Robert Jalela Rivers arrested on warrant alleging simple assault, harassment
Nazareth police arrested 31-year-old Robert Jalela Rivers on a warrant tied to a May 2025 domestic disturbance that left a victim with an arm laceration.
The Nazareth Borough Police Department arrested 31-year-old Robert Jalela Rivers on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at 1:07 p.m. Rivers faces charges of simple assault (18 § 2701) and harassment (18 § 2709) on a warrant issued May 12, 2025, by Magisterial District Judge John Capobianco (Docket: MJ-03208-CR-0000102-2025, Reference ID: 2025-3262). Officers responded to a domestic disturbance on May 11, 2025, at 10:12 p.m. at a home on N. Convent Ave., where a female victim was found with an arm laceration investigators say was caused by a razor blade; the victim was taken to a hospital. Rivers is being held by the Nazareth Borough Police Department; all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.