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July 4th Stabbing Leaves Man Critical In Quiet Morris County Town: Police July 4th Stabbing Leaves Man Critical In Quiet Morris County Town: Police
July 4th Stabbing Leaves Man Critical In Quiet Morris County Town: Police A 51-year-old man was hospitalized with critical injuries while another was arrested in a Fourth of July stabbing, authorities said. Brian Kozub, 39, of Chatham Township, was charged with second-degree aggravated assault and various weapons offenses after stabbing the man in the neck with a pocket knife at a residence on Buxton Road around 10:50 p.m. while celebrating July 4th, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. The man was taken to Morristown Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition. Kozub was being held at the Morris County Correctional Facility pending a de…

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by Valerie Musson
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22-Year-Old CT Man Charged In NJ Crash That Seriously Injured 2 Passengers 22-Year-Old CT Man Charged In NJ Crash That Seriously Injured 2 Passengers
22-Year-Old CT Man Charged In NJ Crash That Seriously Injured 2 Passengers A 22-year-old Connecticut man is facing multiple assault charges following a crash that seriously injured two passengers in New Jersey last year. Daniel Leal Jr., of Meriden, CT, was arrested on Friday, Dec. 2, in connection to a crash that happened in Kearny in October 2021, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced. Police responded to the crash near the Route 7 and Harrison Avenue split at about 4:10 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2021, after receiving reports that a vehicle struck a parked tractor-trailer, Suarez reported.  The four occupants of the 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer …

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by Nicole Valinote
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UPDATE: Englewood Woman Re-Arrested After Stabbing Partially Blinds Edgewater Woman UPDATE: Englewood Woman Re-Arrested After Stabbing Partially Blinds Edgewater Woman
Update: Englewood Woman Re-Arrested After Stabbing Partially Blinds Edgewater Woman UPDATE: Police re-arrested an Englewood resident after learning that an Edgewater woman was permanently blinded in one eye when she was stabbed with a comb knife on a city street. Kristen Bell, 36, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Monday, Sept. 26, after authorities upgraded charges against her to second-degree aggravated assault, Englewood Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. The 32-year-old victim, whose identity is being protected by Daily Voice, lives in Edgewater but sometimes stays with her sister in Englewood, the lieutenant said. The woman told Daily Voice that she was attacked b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT Team Helps Capture Gunman Wanted In Bar Shooting, 2nd Suspect At Large: Linden PD SWAT Team Helps Capture Gunman Wanted In Bar Shooting, 2nd Suspect At Large: Linden PD
SWAT Team Helps Capture Gunman Wanted In Bar Shooting, 2nd Suspect At Large: Linden PD The Union County SWAT Team helped in capture a 27-year-old man accused of opening fire at a nightclub and wounding three people, while a second suspect remains at large, authorities said. Najir Paige got into a fight at the bar at Menga Lounge in Linden when he left, got a handgun from a car, came back and fired shots through the front door around 2 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, Linden police said. A 28-year-old man, 24-year-old woman and 23-year-old woman were injured in the attack. Paige was arrested on Aug. 24, when members of Union County S.W.A.T., with assistance from the Linden Police Depar…

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by Cecilia Levine