Middletown supervisors adopt hearing examiner decision, terminate officer Samantha Weed

Middletown Township’s Board of Supervisors on June 3 adopted resolution 25-12R, accepting the decision of a hearing examiner and authorizing termination of employment for Police Officer Samantha Weed, officer number 44111.

Township counsel told the board that the supervisors had appointed an independent hearing officer at their March meeting to preside over a Police Tenure Act hearing on a recommendation of termination made by the chief of police. The hearing examiner, Joseph Bagley, issued a decision upholding the recommendation; the board then considered whether to accept that decision and execute termination.

Township counsel summarized the procedural posture: the advisory record from the hearing examiner was before the board and, if the board adopted the resolution, it would effectuate termination of the officer. A motion to adopt resolution 25-12R was made, seconded and approved by a 3-0 roll call. The board recorded the vote as “carries three-zero.”

The meeting record submitted the examiner’s decision as part of the resolution; the transcript does not include details of the underlying allegations, the hearing record itself, or specific findings from the hearing examiner beyond the board’s acceptance of his ruling. The chief of police had recommended termination and the hearing examiner’s decision upholding that recommendation was the basis for the board action.

By adopting the resolution the board executed the hearing examiner’s recommendation; the decision is effective as recorded on June 3, 2025. The meeting record does not include administrative appeals or next steps that may be available under the Police Tenure Act or other applicable rules.