A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to honor Detective Justin Rivera, a 29-year-old Hudson County Sheriff’s officer who died last week after falling from a ninth-floor window at the county administration building in Jersey City.
Rivera was found injured outside the Central Avenue building shortly before 9 a.m. on May 30, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office. He was taken to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead around 10 a.m. A preliminary investigation determined that he fell from the building, and his death is currently believed to be accidental. The official cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.
The administration building was closed to the public at the time due to a power outage…