A 61-year-old man has been charged with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man downtown that occurred in broad daylight on Friday, Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello announced.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Roberto Camacho, 61, of Jersey City, is charged with murder, felony murder (during the commission of a robbery), and robbery, Mello said in a statement.
He was arrested at the Hudson County Correctional Facility yesterday, where he has been detained since the crime occurred.
Shortly after 12:20 p.m. on Friday, the Jersey City Police Department was notified of a stabbing in the area of Jersey Avenue, 1st Street, and Maxwell Street.
Responding officers located an injured man – later identified as Joan Segovia, 26 – with an apparent stab wound to the abdomen. He was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead just after 1 p.m.
The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death to be a stab wound to the chest and the manner to be homicide.
Mello credited the HCPO Homicide Unit and the Jersey City PD with the investigation and arrest
