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Man Dies Following Police Encounter In Bayonne: AG
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office said it is investigating after a man died following an encounter with Bayonne police on the early morning of Monday, Sept. 16. At 12:18 a.m., police responded to an apartment building on Broadway after a 911 caller reported hearing a lot of screaming from the apartment, the Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability said. Officers approached the residence and heard yelling coming from the inside, authorities said. Officers encountered the man who had been yelling and requested medical assistance, authorities said. Police&…
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'Pray For Saniya:' Sadness Spreads Following Death Of Girl, 6, In Bayonne Fire
Sadness spread throughout Bayonne following the death of a 6-year-old girl in a fire Sunday, June 30. Firefighters found Saniya Felton unresponsive around 11:40 p.m., while responding to the flames and smoke that billowed from 438 Avenue C, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Saniya was taken to Bayonne Medical Center where he was pronounced dead shortly after 1 a.m., Suarez said. "Please pray for Saniya and her family 🙏😢💔," the city's office of emergency management said in announcing the girl's death. Mayor Jimmy Davis called it an "earth-shattering tragedy." "S…
Obituaries
Hearts Break Over Death OF Bayonne's Erika Arana, 44
Erika Arana died on Wednesday, June 7 at Bayonne Medical Center at the age of 44, according to her obituary. Arana was born in Nicaragua and worked as a delivery specialist for Bowery Farming in Kearny, her obituary reads. She loved music, traveling and good food, according to her obituary. Rest in peace the love of my life I will always love you Thank you for everything you did for me Thank you for my kids My angel My life My best friend God is waiting for you Posted by Luis Arana Arcos on Thursday, June 8, 2023 A fundraiser has been set up to assist her family with medical and fun…
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$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…
Police & Fire
IDs Of Bayonne Brothers Who Drowned In Pool Released
A pair of brothers who drowned in a Bayonne pool this week have been identified by NBC News. Jack Jiang, 16, and Chu Ming Zheng, 19, were in the deep end of a Lincoln Community School pool being monitored by three lifeguards when they were spotted in distress, local police said. The elder victim had just finished his freshman year at University of Miami, while the younger was heading into his senior year of high school. A guard and two others removed them from the pool and immediately began life-saving measures as the 9-1-1 call was placed, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Officers …
Police & Fire
IDs Of Bayonne Brothers Who Drowned In Pool Released
A pair of brothers who drowned in a Bayonne pool this week have been identified by NBC News. Jack Jiang, 16, and Chu Ming Zheng, 19, were in the deep end of a Lincoln Community School pool being monitored by three lifeguards when they were spotted in distress, local police said. The elder victim had just finished his freshman year at University of Miami, while the younger was heading into his senior year of high school. A guard and two others removed them from the pool and immediately began life-saving measures as the 9-1-1 call was placed, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Officers …
Police & Fire
NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square
A cancer nurse from New Jersey died after a day and a half of fighting for her life, after being knocked down by muggers in Times Square. Maria Ambrocio, 58 -- who worked at Bayonne Medical Center -- was walking through Times Square with friends after a trip to the Philippines Consulate and lunch around 1:30 p.m., the New York Post reports. Meanwhile, Jermaine Foster grabbed a cell phone out of a 29-year-old woman's hands on West 41st Street and Broadway, then shoved Ambrocio to the ground while he fled, police said. Ambrocio was rushed to Bellevue with head trauma, and was pronounced de…
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New Jersey AG Releases Bodycam Video Of Knife-Wielding Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police
VIDEO: New Jersey's chief law enforcement official on Tuesday released video from three different body cameras that he said captured the shooting death by Bayonne police of a knife-wielding man in his home. Uniformed officers had gone to the West 1st Street home on a 6:30 a.m. call of a domestic disturbance on June 7, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Video shows them being met by a woman whom sources said was the mother of Lee Waskiewicz, 47, with whom she lived. She escorts the officers in and calls Waskiewicz down from the third floor. Seeing police, Waskiewicz goes "…
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NJ Attorney General Confirms Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police During Domestic Call
UPDATE: State authorities were reviewing the events that led up to Bayonne police shooting and killing a man who reportedly lunged at two city officers with a knife. Police were responding to a 911 of a domestic incident at 6:30 a.m. Monday when Lee Waskiewicz, 47, was shot at the West 1st Street home across from Dennis Collins Park where he lived with his mother, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. According to a preliminary investigation, officers approached Waskiewicz in a stairwell, Grewal said, but he "retreated up the stairs" and returned with a knife. "During a second…
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Bayonne Medical Center ER Nurse Assaulted By 'Violent' Jersey City Patient, Police Say
A 27-year-old Jersey City was arrested for assault a nurse at Bayonne Medical Center's emergency room Saturday evening, authorities said. Amanda Rivers had come to the hospital for treatment when she became angered and violent, pushing the 34-year-old nurse around 11:50 p.m., Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The nurse hit her head on a wall as a result, Amato said. Rivers was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, police said.
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Officials In This NJ City Are Giving Residents Rides To COVID Vaccine Appointments
Municipal officials in this New Jersey city are getting behind the wheel to bring residents in need of rides to their COVID-19 vaccine appointments. Among them, Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis, who recently drove a couple in their 80s to Bayonne Medical Center, NJ.com reports. Although Ben and Susan Klausner live within walking distance of Bayonne Medical Center, they feared that the snow, sleet and ice predicted by forecasters would prevent them from getting to the hospital safely. Susan was among the dozens of local residents who reached out to City Hall looking for someone who might be able …
Police & Fire
Charges Upgraded For Hudson County Motorcyclist In Crash That Injured Woman, 26
A Hudson County motorcyclist is facing more serious charges in a crash that injured a 26-year-old woman. Peter Bishara, 26, was initially charged with creating risk of death or injuring while eluding in the June 16 crash, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. On Tuesday, he was charged with aggravated assault causing bodily injury while fleeing law enforcement, she said. Bishara was speeding and passing other vehicle outside the single northbound lane of traffic on Broadway near 49th Street in Jersey City when police spotted him around 7:45 p.m., June 16, Suarez said. Police activa…
Police & Fire
Kayaker Rescued From Water Off Bayonne
Rescuers pulled a kayaker from the water in Bayonne late Saturday afternoon. The victim, who responders said was alert and suffering from hypothermia, was taken to Bayonne Medical Center after being rescued off Lefante Way while holding on to the kayak around 5 p.m. “At 4:35 p.m. [Saturday], the Bayonne Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a kayaker in distress on the east side waterways," Bayonne Fire Chief Keith Weaver said. "Responding firefighters found a kayaker clinging to his vessel in the middle of the inlet that separates the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor (former MOT)…
Police & Fire
Fleeing Shoplifter In Bayonne Drags Person On Scooter, Hits Police Car: Police
A shoplifter struck a pedestrian and a police car while trying to make her escape from the Bayonne Walmart Sunday, police said. Siedah Smith, 34, of Jersey City loaded up a shopping cart with more than $230 worth of merchandise and left it in the self-checkout lane around 4 p.m., according to store security. She left the store, found a receipt on the ground and retrieved the shopping cart without paying. Security called Bayonne police when Smith refused to stop as she continued towards her vehicle with the merchandise, police said. Police arrived as Smith was driving…
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Authorities Identify Man Killed In Jersey City Saturday
The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office are looking for suspects in a multiple shooting early Saturday that left two wounded and a man dead in Jersey City. Jersey City police were called to New Heckman Drive near the Bayonne border around 12:45 a.m. on a report of shots fired. They learned that a 19-year-old Jersey City man, Jordan Herron, had been taken to Bayonne Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the chest. He died there around 1 a.m. Herron's death has been ruled a homicide. The two other victims of the shooting, aged 18 and 17 and both of Jersey City, were t…
Police & Fire
Man Tried To Sell Bayonne Woman Her Own Stolen Car: Police
Sometime on Friday night, a car belonging to a Bayonne woman was stolen in Hoboken. The following day, Bayonne police said, she received a phone call from someone willing to return it to her -- but for a price. Police were called to a Lexington Avenue address Saturday morning on a report of a dispute. When they arrived, the 23-year-old woman said she received a call from an unknown number from a person who said he had the woman’s car. They arranged to meet in an area along Lexington Avenue, police said. The man -- later identified as Corbin Beckles, 43, of Jersey City -- told the woman t…
Police & Fire
Search For Missing Phone In Bayonne Leads To Violent Attack: Police
Two Bayonne residents forced their way into a home and attacked the people living there believing that a missing cell phone was inside, Bayonne police said. Raymond Rouse, 21, and a woman, India Schenck, 22, arrived at a West 20th Street home shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday and began banging on the door, according to the residents, a 32-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman. The couple was at the home with their children. When the woman answered the door, Rouse told her a GPS tracking program indicated that the phone was at the home. The woman told Rouse no one had the phone and …
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