FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Caitlin Mota
PHONE: (201) 577-6699
EMAIL: cmota@hcpo.org
DATE: Friday, May 20, 2022

JERSEY CITY POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH FILING FALSE POLICE REPORT

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

On Friday, May 20, 2022, a Jersey City Police Officer was arrested on charges relating to a falsified police report he submitted while on duty.

Joseph Ross, 36, was charged with one count of False Reporting to a Law Enforcement Officer in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:28-4b(1), a crime of the fourth degree. He was arrested without incident at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City and released on a summons pending his first court appearance on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.

An investigation by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Public Integrity Unit and the Jersey City Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit determined Ross was involved in a motor vehicle collision in his marked police car on Thursday, February 10, 2022. Ross later reported the vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run crash at a different location.

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