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Bayonne Man Hid Firearm In Baby's Diaper Bag: Police Bayonne Man Hid Firearm In Baby's Diaper Bag: Police
Bayonne Man Hid Firearm In Baby's Diaper Bag: Police A 35-year-old Bayonne man was arrested and charged after assaulting another man and having a handgun in his baby's diaper bag, police said. On the afternoon of Monday, August 21, police were called to West 25th Street on a report of an assault, Captain Eric Amato said. Upon arrival, police found Robert Correa on top of a man who was lying on the ground and bleeding from the head, Amato said. During their investigation, police found a semiautomatic handgun that was in a baby diaper bag stored on the stroller of Correa's child, who was nearby, Amato said. Correa was placed under arrest while…

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by Sam Barron
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FOUND! Missing Hudson County Dog Reunited With Family FOUND! Missing Hudson County Dog Reunited With Family
Found! Missing Hudson County Dog Reunited With Family Rocco the dog has been returned to Hudson County. The Jack Russell terrier, who was taken from a home in Bayonne on Monday, July 24, was found safe and returned to his family on Wednesday, July 26 at 772 Avenue C, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Rocco was taken by a group of people while on his front porch at 41st Street and Avenue E, Amato said. The suspects then boarded a Hudson-Bergen Light Rail train at the 45th Street station (Bayonne) bound for Hoboken with Rocco, Amato said. Once at the Hoboken stop, the suspects boarded a PATH train and exited at the 14th Street stop in M…

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by Sam Barron
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GameStop Robbed At Gunpoint: Bayonne PD GameStop Robbed At Gunpoint: Bayonne PD
GameStop Robbed At Gunpoint: Bayonne PD A GameStop was robbed at gunpoint in Bayonne on Thursday evening, April 27, Captain Eric Amato said. The robbers took more than $23,000 worth of merchandise from the store at 205 LeFante Way after displaying the handle of a handgun and fashioning it in a threatening manner, Amato said.  The investigation is ongoing, Amato said. There were no reported injuries, Amato said.

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by Sam Barron
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DWI Staten Island Dad Had 2 Kids In Car When He Seriously Injured Hudson County Cyclist: PD DWI Staten Island Dad Had 2 Kids In Car When He Seriously Injured Hudson County Cyclist: PD
DWI Staten Island Dad Had 2 Kids In Car When He Seriously Injured Hudson County Cyclist: PD A 45-year-old DWI Staten Island driver had his two children in the car when he struck a 37-year-old pedalcyclist, leaving him severely injured, authorities in Bayonne said. Rainier J. Solis struck the victim near Route 440 south and East 22nd Street around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The cyclist was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment while Solis was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, DWI and assault by auto, Amato said.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Knifepoint Robber Beats Fleeing 7-Eleven Customer In Bayonne: Police Knifepoint Robber Beats Fleeing 7-Eleven Customer In Bayonne: Police
Knifepoint Robber Beats Fleeing 7-Eleven Customer In Bayonne: Police A 15-year-old boy was arrested for robbing a 7-Eleven store customer at knifepoint then beating him when he fell trying to flee in Bayonne, authorities said. The teen approached a 29-year-old man from behind as he was leaving the Avenue C store on Sept. 24, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The boy demanded that the victim give him all of his money and, as the victim attempted to flee, he fell to the ground where the actor proceeded to kick him and threaten to kill him if he didn’t surrender his money, Amato said. The victim complied and the teen fled. Police ultimately identified the …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
$100M Claims Filed By Family Of Drowned Bayonne Brothers: Report $100M Claims Filed By Family Of Drowned Bayonne Brothers: Report
$100M Claims Filed By Family Of Drowned Bayonne Brothers: Report The family of a pair of brothers who drowned earlier this month at a pool in Bayonne have filed two civil claims for $50 million each, NJ Advance Media reports. Three lifeguards were on-duty at the Lincoln Community School on June 8 when 16-year-old Jack Jiang and 19-year-old Chu Ming Zheng drowned, police previously said. The family's attorneys maintain the brothers' deaths were a result of negligence, NJ.com says. Police said only that the brothers were in the deep end of the pool when they were spotted in distress. A guard and two others removed them from the pool and immediately b…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Costco Employee Run Over By Fleeing Shoplifters' Car: Police NJ Costco Employee Run Over By Fleeing Shoplifters' Car: Police
NJ Costco Employee Run Over By Fleeing Shoplifters' Car: Police A New Jersey Costco employee had her ankle run over by a pair of shoplifters she was trying to stop in a fleeing vehicle, authorities said. The incident happened at the Goldsborough Drive Costco in Bayonne around 2 p.m. Thursday, Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The female employee chased after two male shoplifters and, as she tried to recover the stolen proceeds from their vehicle, one man pushed her to the ground, Amato said. As the vehicle fled, the worker's right foot was run over by the vehicle. The victim complained of pain in her foot.

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by Cecilia Levine
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1 Day, 2 Burglaries: 11 Arrested In Invasions Of Bayonne Apartment, Police Say 1 Day, 2 Burglaries: 11 Arrested In Invasions Of Bayonne Apartment, Police Say
1 Day, 2 Burglaries: 11 Arrested In Invasions Of Bayonne Apartment, Police Say Police arrested 11 individuals mostly from New York in connection with a pair of burglaries of the same Bayonne apartment hours apart, authorities said. Officers first responded to 430 Memorial Boulevard at 11:42 a.m. Sunday, on reports of a disturbance with a mention of a gun and a child could be heard crying, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Officers knocked on the door several times but the no one answered. While officers attempted to have the occupants open the door, officers outside of the complex saw a male push out the screen from a window of the apartment in an attempt to flee …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Wrong-Way Jersey City Dirt Bike Rider Drags Officer During 3rd Bayonne Pursuit, Authorities Say Wrong-Way Jersey City Dirt Bike Rider Drags Officer During 3rd Bayonne Pursuit, Authorities Say
Wrong-Way Jersey City Dirt Bike Rider Drags Officer During 3rd Bayonne Pursuit, Authorities Say A 27-year-old dirt bike rider dragged an officer attempting to stop him after leading several pursuits down local Bayonne streets -- some against the flow of traffic, authorities said. Officers saw a mini dirt bike without a license plate, functional turn signals, functional brake, functional headlight heading northbound on Avenue C near 7th Street around 2:30 p.m. Friday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The operator -- Elijhad Gainey, of Jersey City -- was also not wearing a helmet, Amato said. As officers attempted to stop the bike, Gainley accelerated and continued north…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Bookshop Owner Details Years Of Racial Bias After Latest Incident Ends In Man's Arrest NJ Bookshop Owner Details Years Of Racial Bias After Latest Incident Ends In Man's Arrest
NJ Bookshop Owner Details Years Of Racial Bias After Latest Incident Ends In Man's Arrest "Last night a tear finally escaped, but this incident will not change me." That's what the black owner of a beloved Bayonne bookshop had to say following the latest incident of racial bias at her shop -- The Little BOHO Bookstore on Broadway -- in which a 59-year-old Hoboken man was arrested. The most recent incident involved a pair of harassing emails and a threatening phone call, which all came in on Friday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said.  While detectives were at the Broadway shop investigating on Saturday morning, a man later identified as Qiuewn Zheng, 59, showed up muttering …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Bayonne Boy 'Covered In Blood, Fighting' Stabbed By Man Police: Bayonne Boy 'Covered In Blood, Fighting' Stabbed By Man
Police: Bayonne Boy 'Covered In Blood, Fighting' Stabbed By Man A Bayonne boy was found covered in blood after being stabbed by a man with a pocket knife in an unprovoked attack Friday, authorities said. Police responding to 45th Street and Avenue E found Devron R. Purvis, 38, and the boy fighting around 9:20 p.m., Capt. Eric Amato said. The boy was walking in the area when Purvis attacked him and stabbed him in the back with a pocket knife, Amato said. Local residents and one of the boy's family members broke up the fight, and the knife used by Purvis was found nearby on the ground, authorities said. Purvis had suffered a cut on his ha…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bayonne PD: Woman Hit Over Head With Glass Bottle In Sidewalk Scuffle Bayonne PD: Woman Hit Over Head With Glass Bottle In Sidewalk Scuffle
Bayonne PD: Woman Hit Over Head With Glass Bottle In Sidewalk Scuffle A woman was taken to the hospital with cuts on her face and hand after someone complaining she was blocking the sidewalk hit her with a glass bottle in Bayonne, authorities said. The 42-year-old woman and her friend were talking at the corner of 34th Street and Avenue E., when the attacker approached her around 9:10 p.m. Sunday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The dispute turned physical when the assailant struck the woman in the head with the bottle, then fled the scene, Amato said. The woman was taken to Jersey City Medical Center for treatment. The incident remains under inv…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bayonne PD: Burglars Used Forklift To Load $5K Of Stolen Goods Into Stolen Rental Truck Bayonne PD: Burglars Used Forklift To Load $5K Of Stolen Goods Into Stolen Rental Truck
Bayonne PD: Burglars Used Forklift To Load $5K Of Stolen Goods Into Stolen Rental Truck Two people were caught breaking into a Bayonne warehouse and using forklifts to load $5,000 of goods into a rental truck, authorities said. The owner of a Hook Road business watching the burglary in progress via CCTV called police around 1:45 a.m. Sunday, HudsonCountyView reports. Responding officers saw one man later identified as Amir Ibrahim, 37, of Rahway, operating a forklift, according to Bayonne Capt. Eric Amato. Another man, later identified as Anthony Padilla, 43, of Bayonne, was loading the goods into a Ryder truck, which had been stolen out of Colorado earlier this summer, police…

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by Cecilia Levine