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Martin Luther King Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ

Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By
Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By A 12-year-old Jersey City girl was wounded in a drive-by shooting earlier this month when three members of a group of allied Jersey City gangs opened fire on a rival gang in retaliation for a previous attack, federal authorities said Wednesday. Marc “Bando” Taylor, Jashawn “Trilly” Tate and Damari “Juggy” Blackwell, all 18 years old, were scheduled for first appearances via videoconference Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark III in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Taylor, Tate and Blackwell are associated with violent street gangs tied to three neighborhoods -- t…
UPDATE: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl UPDATE: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl
Update: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl Three men have been arrested in the Tuesday evening shooting of a 12-year-old girl in Jersey City, authorities said. The guns recovered in the arrest of Jashaun Tate, Damari Blackwell and Marc Taylor were identified as a semi-automatic, Intractec MOD AB-10 9mm pistol and a Glock 21 .45 caliber handgun, police said. The girl, who was struck in the leg, and another person were shot on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Oak Street around 6 p.m., responders said. Police began chasing a black Volkswagen, which had been reported stolen out of Edgewater. The car hit a pedestrian and another vehic…
UPDATE: Jeep Hits 2 Children, 3 Adults Outside JC Supermarket UPDATE: Jeep Hits 2 Children, 3 Adults Outside JC Supermarket
Update: Jeep Hits 2 Children, 3 Adults Outside JC Supermarket A Jeep reportedly struck five people just outside a Jersey City supermarket late Friday afternoon. The vehicle apparently pinned the victims against a metal barrier outside the Extra Supermarket near Kearney Avenue off Martin Luther King Boulevard shortly before 5 p.m. None of their injuries was considered life-threatening. Police were investigating.
UPDATE: 6 Now Arrested In Connection With Viral-Video Jersey City Attack UPDATE: 6 Now Arrested In Connection With Viral-Video Jersey City Attack
Update: 6 Now Arrested In Connection With Viral-Video Jersey City Attack UPDATE, July 25: Police have made more arrests in connection with this incident. Click here for more.  Original story:  Police in Jersey City have made two more arrests in connection with a brutal attack on a Newark driver that was filmed and posted online earlier this month.  Qwadir Frazier, 26, was arrested Tuesday and 27-year-old Shawn Herbert Wednesday, a city spokeswoman said. They both have been charged with aggravated assault, endangering an injured victim and riot.  Early on the morning of July 14, a 42-year-old Newark man was pulled from his car and pummeled i…
UPDATE: Two More Arrested In Brutal Jersey City Beating Caught On Video UPDATE: Two More Arrested In Brutal Jersey City Beating Caught On Video
Update: Two More Arrested In Brutal Jersey City Beating Caught On Video UPDATE, July 22: A total of four people have now been arrested in connection with the attack. Click here for more.  Police in Jersey City have arrested two women for their alleged involvement in an attack on a motorist that was captured on a video that was widely shared on social media.  Bria Exum and Shirley Burrows, both 26, each have been charged with assault. Exum has also been charged with burglary and endangering an injured victim.  In the graphic video, a 42-year-old Newark man is pulled from his car and beaten by a group of people early Sunday morning on Martin Luthe…
UPDATE: Suspect In Two Jersey City Sex Assaults Arrested UPDATE: Suspect In Two Jersey City Sex Assaults Arrested
Update: Suspect In Two Jersey City Sex Assaults Arrested UPDATE, 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 2: A third woman reported a sexual assault in Jersey City at a hotel this past Saturday. Click here for more.  UPDATE, Wednesday July 3: A Jersey City man has been charged in two of the assaults in the city. Click here for more.  Original story is below:  A 27-year-old woman was sexually assaulted early Monday morning in Jersey City, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said, shortly after another woman told police she too had been sexually assaulted in the city.  One of the victims, a Jersey City resident, said she accepted an offer of a …