WANTAGE - A former Montague and Sandyston township attorney who resigned amid a sexual harassment allegations last month is facing new legal troubles.

Michael S. Garofalo was arrested at his Wantage home on Jan. 31 in what state police are calling a "domestic incident", according to the New Jersey Herald. He was charged with assault and criminal mischief, though specifics details of the confrontation have not been made public.

The arrest came just three days after Garofalo left his jobs with Montague and Sandyston, as news that the State Office of Attorney Ethics was investigating claims by two women that he sexually harassed them using his town email accounts.

The agency, which is planning to pursue disciplinary proceedings against Garofalo, also alleges that he initially lied to investigators when confronted about the emails.

Garofalo resigned from a position at private practice Weiner Lesniak and from municipal attorney positions in Montague, Ogdensburg, Oxford, Sandyston, Walpack, Wantage and the Vernon Land Use Board when the state first opened the probe in May 2014, according to the complaint.

However, Montague and Sandyston later rehired him at a combined annual salary of $55,000, according to the Herald.

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