JERSEY CITY — A 37-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the deadly stabbing of a 49-year-old city resident at a light rail station.

On Friday night around 11:30 p.m., Jersey City police responded to the Danforth Avenue Light Rail Station, where Kenneth Brown had been stabbed in his upper body, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez.

Brown was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Anthony Bell, of Jersey City, was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City on Saturday afternoon.

Bell has been charged with murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

He was being held at Hudson County jail, pending his first court appearance.

Brown's cause and manner of death were pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.

The station is part of the Bergen-Hudson Light Rail line operated by New Jersey Transit.

2021 NJ property taxes: See how your town compares

Find your municipality in this alphabetical list to see how its average property tax bill for 2021 compares to others. You can also see how much the average bill changed from 2020. For an interactive map version, click here. And for the full analysis by New Jersey 101.5, read this story.

7 things NJ should ban right now

​​

Nasty NJ town nicknames — Have you heard of them?

Dennis & Judi asked their listeners for the nasty nicknames they've heard their towns referred to. How many have you heard? Which ones would you add?

New Jersey's new congressional districts for the 2020s

A district-by-district look at New Jersey's congressional map following the redistricting done after the 2020 Census.

More From New Jersey 101.5 FM