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Feds: Trio Who Trafficked Ghost Guns Through Hudson, Passaic Sentenced To 4-To-6 Years Feds: Trio Who Trafficked Ghost Guns Through Hudson, Passaic Sentenced To 4-To-6 Years
Feds: Trio Who Trafficked Ghost Guns Through Hudson, Passaic Sentenced To 4-To-6 Years 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Three members of a ghost gun trafficking network in Passaic and Hudson counties must spend from four to six years in federal prison before they'll be eligible for release, authorities announced. Ex-con Corey Jenkins Jr., 31, and Savion Clyburn, 21, both of Paterson, and Richard Mullane, 27, of Bayonne, were among the members of the D.I.Y. network that operated largely in both cities, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. They were targeted in an investigation in which the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) worked closely with vari…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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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Man Shot Outside Hudson County Costco Store Man Shot Outside Hudson County Costco Store
Man Shot Outside Hudson County Costco Store A man was shot outside of a Hudson County Costco store this weekend, authorities said. The 61-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to his leg around 7 p.m. Friday, March 17, near the Bayonne Costco on Goldsborough Drive, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The victim was taken to an area with the non-life-threatening injury.  The incident remains an active investigation and anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact the Bayonne Police Detective Bureau at 201-858-6925.    

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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
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$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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45 NJ Transit Passengers Escorted Off Train In Bayonne (PHOTOS) 45 NJ Transit Passengers Escorted Off Train In Bayonne (PHOTOS)
45 NJ Transit Passengers Escorted Off Train In Bayonne (Photos) Firefighters escorted 45 NJ Transit passengers off a train after wires fell on it Friday, June 17 in Bayonne, authorities said. The Hudson Bergen Line Rail train became disabled around 4:30 p.m. when wires fell on it just south of the 45th Street station, Bayonne Fire Chief Keith Weaver said. Posted by Bayonne Office of Emergency Management on Friday, June 17, 2022 Posted by Bayonne Office of Emergency Management on Friday, June 17, 2022 Transit police set up a command post at the station and dispatched engineers to the scene.   Once the electricity was secured, Bayonne Fire, utiliz…

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by Cecilia Levine
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IDs Of Bayonne Brothers Who Drowned In Pool Released IDs Of Bayonne Brothers Who Drowned In Pool Released
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 …

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by Cecilia Levine
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IDs Of Bayonne Brothers Who Drowned In Pool Released IDs Of Bayonne Brothers Who Drowned In Pool Released
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 …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hudson Man Wanted By US Marshals Falls Asleep Cooking For 2nd Time In 7 Months Hudson Man Wanted By US Marshals Falls Asleep Cooking For 2nd Time In 7 Months
Hudson Man Wanted By US Marshals Falls Asleep Cooking For 2nd Time In 7 Months A 43-year-old Hudson County man wanted by the US Marshal Service fell asleep cooking for the second time in seven months, bringing firefighters to his apartment building, authorities said. Tysean Malone was unconscious when police responded to his building on Kelly Parkway for smoke condition just before 1 a.m. on Monday, March 21, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said.  As officers arrived, they saw residents evacuating and a smoke billowing down a first-floor hallway in the building. They followed it to an apartment on the first floor. Fearing someone was inside and in danger, office…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Photo Posted By Missing Girl To Social Media Leads Detectives Right To Her In NJ Photo Posted By Missing Girl To Social Media Leads Detectives Right To Her In NJ
Photo Posted By Missing Girl To Social Media Leads Detectives Right To Her In NJ A photo of a billboard shared to social media by a Staten Island teen reported missing is ultimately what led authorities to her, CBS2 reports. The photo was of a sunset -- and in the corner, a billboard for New Jersey attorney Jim Lynch. The lawyer said he saw an email that read "help," and decided to open it, CBS2 says. Social media photo, expert sleuthing lead police to missing Staten Island teen - https://t.co/E7ZJnUu6ds https://t.co/60Rd1WMMF1 — NYPD bot (@NYPDbot) August 18, 2021 It was from an NYPD detective assigned to the case of the teen, missing since April. The detective as…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Sheriff: Attacker Admits Beating, Leaving Hudson Man For Dead Because He Thought He Was Gay Sheriff: Attacker Admits Beating, Leaving Hudson Man For Dead Because He Thought He Was Gay
Sheriff: Attacker Admits Beating, Leaving Hudson Man For Dead Because He Thought He Was Gay A Baltimore man admitted luring and then savagely beating a learning-disabled man from West New York in North Hudson Park, leaving him for dead, because he thought he was gay, authorities said. José Tobias Carranza Serrano, 18, was captured by police in Bayonne who found him and his clothes covered in blood while arresting him on a trespassing charge, it was revealed Wednesday. Carranza Serrano confessed to them that he lured the 37-year-old victim into a wooded area of the North Bergen park, where he tried to kill him because he "does not like homosexuals," an affidavit filed by the Hudson…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bayonne Medical Center ER Nurse Assaulted By 'Violent' Jersey City Patient, Police Say Bayonne Medical Center ER Nurse Assaulted By 'Violent' Jersey City Patient, Police Say
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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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: 4 Family Members Fight Officers, Arrested In Bayonne Bar Brawl Police: 4 Family Members Fight Officers, Arrested In Bayonne Bar Brawl
Police: 4 Family Members Fight Officers, Arrested In Bayonne Bar Brawl Four members of the same family were charged with resisting arrest when they began fighting police trying to contain a brawl that broke out outside of a Bayonne bar, authorities said. Officers patrolling the area saw a large, unruly group near the Refinery Tavern at 37th Street and Broadway on Monday around 12:45 a.m., Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The crowd proceeded to walk south on Broadway while continuing their aggressive, loud, and tumultuous behavior, police said. As officers ordered them to cease their behavior and clear the area, the group disregarded the commands and bega…

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by Cecilia Levine
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First Responders Rush To Rescue Bayonne Bridge Jumper First Responders Rush To Rescue Bayonne Bridge Jumper
First Responders Rush To Rescue Bayonne Bridge Jumper Responders rushed to rescue a person who jumped from the Bayonne Bridge just before 2 p.m. Saturday. Arriving units found individuals on a tug boat in the Kill van Kull pulling the victim aboard, located just east of the bridge, Bayonne Fire Department Deputy Chief Bill Bartos said. Bayonne Fire Boat Marine 1 pulled up aside the vessel and transferred the person to their boat.  Firefighters provided medical care on the person as they headed towards the boat launch at 16th Street Park, where they were met by EMS. The unidentified individual did not survive, Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Da…

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by Cecilia Levine
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VIDEO: Tennessee Woman Charged In Racial Incident Caught On Camera In Bayonne VIDEO: Tennessee Woman Charged In Racial Incident Caught On Camera In Bayonne
Video: Tennessee Woman Charged In Racial Incident Caught On Camera In Bayonne WARNING: This article contains offensive racial slurs and expletives. A 60-year-old Tennessee woman who recently moved to Bayonne is facing charges after shouting racial slurs at a neighbor trying to help her, authorities said. The Jan. 4 incident was captured by Tameka Bordeaux, in which Claudia Emanuele can be heard saying: "[N-word] b***h went after me for no reason at all.  "I came out of my apartment to talk to the mailman and wanted to know where my mail was, and she had to be an intrusion -- not minding her business -- a procrastinator, instigator. "Nasty wig-headed black b***h." …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Watch As Lifeguard With Prosthetic Leg Rescues Driver From Sinking Car In Bayonne Watch As Lifeguard With Prosthetic Leg Rescues Driver From Sinking Car In Bayonne
Watch As Lifeguard With Prosthetic Leg Rescues Driver From Sinking Car In Bayonne A local swimming instructor with a prosthetic leg happened to be in the right place at the right time Tuesday, when a 68-year-old driver who couldn't swim accidentally sent his car into the Newark Bay in Bayonne. The British Swim School instructor and lifeguard -- 29-year-old Anthony Capuano -- went in after him. And the entire rescue was caught on tape. Capuano, of Elizabeth, was just 17 years old when he was struck by a train in Jersey City. He's been living with a prosthetic limb, but that hasn't stopped him from living an active life. Three years ago, he became a swimming instructor, …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Charges Upgraded For Hudson County Motorcyclist In Crash That Injured Woman, 26 Charges Upgraded For Hudson County Motorcyclist In Crash That Injured Woman, 26
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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bayonne Stop & Shop Worker Punched Twice Trying To Stop Fleeing Thieves , Police Say Bayonne Stop & Shop Worker Punched Twice Trying To Stop Fleeing Thieves , Police Say
Bayonne Stop & Shop Worker Punched Twice Trying To Stop Fleeing Thieves , Police Say The good deed did not go unpunished. A Bayonne Stop & Shop employee trying to stop a couple from fleeing with more than $350 in merchandise was punched twice by one of the thieves, authorities said. The Lefante Way grocery store employee noticed several rejected credit card transaction made by a man and woman in self-checkout last Thursday, Bayonne Police Lt. Eric Amato told NJ.com. The man and woman were on their way out of the store with the unpaid goods around 9:20 p.m., police said. The worker approached them in an attempt to keep them from leaving and was subsequently punched in …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fleeing Shoplifter In Bayonne Drags Person On Scooter, Hits Police Car: Police Fleeing Shoplifter In Bayonne Drags Person On Scooter, Hits Police Car: Police
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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by Paul Milo
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Bayonne Man Accused Of Improper Contact With Kids At Community Pool Bayonne Man Accused Of Improper Contact With Kids At Community Pool
Bayonne Man Accused Of Improper Contact With Kids At Community Pool A 52-year-old Bayonne man was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child Friday afternoon after an incident involving two children taking part in a day camp at the city's public pool, authorities said.   Campers told a coordinator that Ronald McCall made them feel uncomfortable, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, which investigated along with Bayonne police. Two of the campers, girls aged 11 and 12, also said McCall pressed against them as they waited on line at the concession stand.  McCall was handed an additional charge later that a…

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by Paul Milo
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Bayonne Shoplifter Got Naked After Arrest: Police Bayonne Shoplifter Got Naked After Arrest: Police
Bayonne Shoplifter Got Naked After Arrest: Police A Jersey City woman who was arrested Thursday for shoplifting was additionally charged for an act of lewdness in her cell once she was in custody, according to Bayonne police. Ottanee Turner, 35, allegedly swiped some scratch-off lottery tickets at Allcare Pharmacy on Avenue C shortly before noon. A store employee called police when the employee spotted Turner sitting on a bench at Fitzpatrick Park, where police found her. .After allegedly giving police a false name and after police found a lottery ticket on the ground near her, Turner was taken into custody. Police said Turner became unco…

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by Paul Milo