Jersey City Mayor Files Suit Against Bradley Beach
In a case that originally stemmed from the disordely person charges of resisting arrest (N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2) and obstruction of justice (N.J.S.A 2C:29-1) filed against Jeremiah Healy; the Jersey City Mayor and his wife, Maureen, claim police brutality and violations of civil rights in a seven (7) count federal lawsuit filed against Bradley Beach and the borough's Police Department.
The lawsuit stems from a June 2006 altercation outside a borough bar in which Jeremiah Healy was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Healy was found guilty in June 2007 in Bradley Beach municipal court of resisting arrest and obstruction of justice, and fined $736. A Superior Court judge, Anthony Mellaci in Monmouth County upheld the verdict last September, prompting Healy to appeal to the appellate division.
The appeal of his conviction was argued this past month before the Appellate Division and a decison should be forthcoming.
