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Hoboken Man Charged With Murder In McGinley Square Triple Shooting Hoboken Man Charged With Murder In McGinley Square Triple Shooting
Hoboken Man Charged With Murder In McGinley Square Triple Shooting UPDATE: A Hoboken man was charged with murder and aggravated assault in a triple shooting in Jersey City earlier this month. Authorities confirmed on Wednesday, March 27, that Joseph Del Valle, 36, was arrested by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit the day before. He remained held in the Hudson County Correctional Facility along with a second accused gunman, Francisco Salcedo, 42, of Jersey City, they said. City resident Christoph Terrero Marte, 33, was gunned down on Jordan Avenue off Mercer Street near McGinley Square shortly before 6:30 a.m. March 9, Hudson C…
Kearny Man, 18, Charged With Having Backyard Sex In Harrison With Underage Girl He Met Online Kearny Man, 18, Charged With Having Backyard Sex In Harrison With Underage Girl He Met Online
Kearny Man, 18, Charged With Having Backyard Sex In Harrison With Underage Girl He Met Online An 18-year-old Kearny man was charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.  Angel Aparicio De La Cruz and the girl had sex in the backyard of a Harrison home last July 11 after meeting on social media, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Whether the girl consented or not is irrelevant under the law. Statutory rape occurs in New Jersey when one of the partners is between 13 and 16 and the other is at least four years older. Those adults who claim “she/he looked 18″ — or that the victim showed a fake ID — have no defense, under what is known as the standard of strict l…
Staten Island Driver Charged In Jersey City Crash That Killed Theater Teacher: Prosecutor Staten Island Driver Charged In Jersey City Crash That Killed Theater Teacher: Prosecutor
Amanda Rivera Of Staten Island Arrested A 28-year-old Staten Island woman has been charged in a crash that left a 31-year-old Bayonne theater teacher dead, authorities said. Amanda Rivera faces charges of aggravated assault, reckless manslaughter, and assault by auto weeks after sending her the 2019 Nissan passenger car she was driving into the back of a parked tractor trailer on Route 185 and Linden Avenue in Jersey City on Feb. 3, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. As a result, Stephanie Weymouth was killed. Rivera was arrested Monday, March 4 at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus and tr…
Robbery Spree Ends, Hoboken Police Charge JC Man With Five Holdups In Six Weeks Robbery Spree Ends, Hoboken Police Charge JC Man With Five Holdups In Six Weeks
Robbery Spree Ends, Hoboken Police Charge JC Man With Five Holdups In Six Weeks Hoboken police stopped a one-man crime wave following five armed robberies over six weeks, including two the same day. Matthew Trontz, a 31-year-old ex-con from Jersey City, was arrested almost immediately after he held up Thomas’ Ice Cream Café on Jefferson Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets on Tuesday, Feb. 27, city police said. He was carrying a black stun gun, a silver imitation toy gun, a pocket knife and three cans of pepper spray, they said. Trontz brandished the firearms at Thomas’s, at Prime Gourmet on Monroe Street (Jan. 15), at Prime Stop on Willow Street and Hoboken Mini Mart o…
Bayonne Man Accused Of Killing Daughter Dies In Jail: Officials Bayonne Man Accused Of Killing Daughter Dies In Jail: Officials
Bayonne Man Accused Of Killing Daughter Dies In Jail: Officials A man accused of killing his daughter died in the Hudson County Correctional Facility last week, authorities said. Errol Brown, 52, of Bayonne, collapsed inside of his cell at the county jail on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m., a spokesperson for the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. Officers and onsite medical personnel rendered aid to Brown, who was taken to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at approximately 3:45 p.m. Brown was arrested mid-June 2023, and charged with murder after shooting his daughter, Keyanna Brown at 331 Avenue E., Hudson County Prosecutor Esth…
Man Sexually Assaulted 11-Year-Old In North Bergen: Prosecutor Man Sexually Assaulted 11-Year-Old In North Bergen: Prosecutor
Man Sexually Assaulted 11-Year-Old In North Bergen: Prosecutor A Hudson County man has been arrested for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old victim, authorities announced. Edgar Rompich-Ramos, 19, carried out the alleged crimes at a local home in 2023, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Rompich-Ramos was arrested on Feb. 9 and charged with aggravated sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child/facilitating child sex abuse material, and endangering the welfare of a child. He was being held at the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance. The State has filed a motion for detention in this matter, which …
McDonald's Melee: Bergen County Man Arrested In Hoboken Stabbing McDonald's Melee: Bergen County Man Arrested In Hoboken Stabbing
McDonald's Melee: Bergen County Man Arrested In Hoboken Stabbing A Bergen County man was arrested in a Hoboken stabbing Friday, Feb. 9, police said. Officers were called to the Washington Street McDonald's for a street fight involving 10 people, which resulted in a stabbing around 6:30 p.m., Hoboken police said. An on-scene investigation found Lodi's Kasaun Patterson, 42, stabbed another man during the fight, police said. Patterson was seen near the scene and was arrested. He attempted to resist arrest by stiffening his body, and a search incident turned up a folding knife in his jacket pocket, local police said. Patterson was taken to the Hob…
Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 9-Year-Old Multiple Times: Prosecutors Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 9-Year-Old Multiple Times: Prosecutors
Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 9-Year-Old Multiple Times: Prosecutors A 28-year-old Jersey City man was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 25 and charged with sexually assaulting a then-9-year-old girl in 2019, authorities said. Nestor Moreno sexually assaulted the girl multiple times, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, Suarez said.  He was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance, Suarez said. 
Knife-Wielding Tenant, 70, Jailed For Threatening Neighbor: Secaucus PD Knife-Wielding Tenant, 70, Jailed For Threatening Neighbor: Secaucus PD
Knife-Wielding Tenant, 70, Jailed For Threatening Neighbor: Secaucus PD A 70-year-old Secaucus resident was jailed after police said he threatened his downstairs neighbor with a kitchen knife. It was an hour or so before noon on New Year’s Day when officers responded to the 800 block of 7th Street after a noise complaint escalated, Police Chief Dennis Miller said. They arrested Mario Robiolio and charged him with making terroristic threats, simple assault by menace and illegal weapons possession, then sent him to the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny.
No-Show Jersey City Contractors Conned Victims Out Of $200K: Prosecutor No-Show Jersey City Contractors Conned Victims Out Of $200K: Prosecutor
No-Show Jersey City Contractors Conned Victims Out Of $200K: Prosecutor Three Hudson and Bergen County residents were arrested and charged this week after they were paid $200,000 to do contract work they never performed, authorities said. In March, Viral Patel, a 38-year-old Jersey City resident, Priyanka Patel, a 33-year-old Jersey City resident, and Pratik Patel, a 35-year-old Ramsey resident, were hired to perform contract work at a business owner's three properties, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The business owner received an invoice from Janvi Hotel Supply LLC at 23 Thorne St. in Jersey City for $200,000, which they paid, only the contract w…
MURDER: Charges Upgraded After Man Beaten During Union City Robbery Dies, Police Say MURDER: Charges Upgraded After Man Beaten During Union City Robbery Dies, Police Say
Murder: Charges Upgraded After Man Beaten During Union City Robbery Dies, Police Say Charges have been upgraded for a 23-year-old man after the man who he struck over the head during a robbery last week died, authorities in Hudson County said. At 3 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, Union City police found Jorge Mocetzuma Espinoza unresponsive, and rushed him to Jersey City Medical Center with upper body injuries, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Hours later, Isaiah Grey was charged with attempted murder, robbery and aggravated assault, Suarez said. Espinoza died six days later, Suarez said. An autopsy determined he died from blunt impact injuries to the head, Su…
West New York Driver Hit Cyclist, Fled Scene: Prosecutors West New York Driver Hit Cyclist, Fled Scene: Prosecutors
West New York Driver Hit Cyclist, Fled Scene: Prosecutors A 37-year-old West New York Man was charged on Friday, Nov. 3 with striking a cyclist and then leaving the scene last year, authorities said. On Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 12:20 p.m., Jason Flores was driving an Acura MDX when he hit a bicyclist, a 33-year-old North Bergen woman, riding an electric bike at 50th Street and Bergenline Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Flores did not remain at the scene, Suarez said. The bicyclist was transferred to Jersey City Medical Center with serious injuries, Suarez said.  Flores was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor…
Ax-Wielding Man Pepper Sprayed By NJ Transit Police In Hoboken Ax-Wielding Man Pepper Sprayed By NJ Transit Police In Hoboken
Ax-Wielding Man Pepper Sprayed By NJ Transit Police In Hoboken A 45-year-old man wielding an ax was pepper-sprayed by NJ Transit police officer at Hoboken Terminal on Wednesday, Oct. 25, authorities said. Joseph Dietz, of Hillsborough, was brandishing a large camping style ax and aggressively advancing toward a fleeing man, New Jersey Transit police said.  Officers positioned themselves between Dietz and the fleeing man, police said. Dietz refused to drop the ax, forcing officers to deploy pepper spray to deescalate the situation, police said. Dietz was apprehended and the ax was recovered, police said.  Dietz was charged with unlawful posse…
Secaucus Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl: Prosecutors Secaucus Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl: Prosecutors
Secaucus Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl: Prosecutors A 30-year-old Secaucus man was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 2022 and 2023, authorities said. Anyelo Jimenez-Marte committed sex crimes on the girl, who was between 14 and 15 years old on various dates in a Secaucus apartment, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The girl was known to Jiminez-Marte, Suarez said. Jiminez-Marte was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, Suarez said. He is being detained at the Hudson County Correctional Facility, pending an arraignment, Suarez said.
Jersey City Substitute Teacher Sexually Assaulted Two Students: Prosecutors Jersey City Substitute Teacher Sexually Assaulted Two Students: Prosecutors
Jersey City Substitute Teacher Sexually Assaulted Two Students: Prosecutors Fayez Yassa, a 64-year-old Jersey City resident, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 12 and charged with sexually assaulting two students while serving as a substitute teacher at President Barack Obama Elementary School, PS #34. Yassa assaulted the two students back in May, prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Yassa was arrested at his residence and transported to Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance, Suarez said. Yassa has been terminated from his teaching position, Suarez said. Yassa was charged with two counts of sexual assault by count and two counts of endangerin…
DUI Essex County Sheriff's Officer Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Injured 8: Prosecutor DUI Essex County Sheriff's Officer Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Injured 8: Prosecutor
DUI Essex County Sheriff's Officer Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Injured 8: Prosecutor An Essex County Sheriff's Officer has been charged in a 2022 wrong-way crash that left eight people injured, during which he had been under the influence, authorities in Hudson County said. Michael Johnson, 36, was under the influence when he drove a Jeep Cherokee east in the westbound lanes of the Route 280 entrance ramp near Harrison Avenue around 11:20 p.m. Saturday, June 4, 2022, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Johnson, of Irvington, struck a Chevy Traverse and a Nissan Rogue, leaving eight people injured, Suarez said. He was not on duty at the time of the crash. …
LEWDNESS: Homeless Hoboken Man Exposed Himself On Park Bench, Police Say LEWDNESS: Homeless Hoboken Man Exposed Himself On Park Bench, Police Say
Lewdness: Homeless Hoboken Man Exposed Himself On Park Bench, Police Say A 32-year-old homeless man was arrested after police said he exposed himself in a public park in Hoboken on Friday, Aug. 25. Wander Torres has been charged with committing lewdness at Church Square Park, a city spokeswoman said. Police were called to the area near Fifth Street and Park Avenue at 10:40 a.m. after someone called police saying a man was exposing himself near the park entrance. The caller pointed at the man, identified as Torres, to officers, police said. Torres initially refused to give his name to officers and made threats to the original caller, authorities said. Torr…
Teen Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting Of 25-Year-Old Man Teen Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting Of 25-Year-Old Man
Teen Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting Of 25-Year-Old Man Sylis Lopez, an 18-year-old Union City teenager was arrested and charged on Tuesday, August 22 as an accomplice in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old Jersey City man back in January, authorities said. At 9:35 p.m. on Jan. 29, Jersey City police responded to a report of shots fired at Summit Avenue and Polar Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Police found Rafael Gomez with a gunshot wound to the torso, Suarez said. Gomez was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Suarez said. Lopez was charged with murder as an accomplice, conspiracy to commit murder and…
Jersey City Man Charged With Assault After Car Crash: Prosecutors Jersey City Man Charged With Assault After Car Crash: Prosecutors
Jersey City Man Charged With Assault After Car Crash: Prosecutors A 45-year-old Jersey City man was arrested and charged after his vehicle struck another car at a high rate of speed, authorities said. Patrick Gapasin was traveling north on Routes 1 and 9 when his Infinity Q60 collided with a Honda Accord at 7:55 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22 at the Sip Avenue intersection, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The 60-year-old driver of the Honda Accord suffered multiple serious injuries, Suarez said. Gapasin was charged with aggravated assault and assault by auto, Suarez said. He was arrested at his residence and transported to the Hudson County Correcti…
Four Arrested After Fight With Hoboken Police: Authorities Four Arrested After Fight With Hoboken Police: Authorities
Four Arrested After Fight With Hoboken Police: Authorities Four people were arrested after a fight broke out with Hoboken police on Thursday, August 3, authorities said. At 10:57 p.m., police were called to the 400 block of Marshall Street, where they saw two people arguing nearby, Marilyn Baer, a spokeswoman for the City of Hoboken said. Officers saw 27-year-old Shakeila High strike another woman, Baer said. When officers attempted to place High under arrest, a large crowd began to fight with police, Baer said. Police called for additional units and Port Authority Police, New Jersey Transit Police, Weehawken Police and Stevens Institute of Technol…
Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (UPDATED) Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (UPDATED)
Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (Updated) This story has been updated: Ricky Rivera, 20-year-old Paterson resident was shot by Weehawken Police after hitting a police officer with a car on the early morning of Tuesday, August 1, authorities said. At 5 a.m. police were patrolling a neighborhood plagued by auto thefts, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. When police approached a suspicious vehicle parked in a driveway on Regency Place, Rivera fled the scene in the vehicle, striking an officer, Suarez said. A second officer discharged his weapon, Suarez said. Soon after, the man crashed his vehicle into an occupied Port Auth…
Union City Man Sexually Assaulted 4-Year-Old Boy: Prosecutors Union City Man Sexually Assaulted 4-Year-Old Boy: Prosecutors
Union City Man Sexually Assaulted 4-Year-Old Boy: Prosecutors A 35-year-old Union City man was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 4-year-old boy on Monday, July 31, authorities said. Jose Romero was arrested by the United States Marshal Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Romero is charged with aggravated sexual assault in the first degree and endangering the welfare of a child in the third degree, Suarez said. Romero lived at a home the victim frequented, Suarez said. Romero was transported to Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearan…
Holland Tunnel Driver With Loaded Gun, $17K Toll Debt Impersonated Officer: Port Authority PD Holland Tunnel Driver With Loaded Gun, $17K Toll Debt Impersonated Officer: Port Authority PD
Holland Tunnel Driver With Loaded Gun, $17K Toll Debt Impersonated Officer: Port Authority PD A woman who once made headlines for an alleged COVID scam was carrying a loaded gun -- and owed $17,000 in unpaid tolls -- when Port Authority police stopped her at the New Jersey end of the Holland Tunnel, Daily Voice has learned. Sharita T. Patterson, 36, of Brooklyn was stopped in Jersey City for having a bogus temporary Georgia license tag on her car just before noon Tuesday, July 25, said Port Authority Public Information Officer Lenis Valens. PAPD officers spotted the gun "in plain view" and seized it, Valens said. They also seized Patterson, a single mother of three who Valens said…
$74K Worth Of Fentanyl, Cocaine: Four Busted In Secaucus $74K Worth Of Fentanyl, Cocaine: Four Busted In Secaucus
$74K Worth Of Fentanyl, Cocaine: Four Busted In Secaucus Four people were arrested in Secaucus on Wednesday, July 19 and found with $74,000 worth of fentanyl and cocaine, authorities said. Franklin Rodriguez-Liberto, a 40-year-old Jersey City resident, Richard Pena-Rodriguez, a 37-year-old Union City resident, Steven Reyes, a 44-year-old North Bergen resident and Christopher Delacruz, a 24-year-old New York resident, were arrested, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The arrests come following an investigation that spanned April to July in which $65,000 worth of cocaine and $9,000 worth of fentanyl were seized,  The four were …
Man Sexually Assaulted Woman In Jersey City: Prosecutors Man Sexually Assaulted Woman In Jersey City: Prosecutors
Man Sexually Assaulted Woman In Jersey City: Prosecutors Vernard Doe, a 43-year-old man was arrested on Friday, July 14 for sexually assaulting a 29-year-old woman in June, prosecutors said. The sexual assault occurred inside a building on Martin Luther King Drive in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Doe was known to the victim, Suarez said.  Doe was charged with numerous counts of sexual assault and was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office in Secaucus. He was transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance on Wednesday, July 19.
18-Year-Old Girl Sexually Assaulted 13-Year-Old Boy At Weehawken High School: Prosecutors 18-Year-Old Girl Sexually Assaulted 13-Year-Old Boy At Weehawken High School: Prosecutors
18-Year-Old Girl Sexually Assaulted 13-Year-Old Boy At Weehawken High School: Prosecutors An 18-year-old girl was arrested and charged with committing sex crimes on an 13-year-old boy at Weehawken High School multiple times, authorities said. The girl, who is not being identified, was arrested on Tuesday, July 11, by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. She was charged with sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal sexual contact, Suarez said. She was arrested at her home in Weehawken and transported to Hudson County Correctional Facility pending her first court appearance, Suare…
North Bergen Teen Sexually Assaulted Child: Prosecutors North Bergen Teen Sexually Assaulted Child: Prosecutors
North Bergen Teen Sexually Assaulted Child: Prosecutors An 18-year-old North Bergen man was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl several times in May, authorities announced. Brandon Majano was arrested on Thursday, July 6 and charged with sexual assault in the second degree, endangering the welfare of a child and possession of child sex abuse material, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Majano was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance next week, Suarez said. 
Trio Charged With 2022 Bayonne Murder: Prosecutors Trio Charged With 2022 Bayonne Murder: Prosecutors
Trio Charged With 2022 Bayonne Murder: Prosecutors Three people have been charged in the shooting death of a man in Bayonne in July 2022, authorities said. Mitchell Watson, 22, Hafis Jackson, 20, both Salem residents and Daynajah Payne, a 24-year-old Irvington resident were charged with the murder of Damoi Davauni Campbell, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  On the early morning of July 27, Bayonne Police received a report of shots fired in the area of 21st Street and Avenue A, Suarez said. Upon arrival, they found Campbell inside a vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds, Suarez said. Campbell was pronounced dead at the scene…
MURDER: Trio Charged In Quintuple Jersey City Shooting MURDER: Trio Charged In Quintuple Jersey City Shooting
Murder: Trio Charged In Quintuple Jersey City Shooting Three men have been charged with murder in a 2020 shooting that wounded four men and left one dead in Jersey City, authorities said. Lamont Wiggins, 25, Sheldon Mays, 23 and Jermaine Jennings, 22, were charged with murder in the first degree, multiple counts of attempted murder, and various weapons charges in connection with the June 2020 incident on Union Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Jersey City officers responding to the scene between Martin Luther King Drive and Ocean Avenue and found multiple victims, including city resident Scott Colclough, Suarez said. Th…
Hoboken Man Sold $10K Worth Of Cocaine To Undercover Cop: Prosecutors Hoboken Man Sold $10K Worth Of Cocaine To Undercover Cop: Prosecutors
Hoboken Man Sold $10K Worth Of Cocaine To Undercover Cop: Prosecutors A 41-year-old Hoboken man was arrested on Thursday, June 29 after he sold cocaine to an undercover cop, authorities said. Gustavo Santos sold cocaine to an undercover officer multiple times Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. In total, Santos sold more than 6 oz. of cocaine to the officer, valued at $10,000 Suarez said.  Santos was charged with 11 counts of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine to an undercover police officer. He was also charged with being a fugitive of justice from New York City, Suarez said.  He was transported to Hudson County Correctional…
Man Sexually Assaulted Woman At North Bergen Motel: Prosecutors Man Sexually Assaulted Woman At North Bergen Motel: Prosecutors
Man Sexually Assaulted Woman At North Bergen Motel: Prosecutors A 22-year-old West New York man was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a woman at a motel in North Bergen, authorities said. On Sunday June 4, Emil Figueroa-Blanco met a 22-year-old woman through acquaintances in the hours leading up to the assault at a motel on Tonnele Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Figueroa-Blanco was charged with aggravated sexual assault in the first degree, Suarez said. He was arrested at the Hudson County Correctional Facility on Wednesday, June 28, where he was being detained on an unrelated matter, Suarez said. He remains in cu…