Jersey city bloodshed ends with murder charge after deadly beating

Jersey City bloodshed ends with murder charge after deadly beating

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July 29, 2025
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JERSEY CITY, NJ – A 35-year-old Jersey City man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a man found unresponsive on Neptune Avenue last week.

Scott Bradley was arrested Monday, July 28, by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit near Randolph and Claremont Avenues. He has been charged with one count of first-degree murder and was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance.

On Friday, July 25, shortly after 9 a.m., officers responded to Neptune and Garfield Avenues after reports of an injured man. The victim, identified as 56-year-old Joey Richburg of Jersey City, was transported to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:42 a.m.

The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Richburg’s death a homicide caused by blunt force injury to the head.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office at 201-915-1345 or leave an anonymous tip at hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip.

Chris Quigley

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