More than two and a half years after he arrested Assemblyman Paul Moriarty (D-4 of Washington Township) for allegedly driving while intoxicated, Washington Township Police Officer Joseph DiBuonaventura's trial is set to begin Monday morning

While all charges against Moriarty have been dropped, DiBuonaventura, who is currently suspended without pay, faces 14 criminal charges including official misconduct and falsifying a police report in connection with the arrest.

In the 30 months since, numerous lawsuits, legal motions and even new legislation has stemmed from the incident, catch up on the latest and refresh your memory before trial starts with a full timeline of events.

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July 31, 2012

--Assemblyman Paul Moriarty is arrested by Officer Joseph DiBuonaventura for driving while intoxicated just before 4 p.m. in the parking lot of the Chick-Fil-A on Rt. 42 in Washington Township. News breaks quickly and Moriarty, a former mayor of Washington Township, vehemently denies he was drinking. He told the South Jersey Times that night that he refused a breath test because he "didn't trust the process" and knew DiBuonaventura had previously been fired for lying during an internal investigation before being reinstated by a judge.

August 2012

--The day after Moriarty's arrest, then-president of the township police's rank-and-file union PBA Local 318 Joe Micucci comes out in defense of DiBuonaventura, denying any abuse of power and arguing Moriarty missed his chance to prove his innocence by denying a breath test.

-- On Aug. 6, the Times reports that Moriarty's municipal DWI case was transferred to Bridgeton, Cumberland County, to avoid any potential conflicts of interest. Moriarty represents municipalities in both Gloucester and Camden counties in Trenton.

Sept. 24, 2012

-- Gloucester Township Patch's parent company Patch Media Corporation sues Washington Township's police captain and solicitor for denying its Open Public Records Act, or OPRA, request for the police report and dash cam video of Moriarty's arrest.

October 2012

-- The arrest soon becomes a political football for township Republicans, who say on Oct. 1 that the denial of the OPRA request is because the township's Democratic Mayor has ties to Moriarty, a claim Democrats say is baseless and solely a political move during election season.

-- On Oct. 17, Moriarty files 27 criminal complaints against DiBuonaventura, alleging the officer committed perjury, filed false police reports, committed official misconduct and more. Moriarty's attorney John Eastlack said they knew they had a case when they obtained and viewed video of dashboard camera recording from DiBuonaventura's police vehicle through the legal discovery process.

-- Two days later, on Oct. 19, Eastlack shows the dashboard camera recording to a room packed with reporters in his Cherry Hill office. They also provide copies of DiBuonaventura's police report from July 31, which state he was driving down Rt. 42 when Moriarty cut him off, spurring the traffic stop. The video, however, shows DiBuonaventura waiting on a median for Moriarty to pass by, and then speeds up to 80 miles per hour to catch up to him.

-- On Oct. 22, a judge officially charges DiBuonaventura with 13 of the 27 criminal complaints filed by Moriarty, dismissing others that were similar in wording and nature, and forwarded them to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.

Nov. 16, 2012

-- After DiBuonaventura was officially served with his charges, finger-printed and processed on Nov. 9, Washington Township police confirm he was suspended with pay on Nov. 22 after a Loudermill hearing, part of the due process for any government employee facing severe discipline. DiBuonaventura was ordered to turn in his badge, gun and not identify himself as a law enforcement officer pending results of the hearing.

Dec. 11, 2012

-- The hearing results order DiBuonaventura be officially suspended without pay. Moriarty's DWI case was put on hold pending the result of DiBuonaventura's charges.

Jan. 5, 2013

-- Washington Township police release a slew of documents -- after being ordered to comply with OPRA requests by a judge following Patch's lawsuit -- which paint the timeline leading up to Moriarty's arrest. The multiple police reports and statements reveal it was a phone call from the Nissan car dealership Moriarty was doing business in prior to his arrest that sparked the chain of events.

It involved employees being suspicious of Moriarty's behavior at the dealership and a casual call placed to a police detective cousin of a dealership employee that he might be intoxicated. The rumor made its way to DiBuonaventura, who was told not to act on the incomplete information. The documents also include two separate police reports, written by two other township officers, that said they detected the smell of alcohol near Moriarty in the police headquarters after he was arrested.

March 6, 2013

-- Moriarty and his attorney Eastlack request an editorial board meeting with the South Jersey Times, and bring up concerns regarding the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office's handling of the case. Moriarty said he questioned why it was taking so long to act to DiBuonaventura's charges, as well as his own DWI charges. In a statement, Prosecutor Sean Dalton said the investigation was nearing completion.

April 30, 2013

Washington Township's Business Administrator Bob Smith confirms to the Times that DiBuonaventura owed the township $15,000 in back unemployment pay from when he was fired and later reinstated years earlier. DiBuonaventura -- who made a salary in the mid-$90,000 -- was granted back pay on the condition he repay the township what he collected in unemployment. DiBuonaventura argues later that he had paid off the debt.

May 2013

-- A grand jury indicts DiBuonaventura on 14 criminal charges, including including three counts of tampering with records, three counts of falsifying records, three counts of false swearing and five counts of official misconduct

-- On May 14, Superior Court Judge Christine Allen-Jackson dismisses all charges against Moriarty, granting a motion made by then-First Assistant Prosecutor Michael Curwin. Curwin highlighted contradictions in DiBuonaventura's report and the recording of the arrest, stating that because Moriarty's charges stemmed from an illegal stop, it fell under the legal "fruit of the poisonous tree," doctrine and any evidence was inadmissible in court because of that.

June 2013

-- Inspired by his arrest and vindication from the dashboard camera recording, Moriarty introduces a bill that would require all new municipal police vehicles used for patrol be equipped with video cameras, or officers to be equipped with body cameras. He says if one wasn't present in DiBuonaventura's patrol vehicle, he would have had no way to prove his innocence.

-- On June 17, DiBuonaventura pleads not guilty to all charges, which could carry more than 10 years in prison if convicted on all counts.

July 31, 2013

-- One year after his arrest, Moriarty files a lawsuit against the Nissan dealership and employees there who he said "set his illegal stop and arrest" in motion. He includes allegations the employees made slanderous and defamatory statements, including to law enforcement, and violated his Constitutional rights.

October 18, 2013

-- DiBuonaventura files a lawsuit of his own, this time against the township police Chief Rafael Muniz and Washington Township's business administrator Bob Smith. DiBuonaventura alleges that the chief retaliated against DiBuonaventura and gave Moriarty extra assistance in the case because of DiBuonaventura's "whistleblowing" about Muniz's son getting arrested. He sues Smith for his statements regarding the $15,000 in back unemployment he owed, which was repaid prior to when he made his statements but before Smith was made aware through a quarterly filings report.

Nov. 19, 2013

-- In a pre-trial court hearing before Superior Court Judge M. Christine Allen-Jackson, then Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Michael Curwin argues DiBuonaventura was "motivated by something other than his duty as a law enforcement officer" when he stopped Moriarty." DiBuonaventura, represented by a new attorney, does not take a plea deal for five years in prison with no parole for a guilty plea.

January 2014

-- While the state Legislature approves Moriarty's legislation to require all new police vehicles to be equipped with cameras, Governor Chris Christie does not sign it before the end of the 2013 session, effectively killing the bill in a "pocket veto."

April 2014

-- DiBuonaventura's new attorney files a motion to dismiss the grand jury's indictment, arguing they were not told the full story of what occurred the day of Moriarty's arrest and were not told about "an officer's duty." Prosecutor Michael Curwin files a brief in response, calling Moriarty's action's "irrelevant" and a distraction from proof DiBuonaventura, as a public servant, lied.

Judge Allen-Jackson denies the defense's motion, and the indictments stand.

-- Moriarty files another lawsuit, now against DiBuonaventura and the township police department, arguing they violated Moriarty's Constitutional rights.

June 2014

-- First Assistant Prosecutor Michael Curwin retires, passing the case to Trial Chief Assistant Prosecutor Audrey Curwin.

September 2014

-- After it was passed by the Legislature again in July and was stalled during the summer, Moriarty's dashboard camera bill is signed into law by Governor Christie.

-- A trial date is set.

Check nj.com on for updates on Monday's court proceedings and through out the trial.

Michelle Caffrey may be reached at mcaffrey@southjerseymedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @ShellyCaffrey. Find the South Jersey Times on Facebook.