Atlantic County Police Officer Charged With Invasion Of Privacy & Misconduct
Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 3:45 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
VENTOR CITY, NJ.- On Monday, following an investigation, a 24-year-old Ventnor City Police Officer was taken into custody and formally charged in connection with allegedly recovering the video footage of a female suspect inside a Ventnor City Police Department holding cell engaged in a sex act and sharing the videos on the Social Media platform Snapchat.
According to Atlantic County Prosecutor William E. Reynolds, Ryan M. Bonanni, 24, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, has been formally charged with one count of second-degree Official Misconduct; one count of second-degree Computer Theft; and three counts of third-degree Invasion of Privacy. Bonanni was taken into custody on Monday, August 25, 2025, by Detectives of the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Professional Standards and Accountability Unit.
The Charges Stem From An Investigation
The charges stem from an investigation that uncovered that on July 6, 2025, an adult woman was arrested by Police Officers from the Ventnor City Police Department. While she was in custody, it is alleged that Officer Bonanni utilized the Police Department’s surveillance cameras of the woman while she was in a holding cell in various stages of undressing and engaged in a sexual act.
Bonanni subsequently recorded these videos on his personal cellular phone and then sent them to other individuals through the Social Media Messaging application “Snapchat.” In addition to the videos and messages, investigators recovered video captions about the woman from Bonanni’s cellular phone.
If convicted at trial, Bonanni faces up to ten years in New Jersey State Prison on each of the second-degree charges, and up to five years on the third-degree charges.
“The rules of the court require us to include a statement that states: The charges outlined in this publication are merely accusations, and the defendant and or defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.”
