A 31-year-old Jersey City man was arrested on a stalking charge after Edgewater police responded to a report at a River Road apartment complex on Sept. 28. The available account identifies the charge and the court’s probable-cause finding, but does not describe the alleged conduct or the relationship between the people involved.
Police said officers arrived at about 3:52 p.m. and located both people connected to the report. Sudheer Mettu was arrested without incident, according to Daily Voice, which reported the police account.
A separate Bergen County case offers limited context
A 2018 Bergen County case illustrates why details matter when comparing stalking matters. After a four-day trial in a separate domestic-violence case, a judge found that a spouse had stalked the other through surreptitious electronic monitoring and entered a final restraining order, according to the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division. That case involved different circumstances and does not establish what happened in Edgewater.
In Mettu’s case, Municipal Court Judge Robert J. Cohan found probable cause for the criminal complaint, police reported. Mettu was processed and taken to Bergen County Jail to await his first court appearance. The account did not provide the specific allegations or a date for that appearance; the reported charge and probable-cause finding are not a finding of guilt.
