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Four Firefighters Injured In Four-Alarm Jersey City Fire (UPDATE) Four Firefighters Injured In Four-Alarm Jersey City Fire (UPDATE)
Four Firefighters Injured In Four-Alarm Jersey City Fire (Update) Four firefighters were injured after a four-alarm blaze broke out in a vacant building in Jersey City on Tuesday, May 30, authorities said. The fire began at 234 Montgomery St. before spreading to 236 Montgomery St., Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office said.  The firefighters suffered non-life threatening injuries when stairs collapsed and were all taken to a local hospital, Scalcione said. Five people, four adults and one child, were displaced and are being tended to by the Red Cross The Public Safety Department is requesting people avoid the area. Due t…

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by Sam Barron
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Body Found On 440 ID'd As Missing Woman Body Found On 440 ID'd As Missing Woman
Body Found On 440 ID'd As Missing Woman The body found on Route 440 on the Jersey City-Bayonne border on Wednesday, May 17, has been identified as Norelis Mendoza, who has been missing last week, authorities announced. Mendoza, a 32-year-old Lindenwold mom, had been last seen in Jersey City on Saturday, May 13,Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Norelis MendozaJersey City Police Police in Jersey City had said she was last spotted at her mother's house on Montgomery Street and Monmouth Street. Suarez said her death is considered suspicious. A cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the medical examiner…

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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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Fleeing Suspects Hit, Critically Injure Woman In Jersey City: Prosecutor Fleeing Suspects Hit, Critically Injure Woman In Jersey City: Prosecutor
Fleeing Suspects Hit, Critically Injure Woman In Jersey City: Prosecutor Two Jersey City men face several charges for fleeing a traffic stop Monday and striking a woman, leaving her in critical condition, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said.  Police pulled over a 2018 Nissan Rogue around 10:30 a.m. on Sterling Avenue in Jersey City. The driver, 22-year-old Daquan Edwards, and the passenger Nicholas Williams, jumped out of the car and ran, according to police.  With a police officer chasing them on foot, the men jumped into a 2005 Infiniti and took off, authorities said. The car, which police said was not stolen, struck the 22-year-old victim at …

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by Paul Milo