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Five Shot In Jersey City, Teen In Custody Five Shot In Jersey City, Teen In Custody
Five Shot In Jersey City, Teen In Custody Five people were shot in Jersey City in separate incidents on Thursday, Dec. 29, and a 16-year-old boy has been charged in one, authorities said. The first incident happened around 9:30 p.m. when the boy shot a 14-year-old victim in the left thigh at Armstrong Avenue and MLK Drive, city spokesperson Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The 16-year-old boy was arrested after a foot pursuit and charged with attempted murder and unlawful weapon possession, police said. The second incident occurred around 10:10 p.m. near Bergen a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Dealer Who Served Time On Gun Conviction Headed To Federal Prison For Another Stint Jersey City Dealer Who Served Time On Gun Conviction Headed To Federal Prison For Another Stint
Jersey City Dealer Who Served Time On Gun Conviction Headed To Federal Prison For Another Stint A convicted Jersey City drug dealer who'd previously served state prison time on a gun conviction must spend the next seven years in federal prison for having the weapon and ammo he used to shoot and wound a rival, authorities said. Hassan Mosby, 40, had no trouble admitting that he was the gunman who shot a man in an October 2019 during a dispute with a group on a city sidewalk, they said. Police had found him in a nearby home a short time later, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Mosby, whose criminal history covers nearly his entire adult life, took a deal from the government, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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JCPD Seeks Bayonne Ex-Con Wanted In Connection With Fleeing Vehicle That Struck Officer JCPD Seeks Bayonne Ex-Con Wanted In Connection With Fleeing Vehicle That Struck Officer
Jcpd Seeks Bayonne Ex-Con Wanted In Connection With Fleeing Vehicle That Struck Officer An ex-con wanted in connection with an incident in which a Jersey City police officer was struck by a fleeing vehicle was being sought by authorities as of Friday morning. Jabar Ford, 38, of Bayonne, is facing weapons charges following the Aug. 31 incident, JCPD spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. In 2011, Ford escaped from a Newark halfway house with only eight days left on a four-year prison term, according to NJ.com. Ford was apparently a passenger in the blue, tinted Subaru WRX parked on the 100 block of Custer Avenue, when police spotted someone racking a firearm out of i…

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by Cecilia Levine