A top Bucks County prosecutor was demoted after being caught working as a DoorDash driver on county time

A ranking prosecutor in the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office who earned nearly $130,000 a year has been demoted after his superiors learned he had for months been working a side job — including while on the clock for the county — delivering takeout for the food delivery service DoorDash.

Gregg Shore, who as first assistant district attorney under District Attorney Matthew Weintraub handled some of the office’s premier assignments, including the prosecution of killer Cosmo DiNardo, will now serve as a deputy in the office, Weintraub announced Thursday. His salary will also be cut by $22,000.

“What he’s done is indefensible, thoughtless, selfish, and so stupid,” Weintraub said in an interview. “It makes no sense. ... I don’t know why he did this, but I am so angry and upset. It shows a lack of leadership and is the reason I have decided to demote him.”

Shore, 49, was essentially second-in-command of the District Attorney’s Office. Public records show he earned $129,474 in that role.

The 10-year veteran of the office apologized and said he accepted the decision.

“Due to my personal circumstances, I worked a second job delivering food during the pandemic, mostly on nights and weekends, but I sometimes made the incredibly poor decision to do so during the workday,” Shore said. “By doing so, I betrayed my colleagues, my boss, and the citizens of Bucks County.”

Shore also agreed to forfeit vacation time to pay back the hours he spent working food delivery service between October and February. He did not explain the personal circumstances that required him to get the second job and declined to comment further. DoorDash calls its delivery workers “Dashers” and says their pay can range from $2 to more than $10 per delivery “depending on the estimated duration, distance, and desirability of the order,” plus tips.

Weintraub said he learned of Shore’s food delivery job when a member of the public reported it to the office. When confronted, Shore admitted to making deliveries during weekday business hours, when he was expected to be working on cases.

Weintraub said that it would have been “politically expedient” to fire Shore but that he felt it was important to give him a second chance, due to his years of public service to the county.

Among his cases, Shore prosecuted DiNardo and his cousin, Sean Kratz, who made international headlines for murdering four teens and hiding their bodies on a secluded farm in Solebury Township. Both men are serving life prison terms.

Weintraub also noted that Shore was “always there to answer the call” during his off hours, even while working this second job.

“I believe in second chances, I preach redemption, and I believe people can be better after learning from their mistakes,” Weintraub said. “It’s now incumbent upon me to practice what I preach.”

All of the cases Shore had been working on at the time of his demotion are being reassessed, Weintraub said. The most pressing and high-profile prosecutions are being transferred to his replacement, Jennifer Schorn.

Schorn, who previously served as chief of trials for the office, has been a prosecutor in Bucks County for 22 years. She oversees the county’s grand jury investigations and has helped prosecute high-profile cold cases in the last two years, including two murders that were decades old.

“I liken her to a warrior general leading her troops, who are us, into battle against the worst of our enemies,” Weintraub said of Schorn.