Drizzle Fog/Mist 45°
Tag:

Merseles Street, Jersey City, NJ

Police & Fire
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.

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Man Kills Wife In Jersey City, Flees To Pennsylvania: Prosecutor Man Kills Wife In Jersey City, Flees To Pennsylvania: Prosecutor
Man Kills Wife In Jersey City, Flees To Pennsylvania: Prosecutor A Jersey City man shot dead his schoolteacher wife and fled to Pennsylvania, authorities believe.  Lucas Cooper, 39, is being held in Bethlehem, PA, on charges of murder, weapon possession, and child endangerment, said Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez in a statement Tuesday, Jan. 24.  Jersey City police were dispatched to Cooper's home on the 300 block of Bergen Avenue at 7 a.m. on Tuesday for a reported shooting in progress, officials said.  There, they found 35-year-old Temara King suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was rushed to the hospital where medical s…

SHARE

by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: DWI Driver Charged In Deadly Crash That Killed Passenger In Jersey City Prosecutor: DWI Driver Charged In Deadly Crash That Killed Passenger In Jersey City
Prosecutor: DWI Driver Charged In Deadly Crash That Killed Passenger In Jersey City Authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a driver involved in a crash that left his 30-year-old passenger dead in Jersey City last February. Jose Colon, 31, was heading west on Columbus Drive  approaching the roadway split when his vehicle, a 1996 Honda Civic, struck the attenuator- protected guard rail around 3:30 a.m. on Feb. 28, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. HIs passenger, Jesus Gonzalez, was found dead at the scene near the Merseles Street split, Suarez said. Colon was taken to Jersey City Medical Center in critical condition. He surrendered to aut…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine