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Fight Broke Out Before Double Stabbing That Left Union City Boy Dead: Prosecutor Fight Broke Out Before Double Stabbing That Left Union City Boy Dead: Prosecutor
Fight Broke Out Before Double Stabbing That Left Union City Boy Dead: Prosecutor Authorities have release preliminary details in a double stabbing that left a teen boy dead and another seriously hurt in Union City this week. Five teens were involved in a fight at 40th Street and Bergenline Avenue around 6:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Allen Flores, 15, of Union City, and a 16-year-old boy were each stabbed and hospitalized. Flores was pronounced dead at Christ Hospital in Jersey City. The other victim remains hospitalized with serious injuries. Three juveniles have since been arrested: A 16-year-old Union City male is charge…

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by Cecilia Levine and Valerie Musson
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Authorities: Woman, 37, Sexually Assaulted At Knifepoint In Jersey City Authorities: Woman, 37, Sexually Assaulted At Knifepoint In Jersey City
Authorities: Woman, 37, Sexually Assaulted At Knifepoint In Jersey City A 37-year-old woman was hospitalized after being sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Jersey City, authorities said. The woman was treated at Christ Hospital after the incident, which happened at Warner and Ocean avenues around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. No arrests had been made as of Tuesday afternoon. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915- 1234 or to leave an anonymous tip here.  All information will be kept confidential.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities Seek Dark-Colored Wagon In Fatal Jersey City Hit-Run Authorities Seek Dark-Colored Wagon In Fatal Jersey City Hit-Run
Authorities Seek Dark-Colored Wagon In Fatal Jersey City Hit-Run A 62-year-old man was fatally struck by a car that fled the scene in Jersey City early Wednesday morning, authorities said. Investigators are looking for a dark-colored wagon similar to a Subaru Outback, which struck the man between Jefferson Avenue and Waverly Street just after 1:30 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The victim was pronounce dead at 2:25 a.m. at Christ Hospital.  Anyone with information is urged to contact the HCPO at 201- 915-1345 or leave an anonymous tip. All information will be kept confidential.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Officer Helps Rescue Motorist In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel Officer Helps Rescue Motorist In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel
Officer Helps Rescue Motorist In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel Two Wyckoff police officers helped save the life of a 74-year-old driver whose car crashed into two others when he suffered a heart attack Thursday on Route 495 near the Lincoln Tunnel, authorities said. Officers Michael Teegan and Michael Scalise were transporting a prisoner from Weehawken to Hackensack when they were flagged down by a motorist involved in a crash on the westbound highway near the Kennedy Boulevard interchange in Union City around 2 p.m., Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. The motorist "advised the officers that the other driver was still in his car a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Man Charged In 2007 North Bergen Sexual Assault Passaic Man Charged In 2007 North Bergen Sexual Assault
Passaic Man Charged In 2007 North Bergen Sexual Assault A Passaic man was arrested Tuesday for a sexual assault in North Bergen that occurred more than 12 years ago, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said.  North Bergen police were called to a home on 74th Street around 6:40 a.m. April 28, 2007. A 44-year-old woman who lived there told officers a man entered her home through a window and sexually assaulted her. She was treated at Christ Hospital in Jersey City.  Luis Santiago-Rodriguez, 42, was arrested on Grove Street and charged with aggravated sexual assault during the commission of a burglary, aggravated criminal sexual contact…

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by Paul Milo
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Secaucus Police Save Woman Who Tried To Jump Off Rt. 3 Bridge Secaucus Police Save Woman Who Tried To Jump Off Rt. 3 Bridge
Secaucus Police Save Woman Who Tried To Jump Off Rt. 3 Bridge Two Secaucus police officers saved a woman as she was climbing over the railing of a bridge spanning Rt. 3 in a suicide attempt, Capt. Dennis Miller said in a statement.  A passerby called police around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning after spotting the woman peering over the edge of the Rt. 3 East bridge. Officer George Sikaffy arrived at the scene just as the woman had placed her leg over the railing, Miller said.  Sikaffy grabbed the woman's jacket and pulled her to safety.  The woman tried to break free of Sikaffy's grasp as she yelled about taking her own life, Miller also sai…

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by Paul Milo