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Jersey City Man Wrongly Serving 30 Years For Mugging Victim's Murder Cleared After 16 Years Jersey City Man Wrongly Serving 30 Years For Mugging Victim's Murder Cleared After 16 Years
Jersey City Man Wrongly Serving 30 Years For Mugging Victim's Murder Cleared After 16 Years A Jersey City man serving a 30-year prison sentence for killing an elderly mugging victim in 2003 was released after state authorities re-examined the circumstances of his conviction. Dion Miller, 54, was released on Thursday, July 27, after 16 years behind bars thanks to a re-investigation that he requested from one of the nation’s first statewide conviction review units. Jurors in Jersey City had convicted Miller in 2007 of felony murder, robbery and weapons offenses in the death of 74-year-old Romeo Cavero outside a Van Nostrand Avenue senior citizens’ building in January 2003. Cavero w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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BODY DISCOVERY: Jersey City Man's Death Probed As Homicide, Prosecutor Says BODY DISCOVERY: Jersey City Man's Death Probed As Homicide, Prosecutor Says
Body Discovery: Jersey City Man's Death Probed As Homicide, Prosecutor Says The death of a 57-year-old Jersey City man is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said. The unidentified victim was found lifeless at a home on Van Nostrand Avenue by an individual who called 911 on Wednesday, Feb. 9 around 2:45 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. At approximately 4:40 p.m., the Jersey City Police Department requested that the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit assist in the investigation. The cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The Hud…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SAME NIGHT, DIFFERENT INCIDENTS: One Shot, Two Arrested, Guns Recovered In Jersey City SAME NIGHT, DIFFERENT INCIDENTS: One Shot, Two Arrested, Guns Recovered In Jersey City
Same Night, Different Incidents: One Shot, Two Arrested, Guns Recovered In Jersey City One person was shot, two guns were recovered and two people were arrested just hours apartment in three separate Jersey City incidents. Officers with the Jersey City Police Department arrested a 17-year-old boy at the Booker T. Washington housing complex on a complaint of drug dealing around 6:20 p.m. Sunday, NJ.com reports. The boy fled the scene upon police contact but was promptly apprehended and charged with possession of a firearm by a minor, possession of a prohibited weapon, unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and resisting arrest, the art…

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by Valerie Musson