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2½ Years A Fugitive: Accused Killer From Jersey City Captured In South Carolina 2½ Years A Fugitive: Accused Killer From Jersey City Captured In South Carolina
2½ Years A Fugitive: Accused Killer From Jersey City Captured In South Carolina On the same day that U.S. Marshals announced a reward for help capturing an accused killer from Jersey City who’d been on the run for 2½ years, they nabbed him in South Carolina. Tybear Miles, a 28-year-old ex-con, remained held in the Spartanburg County Detention Center pending extradition to New Jersey to face murder and illegal weapons possession charges in the June 5, 2021 shooting death of Ahmad McPherson in Jersey City. Spartanburg police, working with the U.S. Marshals Service’s New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, nabbed Miles on Wednesday, Jan. 10, Hudson County …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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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Hudson Felon Freed Under Bail Reform In Back-To-Back Busts Convicted By Federal Jurors Hudson Felon Freed Under Bail Reform In Back-To-Back Busts Convicted By Federal Jurors
Hudson Felon Freed Under Bail Reform In Back-To-Back Busts Convicted By Federal Jurors A Hudson County ex-con who was arrested with a loaded gun in his car after being busted and released twice for cocaine and heroin possession in the previous few months isn't going anywhere now. Federal jurors in Newark convicted Clarence Gaffney, 36, of Jersey City, of drug and weapons possession earlier this week following a three-day trial, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Police reported finding the coke and smack in Gaffney's underwear and shoe following an Oct. 5, 2019 traffic stop, Sellinger said. He was arrested again, on Dec. 26, 2019, after officers caught him selling …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Amy DeGise Hit-Run Case Transferred To Essex Prosecutor, Heading To Special Remand Court Amy DeGise Hit-Run Case Transferred To Essex Prosecutor, Heading To Special Remand Court
Amy DeGise Hit-Run Case Transferred To Essex Prosecutor, Heading To Special Remand Court Jersey City Councilwoman Amy DeGise's highly-controversial hit-and-run case was transferred to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office due to a potential conflict of interest, sources tell Daily Voice. DeGise's father is Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, who took office after winning a special election in November 2022. The ECPO will be bringing the case to special remand court, which is for cases that have been specially selected by the county prosecutors — usually those of the fourth degree and third degree only — for early disposition. Thousands of Jersey City residents began callin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Video Shows Jersey City Councilwoman In Hit-Run Trying To Get Out Of Car Tow Last Year Video Shows Jersey City Councilwoman In Hit-Run Trying To Get Out Of Car Tow Last Year
Video Shows Jersey City Councilwoman In Hit-Run Trying To Get Out Of Car Tow Last Year Newly-released bodycam footage shows a Jersey City councilwoman at the center of a recent hit-and-run case trying to plead her way out of having her car towed last year. The footage released by Hudson County View shows Amy DeGise on the verge of tears as her Nissan Rogue was loaded onto a tow truck in Hoboken. An officer tells her that the car had been struck by a tractor trailer partially because she was in a no stopping/standing zone, and then that her SUV was being impounded since it had been unregistered since 2019. "I have a family member that's an officer I have their card on me, if…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Petition Calls For Resignation Of Jersey City Councilwoman Ticketed In Hit-Run Crash Petition Calls For Resignation Of Jersey City Councilwoman Ticketed In Hit-Run Crash
Petition Calls For Resignation Of Jersey City Councilwoman Ticketed In Hit-Run Crash A Change.org petition has been launched calling for the resignation of Jersey City councilwoman, seen striking a bicyclist who ran a red light and fleeing the scene. Amy DeGise was apparently behind the wheel of a Nissan Rogue that struck Andrew Black, who was heading south on Forrest Street near Martin Luther King Drive around 8 a.m. July 19, according to a police report obtained by Daily Voice. View this post on Instagram A post shared by HudPost (@hudpost) Black reportedly said he had a green light but the footage shows him running a red,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Dealer Who Served Time On Gun Conviction Headed To Federal Prison For Another Stint Jersey City Dealer Who Served Time On Gun Conviction Headed To Federal Prison For Another Stint
Jersey City Dealer Who Served Time On Gun Conviction Headed To Federal Prison For Another Stint A convicted Jersey City drug dealer who'd previously served state prison time on a gun conviction must spend the next seven years in federal prison for having the weapon and ammo he used to shoot and wound a rival, authorities said. Hassan Mosby, 40, had no trouble admitting that he was the gunman who shot a man in an October 2019 during a dispute with a group on a city sidewalk, they said. Police had found him in a nearby home a short time later, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Mosby, whose criminal history covers nearly his entire adult life, took a deal from the government, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Grand Jury: Officers Justified Killing Pair In 2019 Jersey City Firefight Grand Jury: Officers Justified Killing Pair In 2019 Jersey City Firefight
Grand Jury: Officers Justified Killing Pair In 2019 Jersey City Firefight Police were justified in shooting a couple who killed a fellow officer and three civilians in Jersey City, authorities on Wednesday said a state grand jury has found. Some would question the need for such a review given the circumstances of the fateful Dec. 10, 2019 firefight at a kosher grocery store. The answer: It’s required under New Jersey law and state attorney general’s guidelines. Authorities had no choice. David Anderson, 47, and Francine Graham, 50, had slain Jersey City Police Officer Joseph Seals in a nearby cemetery. They then wounded another officer before killing Mindy Fere…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey Shore Pawn Shop Owner Tied To Shooting Deaths Of JC Officer, 3 Others Gets Fed Pen Time Jersey Shore Pawn Shop Owner Tied To Shooting Deaths Of JC Officer, 3 Others Gets Fed Pen Time
Jersey Shore Pawn Shop Owner Tied To Shooting Deaths Of JC Officer, 3 Others Gets Fed Pen Time A Jersey Shore pawn shop owner who was arrested in connection with the December 2019 shooting deaths of a Jersey City police detective and three civilians was sent to federal prison Tuesday for 18 months. A handwritten note found in the pocket of one of the two assailants who were shot dead by police led investigators to Ahmed A-Hady, a 36-year-old ex-con. It contained a telephone number ending in 4115 and the address of the pawn shop, they said. A-Hady had been convicted in 2012 of trying to obtain prescription drugs by fraud, which prohibited him from possessing a firearm, records show. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Jersey City Teen Released From Hospital With Gunshot Wound Dies Next Day Prosecutor: Jersey City Teen Released From Hospital With Gunshot Wound Dies Next Day
Prosecutor: Jersey City Teen Released From Hospital With Gunshot Wound Dies Next Day A 17-year-old Jersey City girl who was sent home from the hospital with a gunshot wound Wednesday night died after being readmitted Thursday morning, authorities said. Police responding to an 8 p.m. shooting in the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Forrest Street said they found an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound that wasn't considered life-threatening. The girl -- identified in other news reports as Stephanie Jacques -- was found wounded a block away, at the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Oak Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Both were taken to…

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by Valerie Musson
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Authorities: Man Threatens Jewish Manager Of Jersey City Building Where 3 Were Shot Dead Authorities: Man Threatens Jewish Manager Of Jersey City Building Where 3 Were Shot Dead
Authorities: Man Threatens Jewish Manager Of Jersey City Building Where 3 Were Shot Dead A Jersey City man threatened the property manager of a building where three people were gunned down in a hate crime last year, authorities said. The manager was leaving the Martin Luther King Drive building dressed in traditional Hasidic clothing around 11:50 a.m. Tuesday when Taylor Stackhouse, 38, threatened him, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Authorities arrested Stackhouse on Thursday and charged him with several counts each of bias intimidation and terroristic threats, as well as a disorderly harassment count, Suarez said. Three innocent people were slain in the sam…

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by Cecilia Levine