Former Dumont Mayor Andrew LaBruno will be released from jail as he awaits trial on charges that he raped a teenage boy last year.
LaBruno, a Jersey City police sergeant and 2025 Assembly nominee, will be released on bail as long as he seeks counseling and does not attempt to communicate with the victim or the victim’s father, nor can he interfere with the investigation. LaBruno will also be allowed to work set hours at a second job as a marketing official at local funeral homes — he was suspended from his police role without pay.
LaBruno was arrested on November 17 for allegedly drugging and raping the underage boy by spraying a substance into his hand and placing it over the teen’s mouth. LaBruno is charged with committing sexual penetration through the use of coercion and without consent, and knowingly engaging in sexual conduct with a child…