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Details Released In Police Involved Shooting July 4th In Union City Details Released In Police Involved Shooting July 4th In Union City
Details Released In Police Involved Shooting July 4th In Union City A 58-year-old stabbing suspect was hospitalized after being shot by police responding to the incident in Hudson County July Fourth, police said. Jesus Suazo hurt the victim during an argument before police were flagged down on 23rd Street and Bergenline Avenue in Union City around 7:50 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. An officer fired his service weapon during the encounter, striking Suazo, who was hospitalized and in stable condition as of Wednesday, Suarez said. The victim wounded by Suazo suffered non life-threatening injuries, police said. Suazo was charged with …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave
Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave A 13-year Port Authority police veteran illegally milked a paid medical leave by submitting bogus records, authorities charged. Marie Paz, 43, was charged with two counts of forgery before being released pending a May 13 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Paz, of Woodhaven, Queens, "submitted falsified medical records to her employer to receive additional paid medical leave," Suarez said on Friday, April 29. The prosecutor credited her office's Public Integrity Unit and the Port Authority of New York and New Je…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hudson County Corrections Officer Faked Medical Records For Extra Paid Leave, Prosecutor Says Hudson County Corrections Officer Faked Medical Records For Extra Paid Leave, Prosecutor Says
Hudson County Corrections Officer Faked Medical Records For Extra Paid Leave, Prosecutor Says A Hudson County correctional police officer faked medical records in order to get extra paid leave from his employer, authorities charged. Marko Nakhla, 34, was arrested on Wednesday, April 13, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. An investigation by the prosecutor’s office Public Integrity Unit found that Nakhla, of Bayonne, submitted falsified records to his employer to receive additional paid medical leave, Suarez said. Nakhla was charged with forgery and released following his arrest at the Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City. He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, Ma…

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by Valerie Musson
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Hudson Prosecutor: Cash Recovered During Investigations Goes Missing Hudson Prosecutor: Cash Recovered During Investigations Goes Missing
Hudson Prosecutor: Cash Recovered During Investigations Goes Missing An internal affairs investigation has been launched at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office after cash recovered in several different cases went missing, authorities announced Tuesday. All of the missing cash had been recovered from scenes and was being temporarily held for safekeeping, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  The money was kept in temporary storage in locked safes at the Prosecutor’s Office with limited access by investigative staff. The Prosecutor’s Office Public Integrity Unit, Internal Affairs Section, will be conducting the investigation.  The New Jer…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Union City Officer From Clifton Gave Police Database Info To 'Criminal Enterprise' Prosecutor: Union City Officer From Clifton Gave Police Database Info To 'Criminal Enterprise'
Prosecutor: Union City Officer From Clifton Gave Police Database Info To 'Criminal Enterprise' A Union City officer surrendered to authorities after accessing the police database then giving information to a criminal enterprise, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Friday. Weslley Hernandez, 29, of Clifton, accessed the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Database on multiple occasions in June of last year to obtain information "for purposes other than those authorized by his employment as a police officer," Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. “When it was brought to our attention that an officer from an unknown jurisdiction may be using his position to p…

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by Cecilia Levine