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Mount Olive High School Teacher Sentenced for Stalking Student

Morris County

Morris County officials announced that on October 28, Tajinder Tung, age 61, of Stewartsville, was sentenced to 60 days at the Morris County Correctional Facility as a condition of a 3-year probationary term.  

According to Morris County officials, on September 22, a Morris County jury returned a verdict finding Tung guilty of Stalking a Mount Olive High School student beginning in 2017 and continuing until May 2019.

Officials say, Tung was a teacher at Mount Olive High School when he committed this crime.  

Forfeiture of his public employment was also ordered at the time of sentencing. 

Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, First Assistant Prosecutor Maggie Calderwood, and Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker thank the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office’s Professional Standards Unit, the Mount Olive Township Police Department, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, and the Greenwich Township Police Department for assisting with this investigation and prosecution.

 

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