BAYONNE – City officials and a Federal Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman confirmed that a Bayonne police officer was arrested in the morning on Friday, Jan. 23 in connection with an alleged civil rights violation.
According to FBI spokeswoman Doreen Holder of the bureau’s Newark field office, Domenico Lillo was the officer taken into custody.
At 2:45 p.m., Holder said Lillo was at the federal courthouse before U.S. Magistrate James B. Clark III “for an initial appearance.”
Lillo, 44, has been a Bayonne police officer for 14 years, according to Public Safety Director Robert Kubert. Lillo was arrested at his home at 9:20 a.m.
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