Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
West New York Police Department · 1 record · 2024
Terminated2024 · as reported
Captain Erwin Moreno was terminated by the West New York Police Department in 2024. The agency reported that Moreno committed unauthorized transactions from a bank account designated for the West New York Police Department Youth Academy. He was arrested and charged by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office. The sustained charge was an indictable charge of theft by unlawful taking under N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3(A).
Major discipline · 2024[1]
TerminatedSynopsis as reported by the agency
Captain Moreno commited unauthorized transactions from a bank account designated for the West New York Police Department Youth Academy. He was arrested and charged by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.
Jonathan Garcia · Department Of Corrections · 2023
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Theft
similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Shakeema Wilson · Hillside Police Department · 2022
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Theft
similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Austin Craig · Lower Township Police Department · 2022
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Theft by Unlawful Taking
similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Eric Campbell · Lower Township Police Department · 2022
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Theft by Unlawful Taking
similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Brendan Santiago · Middletown Police Department · 2024
TerminatedSuspended 131 daysSustained charge(s): Theft
same year · similar charge category
5 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Captain Erwin Moreno was terminated by the West New York Police Department in 2024. The agency reported that Moreno committed unauthorized transactions from a bank account designated for the West New York Police Department Youth Academy. He was arrested and charged by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office. The sustained charge was an indictable charge of theft by unlawful taking under N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3(A).
Erwin Moreno has one major discipline record at West New York Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Yes. At least one of Erwin Moreno's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
West New York Police Department reported 137 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Erwin Moreno individually.