Manslaughter Charge After Man Dies Of Injuries From Jersey City Assault

JERSEY CITY, NJ — A Union City man has been charged with manslaughter after a Bayonne man died of injuries suffered on a Jersey City street earlier this month, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday.

The Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department have charged Robert Stevens, 40, of Union City with manslaughter, aggravated assault, and endangering an injured victim.

Prosecutors said that at approximately 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, Jersey City police responded to a call for a man who had been assaulted on Bergen Avenue between Myrtle and Bostwick avenues.

They found an unresponsive man, later identified as Anthony Passero, 51, of Bayonne, on the ground.

He was brought to Jersey City Medical Center.

He died of his injuries days later, on Saturday, Aug. 6, at approximately 12:40 a.m., prosecutors said.

The Regional Medical Examiner’s Officer determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma and the manner of death to be homicide.

An obituary from the family said Passero was a "beloved son" and a loving brother and nephew.

Stevens has been held at the Hudson County Correctional Facility since his arrest and made his first appearance on the upgraded manslaughter charge Thursday, prosecutors said.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and Jersey City Police Department are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip at: https://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/. All information will be kept
confidential.