Belmar Police Chief Tina Scott released the body cam footage and wrote that the arrest was about Mahoney's refusal to comply with police and not about the badge.
The mayors of six shore towns including Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Atlantic City, Belmar, and Cape May did not respond to press inquiries from Townsquare Media while a response from a Wildwood spokesperson was still pending Monday afternoon.
A NJ man who owned and operated a purported investment firm has been charged for allegedly operating a Ponzi-like scheme that defrauded victims over $5 million.
Vincent Dispoto, of Belmar is accused of scamming investors out of funds since the 1980s, as the owner of both Giddeon Financial Services and Liberty Mortgage Services.