Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Essex County Sheriff's Office · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 8 days2023 · as reported
In 2023, the Essex County Sheriffs Office suspended Officer Vanessa Cuevas for 8 days. The record states that Cuevas was involved in an unauthorized pursuit of a stolen motor vehicle in violation of the Vehicle Pursuit Policy. The sustained charge was violation of pursuit policy.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 8 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Subject Officer received an 8 day suspension for being involved in an unauthorized pursuit of a stolen motor vehicle in violation of the Vehicle Pursuit Policy.
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Javier Colon · Essex County Sheriff's Office · 2023
Suspended 7 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Prejudicial to Good Order
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Antonucci · Essex County Sheriff's Office · 2025
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Douglas Baker · Essex County Sheriff's Office · 2025
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Amanda Kuchta · Essex County Sheriff's Office · 2024
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee; Incompetency, Inefficiency OR Failure to Perform Duties; ECSO General Order, Traffic Enforcement and…
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Damon Tucker · Essex County Sheriff's Office · 2021
Suspended 12 daysSustained charge(s): Care of Departmental Equip
same agency · similar sanction outcome
8 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Vanessa Cuevas, Essex County Sheriff's Office," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/vanessa-cuevas-essex-co-sheriffs-office/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
In 2023, the Essex County Sheriffs Office suspended Officer Vanessa Cuevas for 8 days. The record states that Cuevas was involved in an unauthorized pursuit of a stolen motor vehicle in violation of the Vehicle Pursuit Policy. The sustained charge was violation of pursuit policy.
Vanessa Cuevas has one major discipline record at Essex County Sheriff's Office in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.