3 NJ Cops Indicted For Covering Up NYPD Captain's Attack On Woman: Officials

PATERSON, NJ — A Passaic County grand jury indicted three Paterson police officers on charges that they failed to properly investigate a New York City police captain after finding a bleeding, bruised woman in his car.

Juan Cruz-Fernandez, Giuseppe Ciarla, and Jason Schmid all face charges of official misconduct, conspiracy to commit official misconduct, and hindering apprehension.

The officers were charged with failing to properly investigate Hariton Marachilian, an NYPD captain, upon finding the woman with "visible injuries to her face" during a domestic assault call.

Officials said Marachilian seriously injured the woman after he kidnapped and assaulted her in December of 2022; he was charged a year after the incident. The three officers are accused of letting him drive away without getting any medical help for the woman, according to northjersey.com.

All three officers were suspended without pay in the spring. Paterson's PBA is planning to fight the indictments, president Angel Jimenez told northjersey.com.

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