I’m sorry for my actions that brought everyone here,” said Nickel, adding he was “extremely emotional” at the time of the domestic incident and knows he reacted poorly. Nickel, who was supported in court by his mother, lamented losing his job in law enforcement where he earned $140,000 a year to now working as a security guard earning $20 an hour. It cannot be in your possession or control,” DelRicci warned Nickel, who informed the judge that he surrendered a firearm to Limerick police at the time of his arrest.īefore the judge imposed the sentence, Nickel, during a lengthy, sometimes rambling statement, apologized for his conduct, recalled years of battling alcohol abuse and periods of seeking rehabilitation and added he’s been sober for several years. “You may not possess or maintain any firearms of any type. Nickel, of William Penn Drive in Limerick, also must complete 50 hours of community service and complete an anger management counseling program as conditions of the sentence. DelRicci who convicted Nickel of the charges during a nonjury trial in February.ĭelRicci acquitted Nickel of two other counts of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.

The sentence was imposed by Judge Thomas M. Nickel, 48, who served 22 years as a police officer in Whitpain Township before resigning after his arrest, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court on Tuesday to two years of probation on two misdemeanor counts of simple assault and two summary counts of harassment in connection with incidents that occurred between October 2021 and January 2022 at his Limerick Township residence. NORRISTOWN - A former Whitpain Township police officer found himself on the other side of the law with a conviction and a period of probation for assaulting a woman with whom he was romantically involved during a domestic incident in his Limerick Township home.

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