Prosecutors drop 1 of 3 criminal charges against provocative NJ politician Rick Rickman Published: September 4, 2025 An aggravated assault charge against Dover Councilman Sergio Rodriguez has been dropped (Google Maps/srodriguez.nj via Instagram)

🔴 This Dover councilman is due in court next Monday

🔴 Prosecutors dismissed one count of aggravated assault

🔴 Sergio Rodriguez still faces charges of assault and criminal coercion

DOVER — A local elected official who took cleaning this Morris County town's streets into his own hands has one less assault charge to fight in court.

Dover Councilman Sergio Rodriguez, 30, says he's been "completely absolved" after the Morris County Prosecutor's Office dismissed one count of aggravated assault.

The charge was related to an incident on

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