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GoFundMe Launched For Jersey City Police Officer Who Lost Home To Fire GoFundMe Launched For Jersey City Police Officer Who Lost Home To Fire
GoFundMe Launched For Jersey City Police Officer Who Lost Home To Fire The West District officers of the Jersey City Police Department have started a fundraiser to benefit a fellow officer and her large extended family whose home was destroyed in an early morning fire Friday.  Officer Valerie Carriere and her family of 13 were among dozens of people affected by the four-alarm fire on Wade Street. Two firefighters suffered smoke inhalation battling the blaze but no other injuries were reported.  "The members of the Jersey City Police Department are extremely fortunate that Officer Carriere andfamily escaped the fire safely, however, they are left home…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Dozens Displaced In Jersey City Fire, Chief Says Blaze 'Suspicious' Dozens Displaced In Jersey City Fire, Chief Says Blaze 'Suspicious'
Dozens Displaced In Jersey City Fire, Chief Says Blaze 'Suspicious' A fire that tore through four houses in Jersey City early Friday morning is under control, a city spokeswoman said.  The fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. on Wade Street near Rutgers Avenue and went to four alarms before it was contained. Two firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation and returned to duty. There were no other reports of injuries.  A GoFundMe has been launched for a Jersey City police officer and her family of 13 who were displaced by the fire  The cause of the fire was still under investigation Friday morning but it was believed to have been fed by a gas l…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Victim Drives To Bayonne Police Station During Carjacking: Police Victim Drives To Bayonne Police Station During Carjacking: Police
Victim Drives To Bayonne Police Station During Carjacking: Police A Bayonne man surrendered to police after he allegedly threatened a 17-year-old resident with a gun and took off in the teen’s car over the weekend, Lt. Eric Amato of the Bayonne Police Department said in a statement. Derek Richardson, 20, entered the car through an unlocked door as the teen was attempting to park just after midnight Saturday near 11th Street and Broadway. Richardson, who knows the teen, allegedly demanded money and threatened to shoot him if he refused, Amato said. Richardson them ordered the victim to drive to Wade Street in Jersey City before asking him how much he had …

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by Paul Milo