Alleged Pooping Superintendent Due In Court Tuesday

HOLMDEL, NJ — He's baaaaack. Thomas Tramaglini, the Kenilworth school superintendent who gained international infamy after he was charged with defecating multiple times on the Holmdel high track and football field, is scheduled for his first public court appearance Tuesday, June 12.

Tramaglini is due in Holmdel Township municipal court Tuesday at 10 a.m., where he will have to plead guilty or not guilty to three charges: Defecation in public, lewdness and littering. He left used baby wipes at the scene of the crime, Holmdel police said.

Tramaglini was famously arrested Monday, April 30 just before 6 a.m. after the Holmdel High School school resource officer set up a camera to record whoever was doing the alleged pooping. Holmdel police said the high school track team had been stumbling over what appeared to be human feces on a near daily basis, prompting the SRO to set up the camera.

Police later said Tramaglini was caught in the act that morning. Human feces were found on the track and football field at least eight times, police said. There are port a potties within a few yards of the track.

Tramaglini, a Matawan resident, is an avid runner who competed in the NYC marathon. His home is only a few miles from the Holmdel high track.

Past Patch reporting: Kenilworth Superintendent Charged With Pooping On Holmdel Track

Tramaglini is represented by Matt Adams, a partner in Morristown law firm Fox Rothchild. His lawyer pushed his court date back twice so far. Tramaglini has been suspended with pay from his $147,504-a-year job as the superintendent of the Kenilworth school district. He also used to lecture part time at Rutgers, in their graduate-level education classes.

"Given the nature of those charges, he asked for and was granted a paid leave of absence," Kenilworth schools said in a statement. According to state law, a leave can only be unpaid if the superintendent is indicted, or faced with tenured charges.

Photo via the Kenilworth school district