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Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City, NJ

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GOTCHA! Arrest Made In Hit-Run That Severely Injured Jersey City Pedestrian Nearly Year Ago GOTCHA! Arrest Made In Hit-Run That Severely Injured Jersey City Pedestrian Nearly Year Ago
Gotcha! Arrest Made In Hit-Run That Severely Injured Jersey City Pedestrian Nearly Year Ago Authorities have charged a 66-year-old Bayonne man with a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a pedestrian at the corner of Kennedy Boulevard and Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City nearly a year ago. Rey Rosario was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury and endangering an injured victim, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced on Tuesday, Jan. 9. The 39-year-old Jersey City pedestrian was struck around 7:45 p.m. Feb. 10, 2023, Suarez said. Sbe was taken to Jersey City Medical Center with serious injuries, the prosecutor said. Suarez did…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Newark Woman, 21, Cops Plea In Robbery, Shooting Spree UPDATE: Newark Woman, 21, Cops Plea In Robbery, Shooting Spree
Update: Newark Woman, 21, Cops Plea In Robbery, Shooting Spree A 21-year-old Newark woman hoping to avoid an extended federal prison sentence admitted participating in a violent robbery spree in Jersey City last month in which a fast-food clerk was shot in the chest. Siobhan Chandler, was with ex-con Rodney Williams when he robbed a gas station and store at gunpoint and then shot a restaurant clerk during a third holdup the night of Nov. 14. Police captured both of them after Williams, 31, crashed the getaway car during a pursuit a little over an hour after the spree began. Chandler immediately took a pre-indictment deal from the government in exchang…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HERO: Jersey City Officer Justified In Gunning Down Suspect Who Shot Woman, Grand Jury Finds HERO: Jersey City Officer Justified In Gunning Down Suspect Who Shot Woman, Grand Jury Finds
Hero: Jersey City Officer Justified In Gunning Down Suspect Who Shot Woman, Grand Jury Finds UPDATE: A heroic Jersey City police officer was justified in gunning down a man who'd just deliberately shot a woman in the chest during a domestic dispute, a state-mandated review by a grand jury has found. Officers responding to a 911 call just before midnight May 24, 2022 found city resident Joseph Robertson, 59, crossing Communipaw Avenue at the corner of West Side Avenue with the female victim. Video recorded at the scene shows the officers approaching Robertson and ordering him to drop a gun he was carrying. Robertson instead grabs the woman, puts her in a headlock and points th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mass Casualty: No Victims Cooperating In Jersey City Incident, Police Say Mass Casualty: No Victims Cooperating In Jersey City Incident, Police Say
Mass Casualty: No Victims Cooperating In Jersey City Incident, Police Say Five people were shot early Sunday, Oct. 1 in Jersey City, and none were cooperating with the investigation, authorities said. Police responding to reports of gunfire at 264 Culver Ave. around 2:35 a.m. found a 20-year-old woman with gunshot wounds to her back leg and lower back, city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. First responders rendered aid and the female was transported to a local hospital and is stable. Other victims taken to hospitals in private vehicles include: A 33 year old male with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to upper back. A 23 year old male with a no…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Road Rage Driver Shoots, Rear-Ends Victims On Route 1&9: Police Road Rage Driver Shoots, Rear-Ends Victims On Route 1&9: Police
Road Rage Driver Shoots, Rear-Ends Victims On Route 1&9: Police Police in Hudson County were searching for a road rage driver who rear-ended another vehicle and then fired two shots into the windshield over the weekend. The victim, a 27-year-old Rahway man, told Kearny police he had a 29-year-old passenger in his BMW 335, and were in front of a white Dodge Durango had been behind  in traffic on Truck Route 1&9 south near Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City around 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, local police said. The driver of the Durango apparently flashed his high beams repeatedly at the victim’s vehicle and then struck the victim’s BMW from behind. …

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by Cecilia Levine
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NEW DETAILS: Jersey City Man Killed By Officer Had Gun Pointed At Woman, AG Says NEW DETAILS: Jersey City Man Killed By Officer Had Gun Pointed At Woman, AG Says
NEW Details: Jersey City Man Killed By Officer Had Gun Pointed At Woman, AG Says A man had just grabbed a woman he was with and pointed a gun at her in a Jersey City crosswalk when a police officer shot and killed him, New Jersey's top cop said Monday. Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin provided new details while releasing video and audio recordings from the incident. City officers responding to a 911 domestic violence call just before midnight May 24 found Joseph Robertson, 59, of Jersey City crossing Communipaw Avenue at the corner of West Side Avenue outside the BP gas station, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Video rel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Gunman Shot Dead By Jersey City Police Officer In Confrontation Identified UPDATE: Gunman Shot Dead By Jersey City Police Officer In Confrontation Identified
Update: Gunman Shot Dead By Jersey City Police Officer In Confrontation Identified UPDATE (June 20, 2022): A man had just grabbed a woman he was with and pointed a gun at her in a Jersey City crosswalk when a police officer shot and killed him, New Jersey's top cop said. Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin provided new details while releasing video and audio recordings from the incident. City officers responding to a 911 domestic violence call just before midnight May 24 found Joseph Robertson, 59, of Jersey City crossing Communipaw Avenue at the corner of West Side Avenue outside the BP gas station, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Shooter Killed By Jersey City Police (DEVELOPING) Shooter Killed By Jersey City Police (DEVELOPING)
Shooter Killed By Jersey City Police (Developing) Police in Jersey City shot and killed a man just before midnight Tuesday, May 24, sources tell Daily Voice. The man purportedly opened fire on a female victim before police shot him near the BP Gas Station on Communipaw and and West Side avenues. A man is dead after opening fire after midnight in Jersey City. Police shot and killed him. What we know for sure at 4 on @NBCNewYork pic.twitter.com/FAPyCtXKZp — Romney Smith (@RomneySmith) May 25, 2022 Two officers were hospitalized with minor injuries. The New Jersey Attorney General's Office did not immediately return Daily Voice's inform…

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by Cecilia Levine
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WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $100K Sold In Hudson County WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $100K Sold In Hudson County
Winner: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $100K Sold In Hudson County Winner! A Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $100,000 was sold in Hudson County. A ticket matching all five numbers for Monday’s drawing was sold at Lincoln Park Shell on Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City, lottery officials said. The winning numbers were: 08, 12, 15, 32, and 33. The XTRA number was 02. The lucky winner will take home the $100,000 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot.

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by Valerie Musson
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Unlicensed Driver Surrenders In Crash That Killed Off-Duty Jersey City Police Officer Unlicensed Driver Surrenders In Crash That Killed Off-Duty Jersey City Police Officer
Unlicensed Driver Surrenders In Crash That Killed Off-Duty Jersey City Police Officer The driver wanted in the crash that killed a beloved Jersey City police officer last summer has surrendered to authorities, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office announced Monday. City resident Rafael Rodriguez-Rivera, 30, was behind the wheel of a 2012 Ford Escape when he struck JCPD Officer Morton Otundo on a Yamaha motorcycle on Communipaw Avenue around 2 a.m. on July 16, 2021, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Otundo, 40, was treated at the scene before being rushed by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center. He was pronounced dead at approxima…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds Charge JC Ex-Con, Newark Companion With Two Shootings During Multi-Robbery Spree Feds Charge JC Ex-Con, Newark Companion With Two Shootings During Multi-Robbery Spree
Feds Charge JC Ex-Con, Newark Companion With Two Shootings During Multi-Robbery Spree A Jersey City ex-con accused of shooting two clerks during a mid-evening armed robbery spree last month was charged by federal authorities along with a Newark woman who they said was with him. Rodney Williams, 29, and Siobhan Chandler, 19, were captured after Williams crashed their getaway during a police chase following four holdups in under an hour on Nov. 14, authorities said. All told, the couple robbed a Danforth Avenue deli, a Garfield Avenue gas station, a Communipaw Avenue supermarket and and a fast-food restaurant at Communipaw and Crescent avenues, they said. Williams reportedly …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities Release Details In Murder Of Jersey City Teen Authorities Release Details In Murder Of Jersey City Teen
Authorities Release Details In Murder Of Jersey City Teen Authorities have released details in the murder of a 16-year-old boy Thursday in Jersey City. Pedro Rodriguez was shot near 600 Communipaw Avenue around 11:45 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was pronounced dead at the scene about 15 minutes later. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit is actively investigating this case with assistance from the Jersey City Police Department.  No arrests had been made as of Friday morning.  Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Robbers Who Dragged Victim In Costco Parking Lot Nabbed By NJ Town's Mayor: Police Robbers Who Dragged Victim In Costco Parking Lot Nabbed By NJ Town's Mayor: Police
Robbers Who Dragged Victim In Costco Parking Lot Nabbed By NJ Town's Mayor: Police The mayor of a North Jersey town helped apprehend a pair of robbers who stole a woman's purse and then dragged her through a Costco parking lot before fleeing, authorities said. The 60-year-old victim was loading her vehicle with a companion in Bayonne's Costco lot around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Two male passengers later identified as Pedro Henrique, 19, and a 17-year-old boy, both of Newark, pulled up in a maroon vehicle and tried taking her purse from a shopping cart, Amato said. The victim and her friend quickly grabbed the purse in an attempt to regain possessi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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TRIBUTE: Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family TRIBUTE: Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family
Tribute: Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family A Jersey City police officer is not all that Morton Otundo was. The 40-year-old city resident killed in a motorcycle crash last week remembers him as a doting dad to his son, Andrew, and a coworker who treated his fellow officers as family, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched in his memory. More than $62,200 had been raised on that campaign -- started by Otundo's former colleague Melagne Ramirez -- as of Monday morning. All funds raised will go toward Andrew. "[Otundo] strived to educate and mold younger officers to be great at every turn," Ramirez writes. "Morton was a phenomenal…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family
Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family A Jersey City police officer is not all the Morton Otundo was. A GoFundMe campaign launched in memory of the 40-year-old city resident killed in a motorcycle crash last week remembers him as a doting dad to his son, Andrew. More than $62,200 had been raised on that campaign as of Monday morning. Otundo was rushed to the hospital after colliding with a Ford Escape while riding his motorcycle on Communipaw Avenue early Friday morning. He was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Officer Morton Otundo at his December 2013 police academy graduation, w…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Off-Duty Jersey City Officer Morton Otundo Killed In Motorcycle Crash Off-Duty Jersey City Officer Morton Otundo Killed In Motorcycle Crash
Off-Duty Jersey City Officer Morton Otundo Killed In Motorcycle Crash An off-duty Jersey City police officer was killed in a crash with another vehicle while riding his motorcycle early Friday morning, authorities said. Morton Otundo, 40, was heading east on Communipaw Avenue when he collided with a Ford Escape heading west and turning left onto Woodward Street around 2 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Otundo was  rushed to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m., Suarez said. The other driver, 30 years old, was taken to JCMC for evaluation. The events surrounding the crash remain under investigation by th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Pastor Gets 15 Years For Sexually Assaulting Two Girls At Church Jersey City Pastor Gets 15 Years For Sexually Assaulting Two Girls At Church
Jersey City Pastor Gets 15 Years For Sexually Assaulting Two Girls At Church A Jersey City pastor was sentenced to 15 years in New Jersey State Prison for the sexual assault of two different girls he taught at the church he worked at, authorities said. Josue Rodriguez, 62, was a pastor and taught religion to children at Temple Refugio, a church at 322 3rd St. in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Rodriguez taught both victims at the church, one of whom was between ages 6 and 9, and the other between 8 and 15, the prosecutor said. One of the victim's moms reported the alleged crime that happened at the church to Jersey City police on April 30,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By
Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By A 12-year-old Jersey City girl was wounded in a drive-by shooting earlier this month when three members of a group of allied Jersey City gangs opened fire on a rival gang in retaliation for a previous attack, federal authorities said Wednesday. Marc “Bando” Taylor, Jashawn “Trilly” Tate and Damari “Juggy” Blackwell, all 18 years old, were scheduled for first appearances via videoconference Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark III in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Taylor, Tate and Blackwell are associated with violent street gangs tied to three neighborhoods -- t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl UPDATE: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl
Update: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl Three men have been arrested in the Tuesday evening shooting of a 12-year-old girl in Jersey City, authorities said. The guns recovered in the arrest of Jashaun Tate, Damari Blackwell and Marc Taylor were identified as a semi-automatic, Intractec MOD AB-10 9mm pistol and a Glock 21 .45 caliber handgun, police said. The girl, who was struck in the leg, and another person were shot on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Oak Street around 6 p.m., responders said. Police began chasing a black Volkswagen, which had been reported stolen out of Edgewater. The car hit a pedestrian and another vehic…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl UPDATE: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl
Update: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl Three men have been arrested in the Tuesday evening shooting of a 12-year-old girl in Jersey City, authorities said. The guns recovered in the arrest of Jashaun Tate, Damari Blackwell and Marc Taylor were identified as a semi-automatic, Intractec MOD AB-10 9mm pistol and a Glock 21 .45 caliber handgun, police said. The girl, who was struck in the leg, and another person were shot on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Oak Street around 6 p.m., responders said. Police began chasing a black Volkswagen, which had been reported stolen out of Edgewater. The car hit a pedestrian and another vehic…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Officers Hospitalized In Jersey City Police Car Rollover Crash Officers Hospitalized In Jersey City Police Car Rollover Crash
Officers Hospitalized In Jersey City Police Car Rollover Crash Three Jersey City police officers were hospitalized with minor injuries in a rollover crash involving two police vehicles, authorities said. The cars collided at the intersection of Communipaw and Mallory avenues around 11:25 p.m. Sunday, a spokeswoman with the JCPD said. All three officers were treated for minor injuries at Jersey City Medical Center and released, the article says. One of the cruisers flipped, taking down a traffic light at the scene. The incident is under investigation by the Hudson County Regional Fatal Collision Unit -- as standard policy when a city vehicle is in…

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by Cecilia Levine