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Prosecutor: East Orange Man Sexually Assaulted Jersey City Woman Before Killing Her Prosecutor: East Orange Man Sexually Assaulted Jersey City Woman Before Killing Her
Prosecutor: East Orange Man Sexually Assaulted Jersey City Woman Before Killing Her A 37-year-old East Orange man is facing murder, weapons and sex assault charges in Friday night incident that left a Jersey City woman dead.  Thaddues Williams was arrested by local plainclothes officers and Hudson County detectives Saturday evening near Carnegie Avenue in East Orange, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Jersey City police officers responded to a report of shots fired near 217-219 MLK Drive around 8:30 p.m. Friday, where they found a woman later identified as Aieshia McFadden unresponsive, Suarez said. McFadden, 36, was taken to Jersey City Medical …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Charges Upgraded For NJ Daycare Teacher Whose Son, 3, Tested Positive For Methadone Charges Upgraded For NJ Daycare Teacher Whose Son, 3, Tested Positive For Methadone
Charges Upgraded For NJ Daycare Teacher Whose Son, 3, Tested Positive For Methadone Charges were upgraded for a  44-year-old New Jersey dad and daycare worker whose 3-year-old son was found unresponsive and later tested positive for Methadone, authorities said Monday. Roberto Delgado-Gonzalez, of Guttenberg, was arrested last Monday evening and charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. On Oct. 19, he was charged with aggravated assault, and processed at the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny. Police responded to Delgado-Gonzalez's home at 68th Street between Park Avenue and Broadway …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Charges Upgraded For Hudson County Motorcyclist In Crash That Injured Woman, 26 Charges Upgraded For Hudson County Motorcyclist In Crash That Injured Woman, 26
Charges Upgraded For Hudson County Motorcyclist In Crash That Injured Woman, 26 A Hudson County motorcyclist is facing more serious charges in a crash that injured a 26-year-old woman. Peter Bishara, 26, was initially charged with creating risk of death or injuring while eluding in the June 16 crash, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. On Tuesday, he was charged with aggravated assault causing bodily injury while fleeing law enforcement, she said. Bishara was speeding and passing other vehicle outside the single northbound lane of traffic on Broadway near 49th Street in Jersey City when police spotted him around 7:45 p.m., June 16, Suarez said. Police activa…

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOW ANYTHING? Authorities Investigate Suspicious Death Of Bayonne Woman KNOW ANYTHING? Authorities Investigate Suspicious Death Of Bayonne Woman
Know Anything? Authorities Investigate Suspicious Death Of Bayonne Woman Authorities are investigating the death of a 40-year-old Bayonne woman. Police responding to 30 Lord Ave. for a welfare check around 1 p.m. Friday found Crystal Ojeda was found with "visible trauma," Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Saturday. Ojeda was pronounced dead approximately an hour later. The cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. No arrests had been made as of Saturday. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip on the Prosecuto…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Passenger Ejected After Paterson Driver Slams Parked Car, Utility Pole On Tonnelle Avenue Passenger Ejected After Paterson Driver Slams Parked Car, Utility Pole On Tonnelle Avenue
Passenger Ejected After Paterson Driver Slams Parked Car, Utility Pole On Tonnelle Avenue The driver and passenger of a Nissan sedan were hospitalized after their car slammed into another vehicle and then a utility pole over the weekend on Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, authorities said. Nathaniel Dickerson, 31, of Paterson, was heading northbound in a 1999 Nissan Maxima when he hit a 2012 Honda Civic parked at 910 Tonnelle Avenue then the pole around 3:35 a.m., Sunday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Dickerson's passenger, a 31-year-old Johnston, PA man, was ejected and seriously injured, and taken to Jersey City Medical Center. Dickerson was also injured a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Jersey City Man Charged With Stabbing Roommate Dead In Shared Apartment UPDATE: Jersey City Man Charged With Stabbing Roommate Dead In Shared Apartment
Update: Jersey City Man Charged With Stabbing Roommate Dead In Shared Apartment A 26-year-old man has been charged with stabbing his roommate to death over the weekend in their Jersey City apartment, authorities said Monday. Tong Cheng, 26, was charged with stabbing Yuting Ge, 23, in their New York Avenue apartment Saturday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Authorities responding to the apartment found Ge's lifeless body covered in gashes around 12:30 p.m., Suarez said. He was pronounced dead less than half an hour later. The cause and manner of death for Ge were pending findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. Cheng was arrested without incide…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Girl, 17, Shot, Killed Jersey City Girl, 17, Shot, Killed
Jersey City Girl, 17, Shot, Killed A 17-year-old girl was shot and killed Monday night in Jersey City, authorities said. Tyeah Garner was found with a single gunshot wound in the face at a single-family home on tree-lined Rutgers Avenue, near the corner of Sheffield Street, just after 10:30 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Tyeah was taken to Jersey City Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead five hours later. Suarez didn’t immediately say under what circumstances authorities believe she was killed -- whether intentional or accidental -- or by whom. No arrests had been made as of Tuesday. Anyone wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hudson County Hoverboard Rider Struck, Killed By Car Hudson County Hoverboard Rider Struck, Killed By Car
Hudson County Hoverboard Rider Struck, Killed By Car A 40-year-old man was killed when he was struck by a car while riding a hoverboard in Bayonne, authorities said. Matthew Anderson was on the electric device when he was hit by a car near 40th Street and Avenue C Sunday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Anderson was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. that day, at Jersey City Medical Center, Suarez said. The driver, a 23-year-old man, remained at the scene, authorities said. No charges have been filed at this time and the investigation remains ongoing, Suarez said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson C…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners
Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners UPDATE: The 35-year-old Jersey City restaurateur killed in an apparent murder-suicide Sunday morning was five months pregnant, and her death was ruled a homicide, authorities announced Monday.  ** ORIGINAL STORY BELOW ** She was a talented chef, dedicated to her profession. He was an intelligent graduate of India Institute of Technology, who came to the U.S. to pursue his master's degree. Together, Garima Kothari and Manmohan Mall were a happy couple, and owners of Nukkad, an Indian restaurant a few blocks from their Jersey City high-rise apartment, relatives say.  Both were fou…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61 Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61
Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61 A 38-year-old North Bergen recycling plant trolly cart operator was charged in the death of his 61-year-old coworker, authorities said. Santiago Ventura Blanco was operating a bulldozer and pushing a concrete dumpster at Lincoln Recycling on Dell Avenue when Horacio Juarez Diaz was pinned between the dumpster and a wall Thursday afternoon, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Diaz of Union City was found lifeless by responding police officers and pronounced dead at the scene around 3:20 p.m., Suarez said. Blanco of East Newark was arrested at the scene at 4 p.m., and char…

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by Cecilia Levine