Arrest Record
Dear New Brunswick City,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
All records pertaining to the arrest of Arnav Diddi County Case number: 26002219
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
Gregory Hunter
Hello,
For clarification purposes, did the incident happen outside of New Brunswick? You provided a county case number, which may be outside of the City of New Brunswick's jurisdiction.
Regards,
Leslie R. Zeledón, City Clerk
City of New Brunswick
78 Bayard Street, Rm. 201
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732.745.5041 (phone)
732.745.5009 (fax)
Hi Leslie-
This case did happen in the city of New Brunswick and the agency involved was New Brunswick Police Department. The county case number was just to assist in finding the relevant records. If that is not helpful then can you please find the records by the first and last name provided?
Thanks
Yours sincerely,
Gregory Hunter
Hi Leslie
I was hoping for a response to this inquiry by now. Could you clarify what timeline I should expect on this? Also could you include the body camera footage of the associated arrest. Thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Gregory Hunter
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Dear Requestor,
Please be advised, your request was accidently not logged in appropriately. We will process your request as soon as possible. For the amended portion of your request, provided below " Also could you include the body camera footage of the associated arrest", please allow 7 business days for a response. Thank you for your patience and attention in this matter.
Regards,
Leslie R. Zeledón, City Clerk
City of New Brunswick
78 Bayard Street, Rm. 201
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732.745.5041 (phone)
732.745.5009 (fax)
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A document has been released for record request #26-388 along with the following message:
NEW BRUNSWICK POLICE DEPARTMENT
25 KIRKPATRICK STREET · POST OFFICE BOX 909
NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY 08903
Communications 732.745.5200 / Facsimile 732.565.7544
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Captain Amish Shah
Public Information Officer
732.745.5259
May 29, 2026
Gregory Hunter
Email: [2][OPRA #91130 email]
Re: OPRA Request 26-388
Dear Requestor:
My office is in receipt of your OPRA request dated May 26, 2026, and received the same.
Kindly be advised that we have identified records pertaining to the arrest of Arnav Diddi
bearing case number 26NB03381. These records are criminal investigatory in nature and
pursuant to the applicable law, are exempt from disclosure under O.P.R.A. (N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1
to -13) and relevant case law, including Janeczko v. Department of Law and Public Safety
(G.R.C. Complaint Nos. 2002-79 and 2002-80, affirmed May 2004). The requested records remain
exempt following the conclusion of the investigation, as established in West Solloway v.
Bergen County Prosecutor's Office (GRC 2011-39), Woojin Hwang v. Bergen County Prosecutor's
Office (GRC 2011-348), and Andrew Johnson/Press of Atlantic City v. New Jersey Division of
State Police (GRC 2004-46). However, the arrest report is releasable and is attached.
Redactions in these records are pursuant to OPRA, and the exemptions found in N.J.S.A.
47:1A-1, specifically personal identifying information has been redacted including dates of
birth, driver’s license numbers, unlisted telephone numbers, and home addresses.
After an accurate assessment, preparation of the BWC records responsive to your request would
require an extraordinary amount of time to redact and process. A special service charge
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(c) will be required to fulfill your request. It is estimated
that it will require twenty-three (23) hours to prepare the records. At the BWC/MVR Clerk
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in paying the applicable fees and we will consider the OPRA request closed.
Thank you for your interest in this matter and if my office can be of any further assistance,
please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Captain
Amish Shah
cc. Leslie Zeledon, City Clerk
Joseph Catanese, Asst. City Attorney
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