On December 24, 2023, Officer Sanabria was charged in connection with domestic violence offenses said to have occurred on or about December 23, 2023, in Paterson. On a summons complaint he was charged with one count of terroristic threats, a third-degree crime, and single counts of cyber harassment and stalking, each a fourth-degree crime, involving a party covered by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. The Paterson Police Department reported that the charges remain open in Superior Court and that Sanabria is presumed innocent. He was not suspended.
On December 24, 2023, Officer Alberto Sanabria was charged with domestic violence offenses alleged to have occurred on or about December 23, 2023, in the City of Paterson. Specifically, he was charged on a summons complaint with one count of Terroristic Threats, a crime of third degree in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3b; one count of Cyber Harassment, a crime of the fourth degree in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4.1-1a(1); and one count of Stalking, a crime of the fourth degree in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-10b. Officer Sanabria allegedly sent threatening text messages to, went uninvited to the place of work of, and went uninvited to the residence of a party covered by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. These charges remain open in Superior Court and Officer Sanabria is presumed innocent at this time.
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What is a summary of Alberto Sanabria's major discipline record?
On December 24, 2023, Officer Sanabria was charged in connection with domestic violence offenses said to have occurred on or about December 23, 2023, in Paterson. On a summons complaint he was charged with one count of terroristic threats, a third-degree crime, and single counts of cyber harassment and stalking, each a fourth-degree crime, involving a party covered by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. The Paterson Police Department reported that the charges remain open in Superior Court and that Sanabria is presumed innocent. He was not suspended.
What is Alberto Sanabria's major discipline record at Paterson Police Department?
Alberto Sanabria has one major discipline record at Paterson Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Alberto Sanabria's base salary on record?
Alberto Sanabria's reported base salary is $103,500, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Alberto Sanabria has 8 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is Paterson Police Department, the department Alberto Sanabria worked for?
Paterson Police Department reported 412 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Alberto Sanabria individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1859. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 226108, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8546. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩