HCPO Detectives Arrest Second Suspect In Jersey City Homicide

HCPO Detectives Arrest Second Suspect In Jersey City Homicide


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DATE: Friday, November 17, 2017

HCPO DETECTIVES ARREST SECOND SUSPECT IN JERSEY CITY HOMICIDE

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

On November 16, 2017, detectives from the Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit arrested Nasiar Day, a man who was sought on murder charges in connection with an incident on Palisade Avenue in Jersey City earlier this week.

Homicide detectives arrested Day, age 19, of Newark, at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Broad Street in Newark without incident. He was processed and then transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny. Day is expected to have his first appearance in CJR Court in the CJP Courtroom in the Hudson County Administration Building this afternoon at 1:30 p.m.

In addition to the Homicide detectives, Prosecutor Suarez credited the Newark Police Department for assisting with the arrest.

An arrest warrant was issued for Day on November 15, 2017, charging him with Murder and Felony Murder in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3, first-degree crimes; Armed Burglary in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:18-2, a second-degree crime; Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4, a third-degree crime; Unlawful Possession of a Weapon in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5, a fourth-degree crime; and Conspiracy to Commit these crimes.

On November 14, 2017, at approximately 7 p.m., the Jersey City Police Department received a report of a male stabbed at 197 Palisade Avenue in Jersey City. Upon arrival shortly after 7:05 p.m., the responding Police Officers found Emergency Medical Services giving aid to an apparent stabbing victim.

The victim, later identified as Jose Malave, age 30, of Jersey City, was found in a lifeless state in the doorway of the apartment where he lived. He was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 7:25 p.m. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office has determined the cause of death to be a stab wound to the chest and the manner of death to be homicide.

A 17-year-old male juvenile from Jersey City was previously arrested in connection with the death of Malave and was charged with Murder, Felony Murder, Armed Burglary, several weapons charges and Conspiracy to Commit these crimes.

The Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit continues to actively investigating the case with assistance from the Jersey City Police Department. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip on the Hudson County Prosecutor’s official website at: http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/ . All information will be kept confidential.

The above charges are merely accusations, and the defendant and the juvenile are presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).