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Jersey City Triple Shooting: One Dead, Two Wounded, Gunmen Flee Jersey City Triple Shooting: One Dead, Two Wounded, Gunmen Flee
Jersey City Shooting Murder Guns JC Homicie A man was shot and killed and two other people wounded in the Heights section of Jersey City, authorities confirmed. Witnesses reported seeing two gunmen flee east on Bowers Street following the shooting on Central Avenue around 9 p.m. Sunday, April 7. Freddie Posey, 25, of Jersey City, was pronounced dead shortly after 9:30 p.m. at Jersey City Medical Center, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. A 30-year-old Jersey City female who also was brought to the hospital in an ambulance was treated for a gunshot would in the leg, responders said. A third victim, a 24-year-old Jerse…
18-Year-Old Shot In Montclair: PD 18-Year-Old Shot In Montclair: PD
18-Year-Old Shot In Montclair: PD An 18-year-old Bloomfield resident is in stable condition after he was shot in Montclair on Monday, April 1, authorities said. At 9:56 p.m., officers responded to Maple Avenue and Woodland Avenue on a report of shots fired, Montclair Police said. Police observed two men running into a vehicle parked on Woodland Avenue, officers said. After stopping the vehicle, police spotted the 18-year-old in the passenger seat with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, officers said. Two other men in the vehicle were not injured, police said. The 18-year-old was treated on scene by Montclair EMS and was trans…
Paradise Turns Nightmare For Jersey City Grandmother Brutally Attacked In Turks And Caicos Paradise Turns Nightmare For Jersey City Grandmother Brutally Attacked In Turks And Caicos
Paradise Turns Nightmare For Jersey City Grandmother Brutally Attacked In Turks And Caicos A Jersey City woman says she was attacked by a man claiming to be a taxi driver during a trip to Turks and Caicos is sharing her story. "What seemed like a place of paradise on my last day turned into a complete nightmare," wrote Sue Ramos on a GoFundMe set up for her recovery.  The Jersey City mom was at a bar and looking for a ride back to her hotel on early March 10, the day before she was set to fly back, Ramos tells Daily Voice. There were no taxis available and the island does not have Ubers, but one of the bartenders' friends said he was a taxi driver, and offered to bring her …
Bergen County High School Footballer Stabbed Dead, Brother Wounded In NYC Bergen County High School Footballer Stabbed Dead, Brother Wounded In NYC
Bergen County High School Footballer Stabbed Dead, Brother Wounded In NYC UPDATE: A surveillance camera recorded a Long Island man stabbing a 17-year-old St. Joseph Regional High School football player dead and slashing his older brother during a fight in downtown Manhattan on Thanksgiving, city authorities revealed. An autopsy revealed that a 6-inch stab wound pierced the heart of Rocco Rodden in front of an ax-throwing bar on Lafayette Street around 1:50 a.m., Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eun Bi Kim said on Saturday, Nov. 25. The accused killer, Gianluca Bordone, 19, of Oyster Bay, was wearing a black sweatshirt with the word "courage" on the back when…
Three-Time NJ Bank Robber Who Held Up Cellphone Store After Release Gets 27½ Years This Time Three-Time NJ Bank Robber Who Held Up Cellphone Store After Release Gets 27½ Years This Time
Three-Time NJ Bank Robber Who Held Up Cellphone Store After Release Gets 27½ Years This Time An ex-con from Essex County who robbed an East Orange cellphone store after he'd just served 13½ years for holding up banks in Fair Lawn, Clifton and Belleville is headed back to federal prison for more than twice as much time. Kenneth Graham, who has diabetes, received a “compassionate release” into home confinement in November 2020 after serving 13½ years of a 17-year sentence for the trio of bank holdups. Graham, 50, of Newark, had been free all of two months, authorities said, when he walked into a Boost Mobile store in downtown East Orange and announced a robbery in the middle of the a…
Four Injured, One Critical, In Paterson Hammer Attack: Responders Four Injured, One Critical, In Paterson Hammer Attack: Responders
Four Injured, One Critical, In Paterson Hammer Attack: Responders Four people were reportedly injured -- one critically -- in an overnight hammer attack in Paterson, responders said. There were extremely few initial details from the incident on the Oliver Street approach to Route 19 around 3:30 a.m. Monday, May 22. More detailed information was expected by early afternoon. Investigators focused on a house at the bend in the road after the Ward Street split, across the highway from Marshall Street.  The incident occurred up the block from this grocery store at the corner of Mill and Oliver streets in Paterson before dawn Monday, May 22.Kyle Mazza/UNF …
Five Charged With Posing As FBI Agents In Bergen County Home Invasion, Shooting Five Charged With Posing As FBI Agents In Bergen County Home Invasion, Shooting
Five Charged With Posing As FBI Agents In Bergen County Home Invasion, Shooting UPDATE: Authorities in Georgia captured five men accused of shooting a Bergen County resident while posing as FBI agents during a summer home invasion. The 60-something victim survived the July 7 shooting in Cresskill’s East Hill neighborhood, which multiple sources told Daily Voice occurred after the robbers followed him home from a cash business. An intense five-month investigation led to a series of raids and arrests in Georgia on Tuesday, Dec. 13, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. “Multiple handguns, long guns and ballistic armor were recovered” during the raids, the pro…
ARMED ROBBERY RAMPAGE: Federal Judge Orders Passaic County Pair Held ARMED ROBBERY RAMPAGE: Federal Judge Orders Passaic County Pair Held
Armed Robbery Rampage: Federal Judge Orders Passaic County Pair Held Two Paterson men who were captured following a terrifying armed robbery rampage must remain in custody, a federal judge in Newark ordered. Carlos Diaz and Edward Porter and an unidentified third bandit menaced customers with handguns, ordering them to lie on the floor, while robbed a Passaic bodega this past Aug. 22, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. The pair, both 30, then robbed a Passaic liquor store of several thousand dollars at gunpoint -- with Porter pistol-whipping a victim, the U.S. attorney said. Later that night, they robbed another business, where Porter "pushed one vict…
Sniper Kendall Howard Accused Of Shooting 2 Newark Officers Captured After Manhunt: Sources Sniper Kendall Howard Accused Of Shooting 2 Newark Officers Captured After Manhunt: Sources
Sniper Kendall Howard Accused Of Shooting 2 Newark Officers Captured After Manhunt: Sources UPDATE: Kendall Howard, the accused East Orange sniper wanted for shooting two Newark police officers, has been captured after a massive search, sources tell Daily Voice. Howard was arrested Wednesday morning by Newark police on two attempted murder charges, sources with direct knowledge of the incident say. Details surrounding his arrest were not immediately clear. Howard had been wanted in connection with another shooting from last Friday when police received a 911 call from a civilian who reported seeing him in the area of an apartment building at 25 Van Velsor Place, authorities said. …
Teen Stabbing Suspects Lead Pursuit Across Union County In Stolen Car: Police Teen Stabbing Suspects Lead Pursuit Across Union County In Stolen Car: Police
Teen Stabbing Suspects Lead Pursuit Across Union County In Stolen Car: Police Three 16-year-old boys led a police pursuit in a stolen car after a 19-year-old man was stabbed in Linden Friday, Oct. 7, authorities said. The incident happened around 2:15 p.m. on the 400 block of N. Wood Avenue, Linden police said. The victim, of Elizabeth, was treated on scene then taken to Newark University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, as the others fled, police said. The suspect vehicle, a black 2011 Lincoln MKS stolen out of Beechwood, led a brief pursuit into Roselle, authorities said. The vehicle stopped suddenly on the 100 block of E 10th St and the suspects …
'Armed, Dangerous' Fugitive Wanted For Shooting GF In Texas Captured At GWB 'Armed, Dangerous' Fugitive Wanted For Shooting GF In Texas Captured At GWB
'Armed, Dangerous' Fugitive Wanted For Shooting GF In Texas Captured At GWB An armed fugitive who fled Texas to New York City after shooting his girlfriend was captured by Bergen County detectives at the entrance to the lower level of the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. Dwayne Kevin Sharlow, 55, was swiftly scooped up by Narcotic Task Force members who stopped his rented car at 1:52 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed Monday. They were assisted by a Bergen County Regional SWAT Team, he said. Sharlow, of Prosper, TX, had apparently come up Route 95, headed for New York City, authorities said. The victim survived after …
'Sock Brick' Assault Suspect Wanted Out Of Newark 'Sock Brick' Assault Suspect Wanted Out Of Newark
'Sock Brick' Assault Suspect Wanted Out Of Newark Authorities in Newark are seeking the person who hurled a brick inside of a sock at a victim, who then was threatened with a handgun flashed from inside a vehicle, they said. The incident occurred around 6:10 p.m. near Lyons Avenue and Osborne Terrace during an argument Wednesday, Aug. 10, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. The victim entered her vehicle and was followed by the suspects, who got into a black Cadillac with a New Jersey temporary registration of X471325. The back-seat passenger, inside the suspect vehicle, then pointed a handgun at the victim through an o…
US Marshals Nab 1,500 Violent Fugitives In 'Operation North Star' US Marshals Nab 1,500 Violent Fugitives In 'Operation North Star'
US Marshals Nab 1,500 Violent Fugitives In 'Operation North Star' More than 1,500 fugitives were captured by US Marshals in a 30-day initiative across several major US cities. The fugitives busted in Operation North Star (ONS) include violent criminals, sex offenders, and self-identified gang members in Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., the agency said. Operation North StarUS Marshals Service Operation North Star focused on fugitives wanted for the most serious, violent, and harmful offenses, including homicide, sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated assault…
Paterson Detectives Nab Fleeing Teen With Gun Paterson Detectives Nab Fleeing Teen With Gun
Paterson Detectives Nab Fleeing Teen With Gun Paterson police detectives quickly chased down a 17-year-old East Orange resident who they said was carrying a handgun. Detectives Luis Roca, Joseph Aboyoun, Brian Culmone, John Traynor and Kenneth Kerwin were on a special detail focusing on reducing violent crime, quality of life offenses and weapons incidents when they spotted the teen at the corner of Union Avenue and Jasper Street over the Memorial Day weekend. Seeing them headed his way, the teen took off on foot down Jasper Street, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Gary grabbed the .45-caliber Interarms semi-automatic handg…
Carjackers With Guns, Knives Drag Out Driver, Steal SUV, New Milford Motorist Tells Teaneck PD Carjackers With Guns, Knives Drag Out Driver, Steal SUV, New Milford Motorist Tells Teaneck PD
Carjackers With Guns, Knives Drag Out Driver, Steal SUV, New Milford Motorist Tells Teaneck PD A group of robbers armed with guns and knives carjacked an 18-year-old New Milford driver in Teaneck, cutting him on the cheek before speeding off in his SUV toward New York City, the purported victim told police. The driver -- who suffered a deep gash that ran from his temple to his jawline -- told police he'd been out with friends Sunday night in Queens and noticed a vehicle following him across the Whitestone Bridge. He got onto westbound Route 4 with the vehicle still behind, he said, then exited at Hackensack Avenue and headed up New Bridge Avenue to Boulevard with the intention of goi…
America's Most Dangerous Cities List Cites Paterson, Trenton, Camden America's Most Dangerous Cities List Cites Paterson, Trenton, Camden
America's Most Dangerous Cities List Cites Paterson, Trenton, Camden Among the abundance of hyperlocal real estate sites that look to lure customers by rating locations is one that includes Camden, Trenton and Paterson among the 100 most dangerous cities in the United States. NeighborhoodScout.com uses the violent crime rate per 1,000 residents as its criteria to determine how likely you are to become a victim in each particular city. It then shows the safest neighborhoods around those urban areas. The worst for this year, it says, is Monroe, LA, with a crime rate of 29.4 per 1,000 residents, giving citizens a 1 in 34 chance of becoming a victim. Bunched b…
Blood Trail From Stabbing Over Parking Spot Leads To Clifton Ex-Con, Police Say Blood Trail From Stabbing Over Parking Spot Leads To Clifton Ex-Con, Police Say
Blood Trail From Stabbing Over Parking Spot Leads To Clifton Ex-Con, Police Say Police who followed a blood trail after a 21-year-old Clifton man was stabbed in the back during a fight over a parking spot identified his assailant as an ex-con who’s already spent several years in prison for a series of violent crimes. Officers followed a blood trail along Van Winkle Avenue toward Passaic after responding to the 9 p.m. stabbing near Lake Avenue, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. They were quickly joined by a K9 team and crime scene detectives from the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, he said. The officers began reviewing surveillance video along the trail and saw …
UPDATE: HUMC Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack UPDATE: HUMC Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack
Update: Humc Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees we…
Pagans Shoot At Hells Angel On NJ Turnpike After Baseball Bat Bar Brawl, Feds Charge Pagans Shoot At Hells Angel On NJ Turnpike After Baseball Bat Bar Brawl, Feds Charge
Pagans Shoot At Hells Angel On NJ Turnpike After Baseball Bat Bar Brawl, Feds Charge Two high-ranking members of the Pagans who were beaten with baseball bats in a barroom brawl sought revenge by shooting at one of the Hells Angels on the New Jersey Turnpike, federal authorities charged. Larry "Savage" Ortiz, 31, of Elizabeth, and Junius "Jayo" Aquino, aka 38, of Vauxhall, were in a Verona bar when they were attacked on Oct. 21, 2020, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. A week later, the pair shot at an associate of the rival biker gang "in retaliation for the Verona assault," an indictment returned by a grand jury in Newark charges. The indictment retur…
Man Shot Outside Journal Square 7-Eleven Man Shot Outside Journal Square 7-Eleven
Man Shot Outside Journal Square 7-Eleven A 29-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot in Jersey City's Journal Square on Monday evening, authorities said. Police found the man suffering two non life-threatening gunshot wounds in his back around 7:05 p.m., city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. No further information was available.
NJ Yeshiva Student, 19, Killed In Denver Crime Spree NJ Yeshiva Student, 19, Killed In Denver Crime Spree
NJ Yeshiva Student, 19, Killed In Denver Crime Spree A 19-year-old man from New Jersey was killed during a crime spree outside of his Yeshiva Tuesday night in Denver. Shmuel Silverberg's body has been flown to Lakewood for a funeral service. The incident started with a call of a carjacking, in which a suspect got into a Honda CRV with the driver inside and pointed a gun at them. That victim was not injured, police say. The suspects then robbed and shot a man walking on nearby streets about an hour later. That victim remains critical, police say. Silverberg was walking out of Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudical Seminary when someone fired at…
Woman Hit With Baseball Bat In Edgewater Parking Lot Brawl, Hudson Trio Charged Woman Hit With Baseball Bat In Edgewater Parking Lot Brawl, Hudson Trio Charged
Woman Hit With Baseball Bat In Edgewater Parking Lot Brawl, Hudson Trio Charged A North Bergen man hit a woman in the head with an aluminum baseball bat during a wild brawl in the parking lot of the Edgewater Target, authorities said. Edgewater police quickly restored order, with help from their Cliffside Park and Fort Lee colleagues, after finding the injured woman among several people fighting in the parking lot on River Road late last Wednesday, Police Chief Donald Martin said. EMTs took the victim to a local hospital with a head injury, Martin said. Officers, meanwhile, grabbed Amakar Albuja, 19, of West New York -- and the bat -- after finding him holding it, the…
Ex-Con Carjacker Who Was Run Over, Pinned By Newark Police Car Takes Plea In Federal Court Ex-Con Carjacker Who Was Run Over, Pinned By Newark Police Car Takes Plea In Federal Court
Ex-Con Carjacker Who Was Run Over, Pinned By Newark Police Car Takes Plea In Federal Court A Newark ex-con who was run over and pinned by a city police car as he tried to flee an armed carjacking took a guilty plea in federal court on Tuesday, authorities said. Jared Walker, 24, had to be rescued after being run over while hiding in snow-covered grass shortly after 2 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2020. Walker had just taken a 2008 Ford E-350 van at gunpoint from its driver, who eventually managed to escape and call police, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Walker hit a police car and several other vehicles with the van before crashing through a fence and into a parking lot, authorit…
Man, Teen Wearing Ankle Monitor Arrested In Shooting Of 9-Year-Old Girl In Newark Man, Teen Wearing Ankle Monitor Arrested In Shooting Of 9-Year-Old Girl In Newark
Man, Teen Wearing Ankle Monitor Arrested In Shooting Of 9-Year-Old Girl In Newark A 22-year-old man and 15-year-old girl previously arrested last month in a Newark carjacking were charged in connection with last week's shooting of a 9-year-old girl in Newark. The victim's 16-year-old sister and her 15-year-old friend had gotten into an argument on June 30 around 5:25 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The 15-year-old came into the house on the 400 block of Holiday Court at the Wynona Lipman Gardens Apartment Complex, with a man identified as Nazir Cruz, the director said. Cruz fired a handgun at the victim, her mom, a 19-year-old sibling…
Mobster Sent To Federal Prison For Beating Husband Of ‘Real Housewives Of NJ’ Cast Member Mobster Sent To Federal Prison For Beating Husband Of ‘Real Housewives Of NJ’ Cast Member
Mobster Sent To Federal Prison For Beating Husband Of ‘Real Housewives Of NJ’ Cast Member A Lucchese crime soldier was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 2½ years in federal prison for throwing the current husband of former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member Dina Manzo a beating in exchange for an extravagant gift from her well-known ex. John Perna, 44, of Cedar Grove testified last October that Thomas Manzo hired him in 2015 to assault David Cantin, who was dating Dina at the time. Perna told a federal judge he was armed with a “slapjack” when he and another Lucchese associate followed Cantin to a Passaic County strip mall and attacked him on July 18, 2015. In exc…
Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges
Armed Robber From Trenton Who Was Shot By Undercover Fed Hit With Heavier Charges An armed robber from Trenton thought he’d found an easy victim in a would-be gun buyer – only it turned out to be an undercover agent who shot him instead, authorities said. Members of a federally-led task force were investigating gun trafficking and other crimes when Jabree Johnson, 28, got into the undercover agent’s car at the Krauszer’s on Greenwood Avenue in Hamilton Township on March 22, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Johnson handed over a semi-automatic handgun that the agent inspected before returning it and asking to see others, Honig said Friday. At that point, Johns…
Elizabeth Man, 20, Nabbed In Linden Restaurant Shooting Elizabeth Man, 20, Nabbed In Linden Restaurant Shooting
Elizabeth Man, 20, Nabbed In Linden Restaurant Shooting A 20-year-old Elizabeth man has been charged in a shooting outside of a Linden restaurant. Ronnell Knight apparently walked up to a vehicle outside of a restaurant on the 2500 block of E. Edgar Road and fired several shots as the driver left the parking lot around 1:10 a.m. on Feb. 17, Linden Police Chief David Hart said. No injuries were reported in the shooting and, after three weeks, Knight was identified as a suspect. “I am very proud of the collective effort leading to a timely arrest in this case,” Hart said. “Stopping violent crime remains our top priority, and this investigati…
Accused Murderers, Kidnapper, Rapist Among Violent Jersey Shore Fugitives Snared In Sweep Accused Murderers, Kidnapper, Rapist Among Violent Jersey Shore Fugitives Snared In Sweep
Accused Murderers, Kidnapper, Rapist Among Violent Jersey Shore Fugitives Snared In Sweep Violent fugitives wanted for murders, kidnapping and rape were among 14 targets arrested during a quick-strike State Police-led sweep in Ocean and Atlantic counties, authorities said. The New Jersey State Police Fugitive Unit coordinated the three day multi-agency sweep from Wednesday through Friday after identifying targets through a combination of detective work, patrol advisories and tips, they said. Joining NJSP detectives were members of the Atlantic City Violent Crime Task Force, K-9 Unit and Casino Operations Unit, along with: members of the U.S. Marshals Service NY/NJ Regional Fug…
High-Speed Pursuit From PA To NJ: DEA Agent Struck, Dealer Caught With 7,500 Folds, Feds Say High-Speed Pursuit From PA To NJ: DEA Agent Struck, Dealer Caught With 7,500 Folds, Feds Say
High-Speed Pursuit From PA To NJ: DEA Agent Struck, Dealer Caught With 7,500 Folds, Feds Say A fleeing drug dealer hit a DEA agent with his car and tossed a bag filled with 7,500 heroin folds out the window during what became a high-speed chase from Pennsylvania to Mercer County, authorities said. Law enforcement officers from various agencies followed ex-con Daevon Bell, 26, of Hamilton Township from Trenton to an apartment complex in Morrisville, PA, on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Bell retrieved a bag from his trunk and went into one of the apartments there, then emerged carrying another bag, Carpenito said. When members of the law enforcement posse approached h…
'Outrageous': 12-Year-Old Boy Struck By Stray Bullet In Newark Home 'Outrageous': 12-Year-Old Boy Struck By Stray Bullet In Newark Home
'Outrageous': 12-Year-Old Boy Struck By Stray Bullet In Newark Home A stray bullet that flew through the window of a home struck and injured a 12-year-old boy Friday night in Newark's Central Ward, sparking outrage across the city. The boy was inside a home at 70-96 17th Ave., when the bullet entered from under a window where the victim was located around 9:55 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The boy was taken to University Hospital for treatment, and is "lucky to be alive," Ambrose said. “I’m outraged at the number of illegal handguns that are used to commit violence on our streets,” Ambrose added. “We have recov…
Linden PD: Men Smoking Pot In Park Found With Semi-Automatic Handgun, Cocaine, MDMA Linden PD: Men Smoking Pot In Park Found With Semi-Automatic Handgun, Cocaine, MDMA
Linden PD: Men Smoking Pot In Park Found With Semi-Automatic Handgun, Cocaine, MDMA One man attempted to discard a semi-automatic handgun and cocaine and another had MDMA when they were confronted by police for allegedly smoking marijuana in a Union County park, authorities charged. Linden residents Isaiah Joachim, 20, and Nanley Losier, 31,  were smoking marijuana at St. Mark’s Park when they were approached by officers around 5 p.m. Monday, Police Lt. Christopher Guenther said. As officers approached, Joachim reached into his waistband and tossed a semi-automatic handgun and cocaine, authorities said. Losier, meanwhile, was found to be in possession of MDMA, author…