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18-Year-Old Shot In Head By Boy In Jersey City: Prosecutor 18-Year-Old Shot In Head By Boy In Jersey City: Prosecutor
18-Year-Old Shot In Head By Boy In Jersey City: Prosecutor A 17-year-old Jersey City boy was charged on Wednesday, Dec. 27 with fatally shooting an 18-year-old last week, authorities said. Angel Guzman, a Jersey City resident, arrived at Jersey City Medical Center in a private vehicle with a gunshot wound to the upper body around 2:20 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was pronounced dead shortly before 4 p.m., Suarez said.  An investigation revealed Guzman was shot in the head inside a residence on Ocean Avenue in Jersey City, Suarez said. The 17-year-old was charged as a juvenile with aggravated manslaug…

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by Sam Barron
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$50K Lotto Ticket Sold In Hudson County $50K Lotto Ticket Sold In Hudson County
$50K Lotto Ticket Sold In Hudson County One of three Powerball tickets good for $50,000 was sold in Hudson County. The ticket from the Saturday, Sept. 30 drawing was sold at J & L $.99 Cents & Up on Ocean Avenue in Jersey City. The winning numbers were 19, 30, 37, 44, and 46. The red Powerball drawn was 02 and the Power Play was 2x. The other two winning tickets were sold in Morris and Monmouth counties.

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by Sam Barron
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Member Of Notorious Jersey City Street Gang Gets 7½ Years, No Parole, In Stabbing Member Of Notorious Jersey City Street Gang Gets 7½ Years, No Parole, In Stabbing
Member Of Notorious Jersey City Street Gang Gets 7½ Years, No Parole, In Stabbing UPDATE: A member of a ruthless Jersey City street gang must spend the next 7½ years in federal prison for stabbing a rival during an ambush. Sheldon “Thottie” Mays, 23, was among eight members of a street gang at the Curries Woods public housing complex in Greenville who rolled up on the victim in two vehicles, seeking revenge for a previous incident, as he walked down a city street in August 2020. The Tay Tay Shrimp Gang members parked in the middle of the street, hopped out and descended on the victim. They were punching and kicking him, authorities said, when Mays stabbed him, infli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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…

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by Sam Barron
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GOTCHA! Jersey City Driver Who Fled Palisades Parkway Stop Caught With Ghost Gun, Ammo: PIP PD GOTCHA! Jersey City Driver Who Fled Palisades Parkway Stop Caught With Ghost Gun, Ammo: PIP PD
Gotcha! Jersey City Driver Who Fled Palisades Parkway Stop Caught With Ghost Gun, Ammo: PIP PD A speeding Jersey City driver eluded Palisades Interstate Parkway police before an officer caught him with a ghost gun, a high-capacity magazine and hollow-point bullets when he tried to do it again, authorities said. PIP Police Officer Gabriel Roldan pulled back rather than pursue a black Hyundai Palisade whose driver recklessly swerved in and out of traffic to elude him just after noon on Monday, Jan. 23, Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. Roldan tossed the information to PIP detectives, who traced a fictitious plate on the SUV to an Ocean Avenue address in Jersey City, the lieutenant said. Fur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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US Marshals Nab DWI Jersey City Driver In Triple Pedestrian Strike: Prosecutor US Marshals Nab DWI Jersey City Driver In Triple Pedestrian Strike: Prosecutor
US Marshals Nab DWI Jersey City Driver In Triple Pedestrian Strike: Prosecutor A 27-year-old Jersey City woman was arrested by members of the US Marshals Service in connection with an August 2021 crash that left three pedestrians seriously injured, authorities said. Feds arrested Michelle Graham at her Jersey City home on three counts of vehicular assault and related charges, said Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez in a statement Thursday, Jan. 12.  Investigators say Graham was driving on the 600 block of Ocean Avenue in Bergen-Lafayette at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2021 when she struck three people — a 51-year-old man, a 28-year-old woman, and a 26-year-old …

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by Mac Bullock
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One Defendant Sentenced, Another To Be Retried In Hudson County Killing One Defendant Sentenced, Another To Be Retried In Hudson County Killing
One Defendant Sentenced, Another To Be Retried In Hudson County Killing A 24-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced to prison while his co-defendant will be retried in a 2018 killing of a Bayonne man, authorities announced. James Crawford, 24, was sentenced by Hudson County Superior Court Judge Angelo Servidio to 30 years in New Jersey State Prison without parole, for his role in the Sept. 4, 2018 killing of Eric Crocker, 23, in Jersey City, Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The jury was hung on the Conspiracy to Commit Murder charge against Crawford and could not reach a unanimous decision on the Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder charges brought against code…

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by Cecilia Levine
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FBI Makes Arrest In Jersey City Gang War FBI Makes Arrest In Jersey City Gang War
FBI Makes Arrest In Jersey City Gang War An ongoing gang war in Jersey City led to the arrest by federal authorities of a man accused in one shooting and implicated in another. Shamar Bey, 29, a reputed member of the SaLaf gang, opened fire at a gas station at Gates Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard after following a rival from Ocean and Neptune avenues on June 19, 2020, an FBI complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark says. A city surveillance camera helped identify him, the FBI said. Less than 24 hours after that shooting, three people entered the Salem-Lafayette housing project -- where SaLaf operates -- and shot into a cr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Mom Haunted By Face Of Drunk Driver Who Crushed Both Her Legs NJ Mom Haunted By Face Of Drunk Driver Who Crushed Both Her Legs
NJ Mom Haunted By Face Of Drunk Driver Who Crushed Both Her Legs Adrianna Lopez remembers everything about the crash -- not that she wants to. Lopez was visiting her boyfriend's sister and her boyfriend on Ocean Avenue in Jersey City earlier this month when she spotted the 2019 Toyota Corolla heading right for them and her 2-year-old daughter. With no time to think, the 26-year-old mom pushed her toddler out of the way. Everyone's lives were spared, but both of Lopez's legs were crushed. One was damaged so badly that amputation has been discussed, according to a GoFundMe campaign. "She has already undergone numerous procedures," it says. Lopez h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Driver Was Drinking When She Ran Red Light, Hit 3 Pedestrians In Jersey City Prosecutor: Driver Was Drinking When She Ran Red Light, Hit 3 Pedestrians In Jersey City
Prosecutor: Driver Was Drinking When She Ran Red Light, Hit 3 Pedestrians In Jersey City A woman who struck and injured three pedestrians in Jersey City was charged with driving while intoxicated, authorities announced. Michelle Graham, 25, ran a red light in her 2019 Toyota Corolla and drove onto the sidewalk of Ocean Avenue between Claremont and Orient Avenues Friday around 5:30 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. All three pedestrians – a 51-year-old male, a 28-year-old female and a 26-year-old female – were transported to the Jersey City Medical Center for their injuries. Graham was also transported to the JCMC on a complaint of pain. Graham was issued …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Arrest Warrant Issued For Driver In Connection With Serious Jersey City Hit-Run Crash Arrest Warrant Issued For Driver In Connection With Serious Jersey City Hit-Run Crash
Arrest Warrant Issued For Driver In Connection With Serious Jersey City Hit-Run Crash Authorities are on the lookout for a 42-year-old driver wanted in a crash that seriously injured a 26-year-old woman New Year's Day in Jersey City. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Asim Murrell, who is believed to have been behind the wheel of a Cadillac Escalade that struck the woman in the northbound lane of Ocean Avenue near Warner Avenue around 1 a.m. Jan. 1, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The woman was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center where she was treated for multiple, serious injuries, as Murrell, of Jersey City, fled the scene, Suarez said.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Woman, 26, Seriously Injured In New Year's Hit-Run Crash Jersey City Woman, 26, Seriously Injured In New Year's Hit-Run Crash
Jersey City Woman, 26, Seriously Injured In New Year's Hit-Run Crash A 26-year-old woman was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash New Year's Eve in Jersey City. The woman was in the northbound lane of Ocean Avenue approaching a parked car when she was struck by a northbound black Cadillac Escalade around 1 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. She was taken to the Jersey City Medical Center, where she was treated for multiple injuries and listed in stable condition as of Monday afternoon. The Escalade continued driving, Suarez said. The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit is actively investigating the cr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Man Charged With Sexual Assaulting Girl, 14 Jersey City Man Charged With Sexual Assaulting Girl, 14
Jersey City Man Charged With Sexual Assaulting Girl, 14 A Jersey City man has been charged in a 2018 sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl, authorities said Saturday. Darious Dickey, 21, sexually assaulted the teen in an Ocean Avenue building on Feb. 17, 2018, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was arrested without incident at the prosecutor’s office in Jersey City Friday, Oct. 9, around 12:40 p.m., Suarez said. Dickey was being held in the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny pending a first court appearance. He was charged with child endangerment, sexual assault and criminal sexual contact.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Use Of Force By Jersey City Police Breaking Up Massive Street Fight Deemed Justified Use Of Force By Jersey City Police Breaking Up Massive Street Fight Deemed Justified
Use Of Force By Jersey City Police Breaking Up Massive Street Fight Deemed Justified The use of force by Jersey City police officers breaking up a massive street fight in May has been deemed justified, authorities in Hudson County announced Wednesday. Multiple 9-1-1 callers reported 20 to 100 people screaming, punching and kicking in a street fight that broke out on Bostwick Avenue between  Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Ocean Avenue just after 5:15 p.m. on May 5, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. This incident that quickly went viral on social media occurred during the Executive Order signed by Gov. Phil Murphy that required people to stay home and socia…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Electric Scooter Rider, 48, Struck, Killed By SUV In Jersey City Electric Scooter Rider, 48, Struck, Killed By SUV In Jersey City
Electric Scooter Rider, 48, Struck, Killed By SUV In Jersey City A 48-year-old man riding an electric scooter died after being struck by an SUV in Jersey City, authorities said. The rider was struck by a 56-year-old woman driving a Nissan Rogue on the 700 block of Ocean Avenue around 4:20 p.m., Jersey City officials said. The victim was transported to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. The Nissan driver had not been charged as of Friday. The identities of the victim and driver were not released.

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOW ANYTHING? Woman, 22, Shot Dead In Jersey City Apartment KNOW ANYTHING? Woman, 22, Shot Dead In Jersey City Apartment
Know Anything? Woman, 22, Shot Dead In Jersey City Apartment Authorities are seeking the public's help in the investigation of a Jersey City shooting that killed a 22-year-old woman. Francis Villa was found lifeless with a gunshot wound in a Forrest Street apartment between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Ocean Avenue around 6 p.m. Monday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Villa was pronounced dead at the scene by a Jersey City Medical Center doctor minutes later, Suarez said. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the upper body and the manner of death remains pending with the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: One Dead, Four Injured In Jersey City Weekend Shooting Prosecutor: One Dead, Four Injured In Jersey City Weekend Shooting
Prosecutor: One Dead, Four Injured In Jersey City Weekend Shooting One man was killed and four others injured in a Jersey City shooting over the weekend, authorities said. A man later identified as Scott Colclough, 34, of Jersey City was found with several gunshot wounds near Union Street between Martin Luther King Drive and Ocean Avenue around 12:20 a.m. Saturday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Colclough was transported to Jersey City Medical Center and pronounced dead just after 12:35 a.m., authorities said. Four other men were also transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds, authorities said. This investigation is ong…

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by Valerie Musson
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Second Man Charged With Murder In Jersey City Shooting Second Man Charged With Murder In Jersey City Shooting
Second Man Charged With Murder In Jersey City Shooting A second man has been arrested in charged in the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old Jersey City resident after the first suspect turned himself in, authorities said. Tyree Witherspoon, 28, of Jersey City, was arrested on Stevens Avenue without incident Friday in connection with the April 4 killing of Akim Ward, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Devon Tutten, 23, turned himself into the Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit on Duncan Avenue and arrested Monday, May 4, Suarez said. Witherspoon was arrested on murder and weapons offenses, Suarez said. He was transported to the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Man Surrenders Month After Fatal Shooting, Charged With Homicide Jersey City Man Surrenders Month After Fatal Shooting, Charged With Homicide
Jersey City Man Surrenders Month After Fatal Shooting, Charged With Homicide A Jersey City man was charged with murder after turning himself in to law enforcement a month after a fatal shooting, authorities said. Jersey City police responding to a report of shots fired near Ocean Avenue between Bidwell and Bayview avenues found Akim Ward, 21, with gunshot wounds to his upper body April 4 around 3:15 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Ward was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead just after 3:30 p.m. The cause of death was determined to be gunshot wounds and the manner of death was determined t…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities: Woman, 37, Sexually Assaulted At Knifepoint In Jersey City Authorities: Woman, 37, Sexually Assaulted At Knifepoint In Jersey City
Authorities: Woman, 37, Sexually Assaulted At Knifepoint In Jersey City A 37-year-old woman was hospitalized after being sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Jersey City, authorities said. The woman was treated at Christ Hospital after the incident, which happened at Warner and Ocean avenues around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. No arrests had been made as of Tuesday afternoon. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915- 1234 or to leave an anonymous tip here.  All information will be kept confidential.

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by Cecilia Levine