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Mom Wanted In NJ Motel Child Abuse Case That Gravely Injured 3-Year-Old Daughter: Prosecutor Mom Wanted In NJ Motel Child Abuse Case That Gravely Injured 3-Year-Old Daughter: Prosecutor
Mom Wanted In NJ Motel Child Abuse Case That Gravely Injured 3-Year-Old Daughter: Prosecutor A 21-year-old woman is wanted in connection with a child abuse case that left her 3-year-old daughter fighting for her life, authorities said. Shaqwana Baker brought her daughter to NYU Langone Hospital on Jan. 23 with life-threatening injuries suffered at a motel in North Bergen, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Baker's boyfriend, Edward Smith, 29, of Far Rockaway New York, was also at the motel. Baker's daughter was later transported to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Bellevue Hospital, where she is receiving treatment for the injuries that are&n…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Carjacker Steals Vehicle With Victim's GF, Baby Inside Day Before Home Burglary: Police NJ Carjacker Steals Vehicle With Victim's GF, Baby Inside Day Before Home Burglary: Police
NJ Carjacker Steals Vehicle With Victim's GF, Baby Inside Day Before Home Burglary: Police A New Jersey carjacker was arrested the morning after he took a sedan with a woman and baby inside, authorities said. The Route 3 Shell gas station victim told police he left his 2022 Nissan Altima running to go into the station's convenience store around 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. When he came out, he saw a robber open the driver's side door and drive away with his girlfriend and their baby inside, the chief said. Quick to respond, the victim said he grabbed the driver's side door but fell off as Raymond Scott, 18, sped away, according…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Arrest Made In Deadly Jersey City Train Station Stabbing Arrest Made In Deadly Jersey City Train Station Stabbing
Arrest Made In Deadly Jersey City Train Station Stabbing A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with Friday night's deadly train station stabbing in Jersey City, authorities announced Saturday, Jan. 29. Anthony Bell, 37, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Kenneth Brown, 49, on the platform of the Danforth Avenue Light Rail Station, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Brown was found with a stab wound to his upper body at the train platform around 11:35 p.m., Suarez said. He was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead around 12:35 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29. The cause an…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Sex Assault Victim Comes Forward With Allegation Against Hudson Man 20 Years Later: Prosecutor Sex Assault Victim Comes Forward With Allegation Against Hudson Man 20 Years Later: Prosecutor
Sex Assault Victim Comes Forward With Allegation Against Hudson Man 20 Years Later: Prosecutor A 65-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting a girl when she was between the ages of 6 and 8, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office announced. The now-28-year-old victim was assaulted by Rodrigo Rivera, of Union City, in a Jersey City home, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez. Rivera was arrested in Hackensack on charges of aggravated sexual assault, and sexual assault. He was remanded to the Hudson County Jail, pending his first court appearance on Feb. 2. On Thursday, January 27, 2022, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit …

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by Cecilia Levine
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3 Loaded Magazines, Hollow Point Bullets, Gun Seized From Speeding Georgia Driver: Secaucus PD 3 Loaded Magazines, Hollow Point Bullets, Gun Seized From Speeding Georgia Driver: Secaucus PD
3 Loaded Magazines, Hollow Point Bullets, Gun Seized From Speeding Georgia Driver: Secaucus PD A Georgia man stopped for speeding was being held in the Hudson County Jail after police found a handgun and three loaded magazines -- at least two loaded with hollow-point bullets -- in his vehicle Monday afternoon, authorities said. Secaucus Officer Michael Borrelli was speaking with the occupants of the car around 3:25 p.m. on the Meadowlands Parkway, when he realized that there was a gun in the car, Chief Dennis Miller said. A search of the car turned up a Glock 19 9mm, loaded with a 15-round magazine and round in the chamber; a loaded 17-round magazine; and 31-round magazine. Bot…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Drug Dealer Gets 7 Years In Fed Pen Jersey City Drug Dealer Gets 7 Years In Fed Pen
Jersey City Drug Dealer Gets 7 Years In Fed Pen A drug-dealing ex-con from Jersey City must spend a plea-bargained seven years in federal prison. Hason Armfield, 43, must serve just about all of the sentence handed down via videoconference Monday in Newark because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Armfield was arrested following a raid on his York Avenue apartment by DEA agents and Jersey City police in June 2019, records show. An authorized search of the place turned up nearly a half-pound of cocaine, 3½ ounces of heroin and unspecified criminal proceeds, a complaint on file in federal court in Newark says. Authorities a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Tactic To Combat Vehicle Theft Pays In Hudson County New Tactic To Combat Vehicle Theft Pays In Hudson County
New Tactic To Combat Vehicle Theft Pays In Hudson County A Bronx man was arrested in Hudson County for driving a stolen car, authorities said. Brayan Donosoyanez, 27, was stopped at Columbia Avenue in North Bergen after police randomly checked the Texas Temporary Registration on the vehicle he was driving and determined it was stolen, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The arrest was part of a new strategy to combat vehicle theft in the region, the chief said.  "I hold true to my previous statement: in response to an increase in motor vehicle thefts statewide, Secaucus Police Officers will remain vigilant and proactively patrol …

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by Joe Gomez
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NY, Newark Car Thieves Busted In Hudson County: Police NY, Newark Car Thieves Busted In Hudson County: Police
NY, Newark Car Thieves Busted In Hudson County: Police Two car thieves from New York and Newark were busted following separate traffic stops in Hudson County, authorities said. Tariq Alqanawi, 37, of Newark was pulled over on Paterson Plank Road in a 2007 Hyundai Elantra found to be stolen out of East Rutherford on Nov. 18, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Alqanawi was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property. Meanwhile, George Valerio, 40, was pulled over on County Avenue in a 2007 Chrysler Sebring found to be stolen out of New York City on Nov. 23, Miller said. The vehicle allegedly had a forged temporary registrat…

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by Valerie Musson
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Man Arrested In Deadly Jersey City Stabbing Also Had Cocaine: Prosecutor Man Arrested In Deadly Jersey City Stabbing Also Had Cocaine: Prosecutor
Man Arrested In Deadly Jersey City Stabbing Also Had Cocaine: Prosecutor Authorities announced an arrest in connection with a deadly Jersey City weekend stabbing. Raymond Chandler, 45, is accused of killing 46-year-old Haldy Thermitus in a vacant West Side Avenue lot on Nov. 19, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Police officers responding to a lot near West Side and Oxford avenues found Thermitus in the back of 562 West Side Ave., with injuries, Suarez said. He was  pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 6:10 p.m. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office has determined the Cause of Death to be multiple sharp force injuries and the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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FBI Makes Arrest In Jersey City Gang War FBI Makes Arrest In Jersey City Gang War
FBI Makes Arrest In Jersey City Gang War An ongoing gang war in Jersey City led to the arrest by federal authorities of a man accused in one shooting and implicated in another. Shamar Bey, 29, a reputed member of the SaLaf gang, opened fire at a gas station at Gates Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard after following a rival from Ocean and Neptune avenues on June 19, 2020, an FBI complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark says. A city surveillance camera helped identify him, the FBI said. Less than 24 hours after that shooting, three people entered the Salem-Lafayette housing project -- where SaLaf operates -- and shot into a cr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Hoboken Stabbing, Police Say Bergen Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Hoboken Stabbing, Police Say
Bergen Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Hoboken Stabbing, Police Say A Lyndhurst man was arrested in connection with a weekend stabbing in Hoboken, authorities announced Thursday. Andre Mateus, 26, stabbed a 22-year-old North Bergen man around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. Mateus was arrested with help from Lyndhurst police Wednesday, on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, authorities said. He was being held in the Hudson County Jail. Officers responding to 1st and Hudson Street just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday found a man lying on the sidewalk, and a bystander applying pressure to his wound, Hoboken police pr…

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by Nicole Acosta
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14-Round Magazine, Loaded Handgun Seized From Missouri Driver In Secaucus, Police Say 14-Round Magazine, Loaded Handgun Seized From Missouri Driver In Secaucus, Police Say
14-Round Magazine, Loaded Handgun Seized From Missouri Driver In Secaucus, Police Say Police seized a loaded handgun and a 14-round high-capacity magazine for a different weapon from a Missouri driver they spotted with fake license plates, authorities in Secaucus said. The Secaucus Police Department’s Anti-Crime Unit was near the Extended Stay Hotel when they saw a vehicle in the parking lot with bogus license plates just before 6 p.m. Sept. 10, Chief Dennis Miller said. While speaking to the driver, a handgun was spotted in the driver’s side door pocket of the vehicle, within his immediate reach, Miller said.  Master Jules Summerville, 27, of Missouri, was arrested fo…

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by Cecilia Levine