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NJ Rap Record Exec Admits Drug Op With Kilos Of Heroin, Fentanyl Stashed In Cliffside, Harrison NJ Rap Record Exec Admits Drug Op With Kilos Of Heroin, Fentanyl Stashed In Cliffside, Harrison
NJ Rap Record Exec Admits Drug Op With Kilos Of Heroin, Fentanyl Stashed In Cliffside, Harrison Newark native Dawan "DB" Brown had just gotten a record label and recording studio going when the hammer came down. He's now likely to spend a significant amount of time behind bars after accepting a deal from federal prosecutors. Brown, 38, had been a local teenage boxing phenom from the South Ward who became a Golden Glove champion 20 years ago. According to his online bio, the Weequahic High School graduate worked for 14 years as a custodian with the Newark Board of Education before launching his own record label, 100 Percent Pure Ent, in 2018. Two years later Brown opened the Excl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Cell Tower Picked Up On Dispatcher Uploading Child Porn: Police NJ Cell Tower Picked Up On Dispatcher Uploading Child Porn: Police
NJ Cell Tower Picked Up On Dispatcher Uploading Child Porn: Police A police dispatcher in Hudson County was arrested on child porn charges, authorities said. An investigation into Jason De. Lewis, 39, who is a dispatcher and for the Harrison Police Department, began in October 2023, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Secaucus police had gotten a tip that a file depicting child sexual abuse material was viewed/uploaded to an account that was logged into an IP address, which hit off of a cellular tower within Secaucus, Miller said.  The investigation spearheaded by Detective Kristen Bronowich revealed that Lewis owned the file, the chief sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Son Stabs Mom Dead, Injures Man In Harrison Son Stabs Mom Dead, Injures Man In Harrison
Son Stabs Mom Dead, Injures Man In Harrison A 67-year-old woman was stabbed dead by her son and a 50-year-old man was  injured in a Harrison stabbing early Tuesday, Jan. 17, authorities said. Victor Temoche, 32, is believed to have stabbed Rosa Massoni and the man around 1:20 a.m. at the Harrison Gardens apartment complex, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Both victims were transported to University Hospital in Newark where Massoni was pronounced dead just after 2 a.m. It wasn't immediately clear how Temoche knew the second victim. Temoche was arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and weapons offen…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Veteran North Jersey Police Sgt. Ernesto Hernandez Dies After 2nd Cancer Battle (TRIBUTE) Veteran North Jersey Police Sgt. Ernesto Hernandez Dies After 2nd Cancer Battle (TRIBUTE)
Veteran North Jersey Police Sgt. Ernesto Hernandez Dies After 2nd Cancer Battle (Tribute) A longtime police officer from North Jersey has died after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Ernesto “Ernie” Hernandez, 51, of Kearny, died on Feb. 10, 2022, after 23 years on the force. After beating colon cancer 4 years ago, Hernandez was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic/liver cancer on Christmas 2021.  Ernesto's 91-year-old mother, Hilda, has endured the loss of two sons to the exact same cancer three days shy of exactly 6 years apart. Her son, Efrain Hernandez, former Gulf War Air Force Pilot, died on Feb. 14, 2016. Ernesto was laid to rest with full police honors on Tuesday, Feb. 15…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Shock, Sadness Spread: Young Harrison Police Officer Dies Shock, Sadness Spread: Young Harrison Police Officer Dies
Shock, Sadness Spread: Young Harrison Police Officer Dies People get to know their police officers in small towns like Harrison, where shock and sadness continued to spread with the news that one of its finest had suddenly died. Officer Elizabeth Yasmin Delacruz succumbed at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood following a medical procedure elsewhere, said Maureen Curran Kleinman, the manager of communications and marketing for Valley Health System. A graduate of Lincoln High School in Jersey City, and a graduate student in criminal justice at John Jay College in Manhattan, Delacruz served in the U.S. Marine Corps, She was appointed to her depar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PD: Parking Ticket, Spit Lead To Lyndhurst Jewelry Store Burglar Who Stole Costume Bling PD: Parking Ticket, Spit Lead To Lyndhurst Jewelry Store Burglar Who Stole Costume Bling
PD: Parking Ticket, Spit Lead To Lyndhurst Jewelry Store Burglar Who Stole Costume Bling A parking ticket and spit led Lyndhurst police to a jewelry store burglar who smashed a display case and fled not with diamonds or pearls, authorities said, but with much cheaper merchandise. Responding Officers Brian Kapp and Tom Seickendick found the back door at Chandel Jewelers on Ridge Road forced open shortly before 6:30 p.m. March 18, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Kapp’s brother, Detective William Kapp, joined them inside, where he found a glass display case shattered and more than a dozen alloy and cubic zirconia rings missing. Total combined value: 100 bucks. The detective t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Woman's Rental Car Stolen From Hudson County Gas Station With Cat Inside SEE ANYTHING? Woman's Rental Car Stolen From Hudson County Gas Station With Cat Inside
SEE Anything? Woman's Rental Car Stolen From Hudson County Gas Station With Cat Inside Police are on the lookout for a rental car stolen from a Hudson County gas station -- the victim's cat still inside, authorities said. The Jeep Cherokee with Illinois registration was stolen from the Speedway Gas Station on Harrison Avenue around 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 7, Harrison police said. The victim's cat, Willow, was inside the Jeep when it was stolen. Willow is approximately 14 years old, 20 pounds and was in a pink pet carrier at the time, police said. The alleged victim Jennifer Carl, said she was driving from her mom's place in Jersey City back to Washington D.C. after the holidays w…

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by Cecilia Levine