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Hearts Break Over Death OF Bayonne's Erika Arana, 44 Hearts Break Over Death OF Bayonne's Erika Arana, 44
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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by Sam Barron
News
$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
Police & Fire
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
Police & Fire
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
News
Bayonne Man Missing For 10 Days Bayonne Man Missing For 10 Days
Bayonne Man Missing For 10 Days New Jersey State Police and Bayonne police seek the public's help locating a 25-year-old autistic man. Joseph Song of Bayonne was last seen on the evening of May 22, State Police said. Song was wearing a black tee-shirt with a blue smurf on the front and back, short black sweat pants and grey sneakers, police said. He frequently travels to New York City on public transportation and is often at the Bayonne ShopRite, Bayonne Medical Center, and light rail station.  He is described as an Asian male, 5’5” tall, weighing 140 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes, a light complexion and is a…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square
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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by Cecilia Levine
News
New Jersey AG Releases Bodycam Video Of Knife-Wielding Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police New Jersey AG Releases Bodycam Video Of Knife-Wielding Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police
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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by Jerry DeMarco
News
NJ Attorney General Confirms Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police During Domestic Call NJ Attorney General Confirms Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police During Domestic Call
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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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
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
News
Officials In This NJ City Are Giving Residents Rides To COVID Vaccine Appointments Officials In This NJ City Are Giving Residents Rides To COVID Vaccine Appointments
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 …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Firefighters Extricate Crane Operator When Machine Topples In Bayonne Firefighters Extricate Crane Operator When Machine Topples In Bayonne
Firefighters Extricate Crane Operator When Machine Topples In Bayonne A crane operator was hospitalized with minor injuries after his machine tipped over, trapping him inside, Sunday morning in Bayonne. City firefighters were dispatched to Global Terminals on Port Jersey Boulevard where they found a heavy-duty container lift used to move shipping containers rest on a stack of containers, around 10:45 a.m., Deputy Fire Chief Bill Bartos said. Firefighters used an aerial bucket to remove the operator, who was taken to Bayonne Medical Center by McCabe Ambulance with minor injuries, the deputy chief said. “The quick and professional response by our firefigh…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Jersey City Man, 49, Charged In Violent Robbery Of Elderly Bayonne Woman GOTCHA! Jersey City Man, 49, Charged In Violent Robbery Of Elderly Bayonne Woman
Gotcha! Jersey City Man, 49, Charged In Violent Robbery Of Elderly Bayonne Woman A 49-year-old Jersey City man has been charged in the violent robbery of a 73-year-old Bayonne woman, authorities said Wednesday. Bayonne police detectives spotted a man riding a bicycle, who matched the victim's description on 41st Street and Kennedy Boulevard Dec. 1, Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Rodney M. Neal -- on a bike that also matched the description -- was charged with robbery and possession of narcotic paraphernalia, police said. On Oct. 15 around 10:20 p.m.,police responded to 54th Street and Avenue B after hearing a female crying for help, Amato said. The woman told police sh…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bayonne PD: Drunk Man Involved In Fight Shoves Officers During Arrest Bayonne PD: Drunk Man Involved In Fight Shoves Officers During Arrest
Bayonne PD: Drunk Man Involved In Fight Shoves Officers During Arrest A 44-year-old drunken man involved in a fight shoved Bayonne police officers arresting him later on at his house, authorities said. Jose M. Santiago was arrested around 8:50 p.m. Saturday night, from his West 21st Street home, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Police first responded to the area on reports of two people fighting, one possibly in possession of a gun, Amato said. No one was at the scene when police arrived, but the officers were able to get Santiago's address, and were let inside his home by another resident to continue the investigation, police said. When they arrived, …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Agitated Newark Man Curses Out Bayonne Hospital Staff, Kicks Occupied Car Window Agitated Newark Man Curses Out Bayonne Hospital Staff, Kicks Occupied Car Window
Agitated Newark Man Curses Out Bayonne Hospital Staff, Kicks Occupied Car Window A 39-year-old Newark man refusing to leave a Hudson County hospital kicked the window of a parked car and cursed out medical workers, authorities said. Sergio L. Garvin was refusing to leave while being discharged from Bayonne Medical Center around 2:50 p.m. Sunday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Garvin shouted profanities at the staff and then, after being escorted out by police, he kicked the window of an occupied parked car on West 30th Street, Amato said. Officers were able to intercept and placed Garvin under arrest before he was able to continue to and possibly break a window.…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Man Dead, Woman Critical In Attempted Jersey City Murder Suicide UPDATE: Man Dead, Woman Critical In Attempted Jersey City Murder Suicide
Update: Man Dead, Woman Critical In Attempted Jersey City Murder Suicide A man shot his girlfriend multiple times and then turned the gun on himself this week in Jersey City, initial police reports say. The man shot his girlfriend multiple times in the knee and neck and then himself in the head around 11:40 p.m. Thursday, on Clarke Avenue, unconfirmed reports say. As of Saturday, one man -- possibly the shooter -- was dead, a woman was critical and a third man was in stable condition,Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. The man and woman were taken to Bayonne Medical Center then transported to Jersey City Medical Center. A third vi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police: Robber Drags Woman, 73, Down Bayonne Sidewalk Police: Robber Drags Woman, 73, Down Bayonne Sidewalk
Police: Robber Drags Woman, 73, Down Bayonne Sidewalk A 73-year-old woman was hospitalized after being dragged down the sidewalk in Bayonne by a man who stole her purse and fled, police said. The woman was checking her mailbox on her porch at 52nd Street and Avenue B, when the unknown man approached her from behind and demanded her purse around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The man attempted to forcibly take the woman's purse, dragging her down her front steps in the process, Amato said. He dragged her a short distance across the sidewalk before taking her purse and fleeing, police said. The woman was taken t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
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
Police & Fire
Victim Killed In Bayonne Fire ID'd As 98-Year-Old Woman Victim Killed In Bayonne Fire ID'd As 98-Year-Old Woman
Victim Killed In Bayonne Fire ID'd As 98-Year-Old Woman A 98-year-old woman died and two other residents of a Bayonne home were injured in a Sunday night blaze, authorities said. Firefighters found heavy fire and smoke coming from a two-story house at 18 E. 16th St., around 6:15 p.m., Deputy Fire Chief William Bartos said. Two residents were rescued from the second floor, and transported by McCabe Ambulance to the Bayonne Medical Center, Bartos said. Firefighters removed Maria Teti from the first floor, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Teti was also taken to BMC, where she later died of her injuries, fire officials sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Victim Killed In Bayonne Fire ID'd As 98-Year-Old Woman Victim Killed In Bayonne Fire ID'd As 98-Year-Old Woman
Victim Killed In Bayonne Fire ID'd As 98-Year-Old Woman A 98-year-old woman died and two other residents of a Bayonne home were injured in a Sunday night blaze, authorities said. Firefighters found heavy fire and smoke coming from a two-story house at 18 E. 16th St., around 6:15 p.m., Deputy Fire Chief William Bartos said. Two residents were rescued from the second floor, and transported by McCabe Ambulance to the Bayonne Medical Center, Bartos said. Firefighters removed Maria Teti from the first floor, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Teti was also taken to BMC, where she later died of her injuries, fire officials sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Kayaker Rescued From Water Off Bayonne Kayaker Rescued From Water Off Bayonne
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)…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Authorities ID Couple Killed In Bayonne Fire, 32 Residents Displaced UPDATE: Authorities ID Couple Killed In Bayonne Fire, 32 Residents Displaced
Update: Authorities ID Couple Killed In Bayonne Fire, 32 Residents Displaced Authorities have identified the two victims of Friday morning's Bayonne apartment building fire. Balbina Macchio, 75, and John Macchio, 65, were found lifeless in Unit 236 of the Islandview Court blaze just before 2 a.m., the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. They were transported to Bayonne Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. All 12 units in the building were affected by the fire and a total of 32 occupants have been displaced — 28 adults and four children. Firefighters responding to the early-morning blaze saw heavy flames s…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Authorities ID Couple Killed In Bayonne Fire, 32 Residents Displaced UPDATE: Authorities ID Couple Killed In Bayonne Fire, 32 Residents Displaced
Update: Authorities ID Couple Killed In Bayonne Fire, 32 Residents Displaced Authorities have identified the two victims of Friday morning's Bayonne apartment building fire. Balbina Macchio, 75, and John Macchio, 65, were found lifeless in Unit 236 of the Islandview Court blaze just before 2 a.m., the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. They were transported to Bayonne Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. All 12 units in the building were affected by the fire and a total of 32 occupants have been displaced — 28 adults and four children. Firefighters responding to the early-morning blaze saw heavy flames s…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
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
Police & Fire
Authorities Identify Man Killed In Jersey City Saturday Authorities Identify Man Killed In Jersey City Saturday
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…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Man Tried To Sell Bayonne Woman Her Own Stolen Car: Police Man Tried To Sell Bayonne Woman Her Own Stolen Car: Police
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…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Man Pepper-Sprayed After Refusing To Leave Bayonne Hospital: Police Man Pepper-Sprayed After Refusing To Leave Bayonne Hospital: Police
Man Pepper-Sprayed After Refusing To Leave Bayonne Hospital: Police A 43-year-old Jersey City man was arrested Thursday afternoon when he refused to leave the emergency room at Bayonne Medical Center and then resisted officers’ attempts to remove him, police said. Police responded to the hospital around 3:45 p.m. after Corbin J. Beckles announced that he would not leave the emergency room waiting area when he was instructed to do so by staff, police said. When officers arrived, Beckles again said he was not leaving, according to police. Beckles clenched his fists and appeared poised to strike a police officer who was trying to physically guide Beckles out…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Suspect In Violent Bayonne Robbery Arrested Suspect In Violent Bayonne Robbery Arrested
Suspect In Violent Bayonne Robbery Arrested A Bayonne man has been arrested in connection with a robbery in the city April 15, police said.  Elijah Cook, 20, was charged with robbery Friday and was being held at the Hudson County Jail.  Police say Cook was one of a number of people who attacked a 25-year-old man on a city street April 15 and robbed him of personal items. Cook removed the victim's cell phone from his pocket, police said.  The victim suffered facial injuries and was treated at Bayonne Medical Center. 

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Search For Missing Phone In Bayonne Leads To Violent Attack: Police Search For Missing Phone In Bayonne Leads To Violent Attack: Police
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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by Paul Milo