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Man Gets 10 Years For Fatal Jersey City Crash: Prosecutors Man Gets 10 Years For Fatal Jersey City Crash: Prosecutors
Man Gets 10 Years For Fatal Jersey City Crash: Prosecutors Jose Colon, a 33-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for driving drunk in a crash that killed one person, authorities said. On Feb. 28, 2001, Colon was driving a 1996 Honda Civic at a high rate of speed on Christopher Columbus Drive near Merseles Street in Jersey City when he struck a guard rail, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. His passenger, 30-year-old Jesus Gonzalez, was pronounced dead at the scene, Suarez said. Colon had pleaded guilty to first-degree death by auto for driving while intoxicated in April, Suarez said.

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by Sam Barron
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UPDATE: Woman Slain In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Was Five Months Pregnant, Authorities Say UPDATE: Woman Slain In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Was Five Months Pregnant, Authorities Say
Update: Woman Slain In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Was Five Months Pregnant, Authorities Say A Jersey City restaurateur was five months pregnant when she was killed Sunday morning in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said Monday. Garima Kothari, 35, was found dead in her Christopher Columbus Drive apartment around 7:15 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Around half-hour later, police found her 37-year-old husband dead in the Hudson River near Montgomery Street and Exchange Place, Suarez said. The incident was being investigated as a murder-suicide, and Kothari's death was ruled a homicide, Suarez said Monday.  "While it remains at this time that the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners
Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners UPDATE: The 35-year-old Jersey City restaurateur killed in an apparent murder-suicide Sunday morning was five months pregnant, and her death was ruled a homicide, authorities announced Monday.  ** ORIGINAL STORY BELOW ** She was a talented chef, dedicated to her profession. He was an intelligent graduate of India Institute of Technology, who came to the U.S. to pursue his master's degree. Together, Garima Kothari and Manmohan Mall were a happy couple, and owners of Nukkad, an Indian restaurant a few blocks from their Jersey City high-rise apartment, relatives say.  Both were fou…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Man Charged In Hit-Run That Left Victim In Critical Condition Jersey City Man Charged In Hit-Run That Left Victim In Critical Condition
Jersey City Man Charged In Hit-Run That Left Victim In Critical Condition A resident has been arrested in connection with a hit and run in Jersey City Oct. 31, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said.  The 36-year-old  victim was crossing Christopher Columbus Drive at Grove street shortly after 11 p.m. when authorities said he was struck by a minivan. The incident was caught on surveillance video, authorities said.  The victim suffered multiple injuries and was listed in critical but stable condition.  On Wednesday, authorities arrested Luis Rodriguez-Santana, 31, as he was making his way to work on Greene Street.  He has been charge…

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by Paul Milo
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UPDATE: Arrest Made In Jersey City Hit-Run That Left Victim Critical UPDATE: Arrest Made In Jersey City Hit-Run That Left Victim Critical
Update: Arrest Made In Jersey City Hit-Run That Left Victim Critical UPDATE, Nov. 7: The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office has arrested a Jersey City man in connection with this incident. Click here for the story.  Original story below:  The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office is asking for the public's help locating a driver who struck a pedestrian in Jersey City last week and left the scene.  The 36-year-old victim was struck around 11 p.m. Thursday at Christopher Columbus Drive and Grove Street. He is being treated at Jersey City Medical Center, where he is in critical but stable condition.  Investigators later determined he had been c…

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by Paul Milo