Fair 52°
Police & Fire
Florida Man Sentenced In BJ's Shooting That Killed Jersey City Dad: Prosecutors Florida Man Sentenced In BJ's Shooting That Killed Jersey City Dad: Prosecutors
Florida Man Sentenced In BJ's Shooting That Killed Jersey City Dad: Prosecutors A 38-year-old Florida man was sentenced to 30 years in state prison on Monday, August 14, for shooting Christian Parra, a 34-year-old Jersey City dad in 2021. Ariel Dumit was sentenced after being convicted of murder in the first degree along with other weapons charges in April, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Christian Parra with his wife and three children.GoFundMe photo In February 2021, Jersey City Police responded to the BJ's parking lot at 396 Marin Blvd where they discovered Parra with a gunshot wound to the torso, Suarez said. He was transported to Jersey City Medi…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Details Released In Bayonne Officer-Involved Shooting Details Released In Bayonne Officer-Involved Shooting
Details Released In Bayonne Officer-Involved Shooting Authorities have released details in an officer-involved shooting early Thursday, July 13 in Bayonne. Bayonne police responding to a report of theft from a gas station on 53rd Street near Avenue E around 6:45 a.m., found a suspect in the parking lot of Burger King on Broadway and 54th, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The suspect fled the scene in his vehicle, striking two police vehicles and an unoccupied civilian vehicle, Suarez said. An officer discharged his weapon. The suspect was located soon after at Linden Avenue and Scott Street in Jersey City with apparent gunshot wou…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Fugitive Shot Dead In JC Wanted For Killing Next-Door Neighbor, Wounding Husband In FL: Police Fugitive Shot Dead In JC Wanted For Killing Next-Door Neighbor, Wounding Husband In FL: Police
Fugitive Shot Dead In JC Wanted For Killing Next-Door Neighbor, Wounding Husband In FL: Police UPDATE: A man who was shot and killed in Jersey City by members of a specialized law enforcement team that hunts fugitives was wanted for shooting and killing his 67-year-old next-door neighbor and wounding her husband a day earlier in Florida, authorities said. Esteban De Jesus Jr., 56, had also attacked the couple with a machete before shooting them and fleeing shortly after 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 7, police in Orlando said Monday. Leonidas Duran was found dead on the grass of the complex and her husband wounded in their apartment’s doorway, they said. The husband reportedly was recov…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Florida Murder Suspect Shot, Killed By Fugitive Task Force In Jersey City Florida Murder Suspect Shot, Killed By Fugitive Task Force In Jersey City
Florida Murder Suspect Shot, Killed By Fugitive Task Force In Jersey City UPDATE: A man who was shot and killed in Jersey City by members of a specialized law enforcement team that hunts fugitives was wanted for shooting and killing his 67-year-old next-door neighbor and wounding her husband a day earlier in Florida, authorities said. Esteban De Jesus Jr., 56, had also attacked the couple with a machete before shooting them and fleeing shortly after 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 7, police in Orlando said Monday. Leonidas Duran was found dead on the grass of the complex and her husband wounded in their apartment’s doorway, they said. The husband reportedly was recoverin…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Man Kills Dog During 7-Hour Standoff: Police NJ Man Kills Dog During 7-Hour Standoff: Police
NJ Man Kills Dog During 7-Hour Standoff: Police A 29-year-old Secaucus man was arrested on Sunday, June 4 after killing his dog after engaging police in a 7-hour standoff that began the previous evening.  Police responded to The Harper at 100 Park Plaza Drive after hearing a man making homicidal statements over the phone, officers said. While attempting a wellness check, the man made threats to harm officers, police said. Officers evacuated nearby residents and the Hudson County Regional SWAT team along with a screener from the Mobile Psychological Crisis Unit responded to the scene, police said. For seven hours, authorities attempt…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Neighbors
Jersey City Mom Killed In Five-Car Crash Left Behind Young Twins, Teens Jersey City Mom Killed In Five-Car Crash Left Behind Young Twins, Teens
Jersey City Mom Killed In Five-Car Crash Left Behind Young Twins, Teens The family of Desiree Milow, the driver who was killed when her vehicle overturned and struck five others in Jersey City on Memorial Day Weekend, is seeing support from the community. A fundraiser has been created to assist with funeral expenses and to help Milow's children in the aftermath of her death. She was the mother of a 15-year-old, a 14-year-old and two 17-month-old twins. "Desiree was beloved by her family, friends, church family and members of the community," Tamala Young, who organized the fundraiser said. "Desiree was generous, loving and quick witted. She will be sorely m…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Video Shows Driver Overturning, Hitting 5 Cars In Fatal Jersey City Wreck Video Shows Driver Overturning, Hitting 5 Cars In Fatal Jersey City Wreck
Video Shows Driver Overturning, Hitting 5 Cars In Fatal Jersey City Wreck Video of a 36-year-old Jersey City driver hitting five vehicles in the crash that killed her has been released by HudPost. The footage shows Desiree Milow's Chevy Tahoe overturning and then hitting the vehicles along Garfield Avenue between Danforth Avenue and Wegman Parkway, just before noon Sunday, May 28, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. COLLISION UNIT INVESTIGATING MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH IN JERSEY CITY Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has released the... Posted by HudPost on Monday, May 29, 2023 Her lifeless body was found in the car, and she was subsequently pronou…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Tahoe Driver Struck Five Other Vehicles In Fatal Jersey City Crash: Prosecutor Tahoe Driver Struck Five Other Vehicles In Fatal Jersey City Crash: Prosecutor
Tahoe Driver Struck Five Other Vehicles In Fatal Jersey City Crash: Prosecutor A 36-year-old Jersey City woman struck five vehicles in her Chevy Tahoe before her vehicle came to a stop, and her lifeless body was found behind the wheel, authorities said.  Desiree Milow's Chevy Tahoe collided with the five cars along Garfield Avenue between Danforth Avenue and Wegman Parkway, just before noon Sunday, May 28, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Her lifeless body was found in the car, and she was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene about 30 minutes later. Meanwhile, five victims were taken to Jersey City Medical Center with unknown injuries, Suarez sa…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fugitive Captured After Walking Out Of JC Medical Center: Authorities Fugitive Captured After Walking Out Of JC Medical Center: Authorities
Fugitive Captured After Walking Out Of JC Medical Center: Authorities A fugitive who walked out of Jersey City Medical Center was captured by U.S. Marshals and Port Authority police, authorities said. Shatora Franklin, 27, of Brooklyn was originally seized at the Holland Tunnel on a warrant out of Essex County on April 14 after she skipped a court date following an arrest in late March, law enforcement sources said. She needed to go to the hospital for an undetermined condition, however, and was taken to the medical center, they said. Franklin then walked out -- apparently shoeless -- and was gone before authorities determined which agency was responsible f…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Florida Man Convicted Of Killing Jersey City Dad In BJ's Parking Lot Florida Man Convicted Of Killing Jersey City Dad In BJ's Parking Lot
Florida Man Convicted Of Killing Jersey City Dad In BJ's Parking Lot A jury found a Florida man guilty of murder for killing a Jersey City dad in a BJ's parking lot in 2021. Ariel Dumit, 37, was convicted on all counts, including first degree murder for the shooting death of Christian Parra, following a two-week trial, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced on Tuesday April, 18. On Feb. 28, 2021, Dumit shot Parra in the torso at a BJ's parking lot at 396 Marin Blvd. in Jersey City, prosecutors said. Parra was later transferred to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, prosecutors said. Parra was remembered by loved ones as a…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Driver Plunges Car Into River, Tries Swimming Across In Hours-Long North Jersey Standoff Driver Plunges Car Into River, Tries Swimming Across In Hours-Long North Jersey Standoff
Driver Plunges Car Into River, Tries Swimming Across In Hours-Long North Jersey Standoff A driver being pursued by police drove through a park and ultimately landed in the Hackensack River, where he used a wrench to break out of his own window and stand in the water in an attempt to swim away on Tuesday, April 4, authorities said. Things began unfolding around 11:45 a.m. on Paterson Plank Road, where Secaucus police saw a man later identified as Michael A. Zummo, 51, of Toms River, having been involved in a crash, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The officers tried to stop him but "due to the way he was driving prior to that accident and prior to the officers trying to…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
News
Teen Trio Caught Running Fund-Raising Robbery Scam At Jersey City PATH Stations Teen Trio Caught Running Fund-Raising Robbery Scam At Jersey City PATH Stations
Teen Trio Caught Running Fund-Raising Robbery Scam At Jersey City PATH Stations Three teens running a fund-raising robbery scam on strangers at Jersey City PATH stations were captured after one of the victims was injured in a scuffle, authorities said. That man was approached by the trio at the Grove Street station on March 6, Port Authority Public Information Officer Lenis Valens said. “They asked if he was willing to donate to their football team,” she said. When he told them he had no cash, they said he could do it through Venmo or Zelle, so he handed the phone over looking to make a $5 donation, Valens said. The teens, in turn, told him the account was wrong and …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco