Teacher Charged With Forging Note Saying She Can’t Wear Mask

A mask on the ground outside the Lakehurst Post Office. (Photo by Jason Allentoff)

  WOODBRIDGE – A Toms River resident who teaches in Woodbridge was charged with falsifying records saying she didn’t have to wear a mask, police said.

  Gayle Hadley, 53, was arrested and charged with one count of fourth-degree Uttering and one count of fourth-degree Falsifying Medical Records, according to an announcement by Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Robert Hubner of the Woodbridge Police Department.

  District administration raised concerns about the false document and Woodbridge Detective Andrew Kondracki investigated. He reported that she had submitted a forged doctor’s letter to the district where she claimed a fictitious medical exemption from the district’s mask policy.

  According to the school district’s web site, Hadley teaches physical education at Lynn Crest School.

  Police said the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Kondracki at (732) 643-7700.

Charges are merely accusations until proven in a court of law.