FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Caitlin Mota
PHONE: (201) 577-6699
EMAIL: cmota@hcpo.org
DATE: Friday, August 11, 2023

WOMAN CHARGED WITH THEFT FROM JERSEY CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the following information:

On Thursday, August 10, 2023, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Unit arrested a 53-year-old woman following an investigation into funds reported missing from the Jersey City Housing Authority.

Tyest Bryant, of Jersey City, is charged with Theft by Unlawful Taking or Disposition in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3a, a crime of the third degree. She was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus and released on a summons pending her first court appearance, which is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, August 15, 2023. The investigation found that Bryant, in her capacity as a resident board member for the Booker T. Washington Housing Complex, misused over $20,000 of funds for personal benefit between 2017 and 2022.

Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Unit with the investigation and arrest. The above charges are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).