Trial Begins for Former New Jersey Police Chief Charged With a Federal Hate Crime Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Authorities in 2017 announced civil rights and hate crime charges against Frank Nucera. Nucera retired as Bordentown Township police chief while under FBI investigation in January of that year. ( AP Photo ) Produced by PRI and WNYC