FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 18, 2017
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Public Information Bureau (609) 882-2000
Capt. Brian Polite - ext. 6514
Lt. Theodore Schafer - ext. 6515
SFC Jeff Flynn - ext. 6516
Tpr. I Lawrence Peele - ext. 6531
Tpr. Alejandro Goez - ext. 6527
Newark, N.J. - The Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ State Police have arrested Jusselo Dias Dos Reis, 44, a resident of Brazil, for allegedly stabbing a man to death in Millford, Massachusetts on July 16. An arrest warrant for murder was generated and Dias was entered into the National Crime Information Center with nationwide extradition
State Police detectives from the Fugitive Unit were contacted by the Massachusetts State Police and advised that Dias was possibly in Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ. An investigation revealed that Dias Dos Reis was staying at a residence in Newark.
On Monday, July 17, members of the Fugitive Unit with assistance from the State Police Electronic Sureveillance, Crime Suppression North and K-9 Units arrived at 22 Vincent Street in Newark and arrested Dias without incident.
Jusselo Dias Dos Reis was lodged in Mercer County Jail pending extradition to Massachusetts.
Charges are mere accusations and the suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty.
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