On Friday, February 21, 2020, the Honorable Patrick Arre, J.S.C. sentenced Orlando Martinez-Chavez, age 48, a Jersey City pastor, to eight years in State Prison as a result of his conviction by a jury for the sexual assault of a ten-year-old girl....
A Union City man has been arrested on the upgraded charge of aggravated manslaughter following a grand jury indictment for his involvement in the May 5, 2019, head-on collision on Paterson Plank Road in Jersey City that caused the death of Adriana Riano, a 32-year-old...
On February 13, 2020, at approximately 4:00 p.m., members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit arrested Dajan Mindingall, age 27, of Eatontown, on multiple charges related to an armed robbery and aggravated sexual assault in Secaucus on January 15, 2020. Mindingall was arrested...
On Thursday, February 13, 2020, Denzel Suitt, age 28, a Police Officer with the Jersey City Police Department, was convicted of official misconduct and theft by unlawful taking on charges that he stole cash from a Jersey City man on March 25, 2018 while on-duty...
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced today as part of the continued approach to fighting the opioid epidemic that all detectives in the Prosecutor’s Office will now be provided with Narcan (naloxone) kits, which help individuals suffering from an opioid overdose by reversing the effects. Approximately...
On February 10, 2020, at approximately 10:30 a.m., members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Regional Collision Investigation Unit arrested Lawrence Smith, age 37, of North Bergen, on two counts of assault by auto while under the influence of narcotics following an investigation into a...
On Monday, February 10, 2020, Michael Weathersbee, age 27, of Jersey City, was convicted of first-degree murder and related weapons offenses in the murder of Laquan Clark on September 23, 2018 in Jersey City. The jury delivered the verdict before the Honorable Patrick Arre, J.S.C.,...
On Sunday February 9, 2020, shortly after 9:00 p.m., the Secaucus Police Department responded to a collision on Route 3 Eastbound, at the Routes 1&9 off ramp, involving a 2000 Suzuki motorcycle. The initial investigation by the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and first responders...
On Thursday, February 6, 2020, Thomas Apostolico, 18, of Toms River, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree criminal mischief for starting a fire in the basement of a freshman dormitory on the Stevens Institute of Technology campus last November. While no students were injured...
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced today the launch of ‘Hudson County Cops Care’ – a unique initiative whose goal is to ensure that school-aged children (grades K-12) throughout Hudson County who have been impacted by a traumatic or critical event receive the proper care...