Hudson County Correctional Facility, Hackensack Ave, Kearny, NJ
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.
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) in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C: 35:5b(5), crimes of the third degree, and Conspiracy to Distribute (K2) in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2a(1) and 2C:35-5b(5), a crime of the third degree. A second inmate, Israel Rosado, 38, of Newark, is charged with one count of Possession (K2) in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(1), a crime of the third degree. Santiago was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, and released pending his first court appearance. Salcedo and Rosado were processed on summons complaints at the Hudson County Correctional Facility on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
Alvin DeLeon, 31, of Bayonne, is charged with Conspiracy to Distribute (K2) in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2a(1) and 2C:35-5b(5), a crime of the third degree. He was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City on Thursday, October 16, 2025, and released pending his first court appearance.
The investigation found that on various dates between January 8, 2025, and April 7, 2025, Santiago provided Salcedo with K2 inside the Hudson County Correctional Facility. Salcedo then distributed K2 throughout the facility, including to Rosado. DeLeon assisted in the distribution process.
“The Hudson County Department of Corrections is committed to the core values of safety and rehabilitation,” said Hudson County Department of Corrections Director Becky Scott. “Our employees are held to a high standard in order to protect the integrity of this facility, and I thank the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Internal Affairs Unit and the Hudson County Department of Corrections Internal Affairs Unit and Intelligence Bureau for their diligence in this investigation.”
Acting Prosecutor Mello credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Internal Affairs Unit and the Hudson County Department of Corrections Internal Affairs Unit and Intelligence Bureau with the investigation and arrests. The above charges are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).
