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A former member of the Ocean City Beach Patrol, who later worked as a teacher was sentenced Tuesday to four years of probation and was also barred from any future public employment, authorities said. Jonathan Howell, 42, of Marmora, was accused of sexually abusing a minor. The charges against him came after a social media post in April of 2021 made numerous allegations against the beach patrol, according to a statement from the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office. The crimes occurred on June 1, 2017, according to online court documents, but detectives began investigating Howell when they learn…

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