## [Brady Offense No. 1705096110 - 1501785385](/brady-offense-no-1705096110-1501785385) [![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_500_x_500_/public/default_images/download%20%289%29%20%282%29_0.jpg?itok=5WstKkf1)](/individual/john-%20degroot)John DeGroot **[Essex County Prosecutor](/new-jersey/essex-county-prosecutor)** 50 West Market, Street #3 Newark, New Jersey 07102 [(973) 621-4700](tel:%28973%29621-4700) [![Essex County Prosecutor](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2024-01/th-1683425070.jpg?itok=nPC1V7Ty "Essex County Prosecutor")](/new-jersey/essex-county-prosecutor) ## Date of Offense May 1, 2021 ## Offense(s) [Cooperative Misconduct](/duty/cooperative-misconduct) [False Statements](/duty/false-statements) ## Supporting Document(s) [Another allegation that a deputy attorney general withheld evidence from a grand jury - New Jersey Globe\_1.pdf](/sites/default/files/2024-01/Another%20allegation%20that%20a%20deputy%20attorney%20general%20withheld%20evidence%20from%20a%20grand%20jury%20-%20New%20Jersey%20Globe_1.pdf) ## Official Statement > “We believe there are text messages and/or other communications between Mr. Kealy and his commanding officers, Messrs. DeGroot and Glover, demonstrating that Mr. Kealy was ordered by them to place a tracking device on the suspect’s vehicle,” his attorney, Lee Vartan, wrote in a letter to Cohen in August. “If those messages exist, they are also evidence that both Messrs. DeGroot and Glover lied (repeatedly) to investigators and your office.”