FORMER
PASSAIC COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICER RONALD A. LUCAS LIED DURING HIS GRAND JURY
TESTIMONY WHEN HE CLAIMED THAT HE INJURED HIS LEFT SHOULDER DURING A FALL AT A
WAYNE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY PROPERTY. HE
IN FACT HAD PRIOR INJURIES BY PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR MANY YEARS AND LIFTING
WEIGHTS
As part of an investigation we have been performing,
we discovered that Ronald A. Lucas, a former Passaic County sheriff officer
with the Civil Division lied about his on-the-job shoulder injury. Lucas claimed that he fell on the job on June
28, 2011 at 687 Indian Road, Wayne, NJ and that he injured his left shoulder
requiring several pins. He then filed a disability claim with the New
Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits (Police and Firemen Retirement
System). He was granted disability for one year with subsequent
review. After he retired with claimed disability, he obtained a job as
part-time security guard at the Pequannock High School.
We discovered that Mr. Lucas suffered
shoulder injuries while playing football and lifting heavy weights over his
lifetime. He was a linebacker with the
Pompton Lakes Cardinals, using his shoulder to hit and tackle his opponents
during practice and during football games. We are attaching a picture showing that he was
#41 in the Cardinal’s Pompton Lake football team. Lucas has fallen on his shoulder probably
thousand times during his athletic and training career.
Everybody knows that linebackers hit and tackle
their opponents using their shoulders. These
athletes also lift heavy weights and they end-up injuries their shoulders. He even made the All County Team in 1980,
showing how hard he was working out.
Based on our investigation, we found that weight lifting athletes do
suffer shoulder injuries of the type claimed by Lucas.
He also trained his two sons (Dean Lucas and
Ronnie Lucas) into playing TE and DE positions also with the Cardinals football
team. In fact, linebackers suffer at least 13.5 percent of all football
injuries and at least 65 percent of the linebackers end up undergoing surgery.
We have obtained photos showing Mr. Lucas
lifting weights, after his alleged job-ending disability. See for example
the attached image that is dated December 2013.
It is obvious to a reasonable and objective
person that Lucas (in his mid-50s) took this incident on June 28, 2011 to claim
on-the job-injury to be able to repair his previously injured shoulder at taxpayers’
expense and to retire and then blame Basilis Stephanatos for his
injuries. After he retired, he started the double dipping. The finest of New Jersey at "work". But he was caught and he will face the
consequences.