MAYS LANDING – A local man pled guilty Sept. 23 to third-degree theft of gasoline from an Atlantic County facility.
Joseph Ridley-Jenkins, 48, of Mays Landing, faces up to four years in state prison and must pay $20,000 in restitution. He will be barred from working in the public sector.
During the guilty plea, Ridley admitted that on multiple occasions between 2023-2025 he used his position as a supervisor in the Atlantic County Department of Public Works to gain access to gasoline at county owned fuel pumps without providing payment.
In May 2025, members of the Atlantic County Department of Public Works alerted law enforcement to irregularities in their diesel fuel logs. An investigation revealed that Ridley-Jenkins fueled trucks he owned in connection with his private business, Z5 Logistics.
Starting March 2023, Ridley-Jenkins directed his employees at Z5 to fuel the trucks almost daily at the county fuel pumps.
This case was investigated by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office’s Professional Standards and Accountability Unit.
Chief Assistant Prosecutor Kathleen Robinson is prosecuting the case for the state.
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