Major discipline · 2025[1]
Other sanction- Rank as reported
- Detective
- Sustained charge(s)
- Indictable Crime
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
In 2025, North Bergen Police Department Detective Christopher Orellana was arrested by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office on August 4, 2025, and charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled dangerous substance under N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2A(1), a third-degree crime. A multi-jurisdictional investigation found that Orellana conspired to possess cocaine between June 10, 2025, and July 16, 2025. Orellana was immediately suspended without pay pending the criminal disposition of the case. The sustained charge was an indictable crime.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On August 4th, 2025, Detective Christopher Orellana was arrested by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office and charged with Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Dangerous Substance (N.J.S.A 2C:5-2A(1) and N.J.S.A. 35-10A(1)), a third-degree crime. A multi-jurisdictional investigation uncovered that Det. Orellana knowingly conspired to possess a controlled dangerous substance (Cocaine) between June 10th, 2025, to July 16th, 2025. Det. Orellana was immediately suspended without pay pending the criminal disposition of the case.