On August 22, 2024, Officer DeJesus was charged by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office in connection with an incident on or about July 21, 2024, while he was assigned in uniform to an extra duty post at 301 Main Street in Paterson. Security cameras were reported to have captured activity consistent with shoplifting of three pairs of men's underwear. He was charged with official misconduct and shoplifting. The Paterson Police Department reported that DeJesus was suspended for 30 days and that the criminal charges remain open.
On August 22, 2024, Officer Jeury De Jesus was charged by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office with offenses stemming from an incident that occured in the City of Paterson on or about July 21, 2024. It is alleged that Officer DeJesus was assigned to an extra duty assignment at 301 Main Street (Marshalls) in full Police uniform. Officer DeJesus was allegedly captured via security cameras of suspicious activity consistent with shoplifting, specifically three (3) pairs of mens underwear. He was charged with Official Misconduct and Shoplifting. He was suspended for 30 days while the investigation was ongoing. The criminal charges remain open.
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What is a summary of Jeury DeJesus's major discipline record?
On August 22, 2024, Officer DeJesus was charged by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office in connection with an incident on or about July 21, 2024, while he was assigned in uniform to an extra duty post at 301 Main Street in Paterson. Security cameras were reported to have captured activity consistent with shoplifting of three pairs of men's underwear. He was charged with official misconduct and shoplifting. The Paterson Police Department reported that DeJesus was suspended for 30 days and that the criminal charges remain open.
What is Jeury DeJesus's major discipline record at Paterson Police Department?
Jeury DeJesus has one major discipline record at Paterson Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Paterson Police Department, the department Jeury DeJesus 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 Jeury DeJesus individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1248. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩