By: Najla Alexander
Authorities in Hudson County announced that on Friday, January 30, 2026, the Honorable Mitchell Pascual sentenced a Bayonne man to 37 years in New Jersey State Prison for having explicit contact with a female juvenile.
Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello stated that Jhaitan Snow was convicted at trial of Aggravated Explicit Contact, Explicit Contact, and Endangering the Welfare of a Child in October 2025.
He was sentenced to 37 years in New Jersey State Prison for the Aggravated Explicit Contact charge, which will run concurrent to an 8-year sentence for the Explicit Contact charge and an 8-year sentence for the Endangering the Welfare of a Child charge, according to Hudson County officials. 
The defendant is parole-ineligible for 25 years under the Jessica Lunsford Act and is subject to the No Early Release Act, Megan’s Law Registration, Parole Supervision for Life, Avenel Evaluation, and Nicole’s Law Restraining Order, HCPO officials said.
Hudson County officials say the crimes occurred at a Jersey City residence on various dates between August 2020 and March 2022.
The female victim was under the age of 13 and was known to the defendant, Hudson County officials stated.