The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Internal Affairs Unit has arrested four individuals — including a Hudson County correctional police officer —following a narcotics investigation at the Hudson County Correctional Facility, Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello said.
Marquis Santiago, 33, a correctional police officer and Francisco Salcedo, 44, of Jersey City, and an inmate at the HCCF, are charged with three counts of distributing (K2) and conspiracy to distribute (K2).
A second inmate, Israel Rosado, 38, of Newark, is charged with one count of possession (K2). Santiago was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, and released pending his first court appearance. Salcedo and Rosado were processed on summons complaints at the Hudson County Correctional Facility Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025…