Former Dumont Mayor Andrew LaBruno is due back in court next week for an arraignment after a Bergen County grand jury indicted him on charges that he met an underage boy on social media and then sexually assaulted him.
The Bergen County Prosecutor’s office has also indicted LaBruno on an official misconduct charge since he was on duty as a Jersey City police sergeant at the time of the incident and “identified himself as a police officer during the incident for the purpose of hindering his own apprehension.” If convicted, that charge includes a mandatory five years in state prison without parole.
LaBruno was arrested for allegedly drugging and raping the boy on November 17, 2025, less than two weeks after he completed his campaign for State Assembly in the 39th legislative district. He has been detained at the Bergen County Jail since then for the last three months…