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Jersey City Police Cruiser, Civilian Vehicle Damaged, Multiple Victims Injured In Crash
Two Jersey City police officers and at least one civilian were injured in a crash that sent a cruiser into a fire hydrant. The vehicles collided at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Stegman Street at 11:15 a.m. Friday, May 17, according to Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione. It wasn't the result of a pursuit, she emphasized. Victims said the collision triggered the police car's airbags. The victims were taken to Jersey City Medical Center with what responders said were all minor injuries. An investigation into the cause was continuing.
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2½ Years A Fugitive: Accused Killer From Jersey City Captured In South Carolina
On the same day that U.S. Marshals announced a reward for help capturing an accused killer from Jersey City who’d been on the run for 2½ years, they nabbed him in South Carolina. Tybear Miles, a 28-year-old ex-con, remained held in the Spartanburg County Detention Center pending extradition to New Jersey to face murder and illegal weapons possession charges in the June 5, 2021 shooting death of Ahmad McPherson in Jersey City. Spartanburg police, working with the U.S. Marshals Service’s New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, nabbed Miles on Wednesday, Jan. 10, Hudson County …
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Member Of Notorious Jersey City Street Gang Gets 7½ Years, No Parole, In Stabbing
UPDATE: A member of a ruthless Jersey City street gang must spend the next 7½ years in federal prison for stabbing a rival during an ambush. Sheldon “Thottie” Mays, 23, was among eight members of a street gang at the Curries Woods public housing complex in Greenville who rolled up on the victim in two vehicles, seeking revenge for a previous incident, as he walked down a city street in August 2020. The Tay Tay Shrimp Gang members parked in the middle of the street, hopped out and descended on the victim. They were punching and kicking him, authorities said, when Mays stabbed him, infli…
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Hudson Felon Freed Under Bail Reform In Back-To-Back Busts Convicted By Federal Jurors
A Hudson County ex-con who was arrested with a loaded gun in his car after being busted and released twice for cocaine and heroin possession in the previous few months isn't going anywhere now. Federal jurors in Newark convicted Clarence Gaffney, 36, of Jersey City, of drug and weapons possession earlier this week following a three-day trial, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Police reported finding the coke and smack in Gaffney's underwear and shoe following an Oct. 5, 2019 traffic stop, Sellinger said. He was arrested again, on Dec. 26, 2019, after officers caught him selling …
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Amy DeGise Hit-Run Case Transferred To Essex Prosecutor, Heading To Special Remand Court
Jersey City Councilwoman Amy DeGise's highly-controversial hit-and-run case was transferred to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office due to a potential conflict of interest, sources tell Daily Voice. DeGise's father is Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, who took office after winning a special election in November 2022. The ECPO will be bringing the case to special remand court, which is for cases that have been specially selected by the county prosecutors — usually those of the fourth degree and third degree only — for early disposition. Thousands of Jersey City residents began callin…
Police & Fire
Video Shows Jersey City Councilwoman In Hit-Run Trying To Get Out Of Car Tow Last Year
Newly-released bodycam footage shows a Jersey City councilwoman at the center of a recent hit-and-run case trying to plead her way out of having her car towed last year. The footage released by Hudson County View shows Amy DeGise on the verge of tears as her Nissan Rogue was loaded onto a tow truck in Hoboken. An officer tells her that the car had been struck by a tractor trailer partially because she was in a no stopping/standing zone, and then that her SUV was being impounded since it had been unregistered since 2019. "I have a family member that's an officer I have their card on me, if…
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Petition Calls For Resignation Of Jersey City Councilwoman Ticketed In Hit-Run Crash
A Change.org petition has been launched calling for the resignation of Jersey City councilwoman, seen striking a bicyclist who ran a red light and fleeing the scene. Amy DeGise was apparently behind the wheel of a Nissan Rogue that struck Andrew Black, who was heading south on Forrest Street near Martin Luther King Drive around 8 a.m. July 19, according to a police report obtained by Daily Voice. View this post on Instagram A post shared by HudPost (@hudpost) Black reportedly said he had a green light but the footage shows him running a red,…
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Gunman Admits Killing 23-year-Old Jersey City Victim : Prosecutor
A 29-year-old Jersey City man pleaded guilty in connection with a 2020 shooting that left a 23-year-old man dead, authorities said. Kenyowa Pinkney admitted shooting Javone Smith near near Martin Luther King Drive and Myrtle Avenue the morning of Monday, April 6, 2020, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Pinkney on Monday, April 15, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated manslaughter. Pinkney surrendered to authorities days after Smith was pronounced dead. The incident marked the city's fourth deadly shooting in a seven-day span. Sentencing is scheduled before …
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Jersey City Dealer Who Served Time On Gun Conviction Headed To Federal Prison For Another Stint
A convicted Jersey City drug dealer who'd previously served state prison time on a gun conviction must spend the next seven years in federal prison for having the weapon and ammo he used to shoot and wound a rival, authorities said. Hassan Mosby, 40, had no trouble admitting that he was the gunman who shot a man in an October 2019 during a dispute with a group on a city sidewalk, they said. Police had found him in a nearby home a short time later, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Mosby, whose criminal history covers nearly his entire adult life, took a deal from the government, …
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Grand Jury: Officers Justified Killing Pair In 2019 Jersey City Firefight
Police were justified in shooting a couple who killed a fellow officer and three civilians in Jersey City, authorities on Wednesday said a state grand jury has found. Some would question the need for such a review given the circumstances of the fateful Dec. 10, 2019 firefight at a kosher grocery store. The answer: It’s required under New Jersey law and state attorney general’s guidelines. Authorities had no choice. David Anderson, 47, and Francine Graham, 50, had slain Jersey City Police Officer Joseph Seals in a nearby cemetery. They then wounded another officer before killing Mindy Fere…
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Jersey City Boy, 14, Struck Hoboken SUV Driver
A 14-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle in Jersey City after he darted in front of it over the weekend. The 28-year-old Hoboken driver was heading west on Stevens Avenue toward Martin Luther King Drive when the boy abruptly ran northbound across the street around 10:50 p.m. Saturday, according to the police report. The front fender of the vehicle -- an Acura MDX -- was damaged, police said. However, the driver told authorities those damages were there before the accident. Meanwhile, the boy had a visible injury to his head and cuts on his right shoulder, right elbow and right ear, police…
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Jersey Shore Pawn Shop Owner Tied To Shooting Deaths Of JC Officer, 3 Others Gets Fed Pen Time
A Jersey Shore pawn shop owner who was arrested in connection with the December 2019 shooting deaths of a Jersey City police detective and three civilians was sent to federal prison Tuesday for 18 months. A handwritten note found in the pocket of one of the two assailants who were shot dead by police led investigators to Ahmed A-Hady, a 36-year-old ex-con. It contained a telephone number ending in 4115 and the address of the pawn shop, they said. A-Hady had been convicted in 2012 of trying to obtain prescription drugs by fraud, which prohibited him from possessing a firearm, records show. …
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Third Man Charged In April Killing Of Jersey City Girl, 17
A third individual was charged in the April shooting death of a 17-year-old girl in Jersey City, authorities announced Saturday. Jeremy Perez, age 22, was arrested near Danforth Avenue and Old Bergen Road on Dec. 4 around 6:45 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Perez was charged with the April 1 killing of 17-year-old Stephanie Jacquez, and the attempted murder of an 18-year-old man, Suarez said. Darby Shirden, age 20, and Shaquan Rush, were previously arrested and charged in connection with the incident. Jacques was found at the corner of Martin Luther King…
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Prosecutor: Jersey City Teen Released From Hospital With Gunshot Wound Dies Next Day
A 17-year-old Jersey City girl who was sent home from the hospital with a gunshot wound Wednesday night died after being readmitted Thursday morning, authorities said. Police responding to an 8 p.m. shooting in the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Forrest Street said they found an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound that wasn't considered life-threatening. The girl -- identified in other news reports as Stephanie Jacques -- was found wounded a block away, at the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Oak Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Both were taken to…
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Authorities: Man Threatens Jewish Manager Of Jersey City Building Where 3 Were Shot Dead
A Jersey City man threatened the property manager of a building where three people were gunned down in a hate crime last year, authorities said. The manager was leaving the Martin Luther King Drive building dressed in traditional Hasidic clothing around 11:50 a.m. Tuesday when Taylor Stackhouse, 38, threatened him, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Authorities arrested Stackhouse on Thursday and charged him with several counts each of bias intimidation and terroristic threats, as well as a disorderly harassment count, Suarez said. Three innocent people were slain in the sam…
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Jersey City BOE Member Called Jews 'Brutes' In Wake Of Shootings: Report
Officials including Mayor Steven Fulop of Jersey City and Gov. Phil Murphy are calling on a board of education member to step down over antisemitic remarks she made in connection with the deadly attack on a kosher supermarket last week, News 4 New York reported. Joan Terrell Paige referred to Jews as "brutes" in remarks made on Facebook and suggested the two shooters may have been motivated by a legitimate grievance in the attack in the JC Kosher supermarket on Martin Luther King Drive Dec. 10. Three people were killed in the market by the shooters, David Anderson and Francine Graham.&…
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Authorities: Jersey City Shooters Hated Police, Jewish Community
State Attorney General Gubir Grewal and other officials provided additional information on the deadly gun battle in Jersey City Tuesday during which "several hundred" rounds were fired, he said. The suspected shooters, David Anderson and Francine Graham, had five firearms in their possession as well as a simple but working pipe bomb. The pipe bomb and one of the guns was later recovered from a rental van Anderson and Graham used in the attack. Four of the weapons -- two handguns, a shotgun and a modified AR-15-style rifle -- were found inside the store in the Greenville sec…
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Civilian Victims In Jersey City Massacre Identified, Fundraiser Launched
The three people who were killed Tuesday when two shooters entered a grocery store in Jersey City have been identified as the wife of the owner, an employee and a bystander at the store, WABC 7 reported. The victims are 24-year-old Moshe Deutsh, 49-year-old Miguel Douglas, and 32-year-old mother of five Mindy Ferenz. Deutsch volunteered with Chai Lifeline, a program which provides support for seriously ill children. "Moshe himself studied and found time to help his peers from his yeshiva," Rabbi David Niederman, president of the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and N…
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: State Officials Address Deadly Jersey City Shooting
State officials gathered Wednesday afternoon to address Tuesday's deadly Jersey City shooting that left a police detective, three civilians and the two gunmen dead. Governor Phil Murphy assured the public that there is no ongoing security concern, noting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is working with Jewish and other communities of faith to address their concerns during a press conference at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office in Jersey City. "We saw the very worst of humanity," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. "But in the response… we also saw the very best.…
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Two Shooters In Jersey City Attack Identified: Report
The two shooters who attacked a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, killing three civilians and a police officer, have been identified, News 4 New York reported Wednesday. One of the shooters. David Anderson, had ties to the Black Israelite Hebrew movement, which mixes Christian and Judaic beliefs, the station said. The second shooter was identified by News 4 as Francine Graham. Authorities told the station there was a note inside a U-Haul van used in the attack containing religious writings. Late Tuesday night, Mayor Steve Fulop said a review of CCTV footage showed the …
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Jersey City Mayor: Fast Police Response Prevented Even More Deaths
The mayor of Jersey City Wednesday morning provided more information on the deadly gun battle that left six people dead, including a police officer, but declined to provide additional specifics because of an ongoing investigation by the state Attorney General's office. Mayor Steve Fulop and James Shea, the director of public safety, both stressed that fast action by police officers prevented even more lives from being lost in Tuesday afternoon's violence. Fulop, who met with reporters near JC Kosher Supermarket on Martin Luther King Drive, said CCTV video showed two people with …
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Slain Officer ID'd In Jersey City Bloodbath As Bergen Dad, Two Shooters, 3 Civilians Also Dead
UPDATE: A police officer, two suspects and three civilians were killed in what became a Jersey City gun battle Tuesday afternoon, authorities confirmed. The slain officer was identified as Joseph Seals, a 17-year department veteran and father of five -- including a newborn -- who lived in North Arlington. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Joe’s family during this Christmas season and beyond,” Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said. “We take for granted sometimes the selfless work a police officer does when they wear that uniform. In the end they are people that volunteered to keep every…
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