Jersey City Police Officer Convicted Of Theft

Jersey City NJ

14 February, 2020

10:40 AM

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JERSEY CITY, NJ — Denzel Suitt, 28, a police officer with the Jersey City Police Department, was convicted Thursday of official misconduct and theft by unlawful taking, after he was accused of stealing cash from a Jersey City man on March 25, 2018. This happened while Officer Suitt was on-duty and on-patrol, said the office of Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez. The jury delivered the guilty verdict Thursday, following a one-week trial. He was found guilty of theft in the fourth degree, and official misconduct. Between the hours of 12:40 a.m. and 1 a.m. on Sunday, March 25, 2018, while in uniform and on-duty, Suitt stopped the victim on Bayside Terrace and knowingly took cash from the victim's wallet, said the prosecutor. He took an unknown amount, under $500. Prosecutor Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Internal Affairs Unit for their work on the investigation.