Ventnor City Police Officer, 24 year old Ryan M. Bonanni, from Egg Harbor Township, was charged with Official
Misconduct, Computer Theft, and Invasion of Privacy.
On July 6, 2025, an adult female with the initials B.W. was arrested by officers from the Ventnor
City Police Department. While she was in police custody, it is alleged that Officer Bonanni utilized
his position as a police officer to access surveillance videos of B.W. while she was in a holding
cell in various stages of undress and engaging in a sexual act. Bonanni recorded these videos
onto his personal cellular phone and subsequently sent these videos to other individuals through
the social messaging platform “Snapchat.” In addition to the videos and text messages, video
“captions” pertaining to B.W. were also located on Bonanni’s cell phone.