Man Helped Bergen County Homicide Suspect Escape To Mexico: Prosecutor

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A New York City man was arrested Friday for having helped a suspect in an Englewood homicide escape the country, prosecutors said.

Jorlyn Paulino, 34, of New York was charged with hindering, said the Bergen County Prosecutor's office.

Prosecutors said that on Sept. 30, 2023, just before 6 a.m., the Englewood Police Department responded to a shooting at a home on Mevan Avenue.

Jason Hidalgo, 25, was found with gunshot wounds. He was taken to Englewood Hospital and pronounced dead.

Prosecutors determined that Joshua Alvarado had shot Hidalgo and then fled the country. Alvarado was charged with first-degree murder, prosecutors said.

He was found in Medellin, Colombia in February 2024, and extradited to the United States this past December. He was taken to the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, prosecutors said.

During the course of the investigation, prosecutors said, they determined that Paulino drove Alvarado to the border of the United States and Mexico after the killing.

On Friday, the FBI, Bergen County prosecutors, and police in both New York City and Englewood arrested Paulino in Manhattan.

He was charged with third-degree hindering the apprehension of another.

He was taken to the New York City Department of Correction to await extradition to Bergen County, prosecutors said.