A Deptford police officer accused of intervening in a financial dispute between two others and trying to cover up his involvement has been indicted.

The seven-count indictment against Sgt. Rudy Ruiz includes six second-degree counts of official misconduct and a third-degree charge of witness tampering.

Ruiz visited a man’s home in August 2014 and tried to coerce the resident into returning $200 to another person, even though the resident maintained the money was his, authorities said.

Ruiz was in uniform at the time and drove an unmarked Deptford police car.

The resident filed a complaint “about the demeanor of the officer at the scene, Sgt. Ruiz,” according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Ruiz tried to cover his involvement by making it appear that another officer responded to the resident’s home, authorities. He asked county dispatch to add that officer’s name to the call and filed a police report on the case under the officer’s name, according to investigators. The patrolman never responded to the scene, authorities said.

When the police department reviewed the resident’s complaint in October 2014, Ruiz allegedly told the patrolman to lie to investigators, authorities said. Days later, Ruiz provided a false statement to officers with the department’s professional standards unit, according to the indictment.

A Gloucester County grand jury indicted Ruiz last week. He’s due to return to court Feb. 10 for a post-indictment arraignment.

Ruiz rejected a plea offer in November under which he would have faced a three-year sentence in return for pleading guilty to a third-degree charge of official misconduct. He would have had to surrender his job and future public employment.

Ruiz is on administrative leave with pay from the police department, township officials previously confirmed.

He joined the department in 2007 and was promoted to sergeant in 2014. His current salary is $107,554 a year, according to state pension records.

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