, computer criminal activity, endangering the welfare of a child, hindering apprehension, impersonate a law enforcement officer (while suspended from duty) and stalk.

An investigation began in August 2023 after information was obtained that Ruditsky was sending inappropriate messages and photos to one of the victims, who was 16 at the time, according to authorities.

The investigation revealed that the inappropriate conduct began during Manalapan Township’s National Night Out 2023 event, an annual community awareness campaign that many police departments participate in throughout the country.

At that event, authorities say Ruditsky was in uniform when he allowed the 16-year-old victim to sit in his patrol car. Following this event, later that evening and in the days that followed, he allegedly began sending the victim sexually explicit messages and photos via social media, despite the victim informing him of his age, officials said in a news release.

Investigators also said Ruditsky stopped the victim while she was driving on Route 9, illegally handcuffed her and attempted to kiss her while her dashboard camera and body-worn camera were turned off .

In another incident, while Ruditsky was on duty, the prosecutor’s office says he parked his marked patrol car outside the 16-year-old victim’s home in the middle of the night after she refused to give him his address.

Officials also said Ruditsky sent inappropriate messages to another victim in December 2022, who was 17 at the time. Additionally, he conducted inappropriate searches of both victims in a law enforcement database, which fell outside of any legitimate law enforcement purpose.

Anyone with information on this or related matters is asked to contact MCPO Detective Gregory Hilton II at 800-533-7443.

NBC10 reached out to the attorney representing Ruditsky but has not yet received a response.

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