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NJ Transit Bus Driver Attacked, Couple With Toddler Seized By Bayonne PD NJ Transit Bus Driver Attacked, Couple With Toddler Seized By Bayonne PD
NJ Transit Bus Driver Attacked, Couple With Toddler Seized By Bayonne PD A couple with a toddler in tow attacked an NJ Transit driver when he stopped them from boarding his bus with an invalid pass, Bayonne police said. The driver had his cellphone snatched by the couple, who were captured by city police moments later, Capt. Eric R. Amato said. Isaac Jaquez, 28, of Jersey City, and 24-year-old Bayonne resident Elvira L. Salas had boarded the bus with the child in a stroller near the corner of 48th Street and JFK Boulevard, the captain said. “They showed the driver a photo of a bus pass and were denied access since the photo was not acceptable as proof of a tick…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Third Suspect In Bayonne Heroin, Cocaine Ring Arrested: Police Third Suspect In Bayonne Heroin, Cocaine Ring Arrested: Police
Third Suspect In Bayonne Heroin, Cocaine Ring Arrested: Police A third suspect in a Bayonne drug distribution ring was arrested and found with two loaded guns — all thanks to concerned citizens, police said. It all began on June 3, residents near West 21st Street tipped police off to suspicious activity, where they witnessed William J. Kenny,  25, and Jovan V. Taylor,  25, both of Jersey City, perform multiple drug deals, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Then, they got into a car driven by Hakeem D. Lester, 34, of Bayonne, police said. Detectives stopped the car and seized cocaine, heroin, 38 pills of a prescrip…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Stop Burning Your Food!' Bayonne Neighbor Pepper Sprays Man Who Ripped Door Off Hinge 'Stop Burning Your Food!' Bayonne Neighbor Pepper Sprays Man Who Ripped Door Off Hinge
'Stop Burning Your Food!' Bayonne Neighbor Pepper Sprays Man Who Ripped Door Off Hinge A 41-year-old Bayonne man was pepper sprayed by his neighbor after he ripped his door off the hinges out of rage Saturday evening, authorities said. Barry B. Tate came banging on his downstairs neighbor's apartment door at 26th Street and JFK Boulevard, shouting for the 36-year-old victim to stop burning his food around 7:40 p.m., Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Tate went back to his apartment after his neighbor said he wasn't cooking anything, but returned a short while later with the same complaint. That's when Tate ripped the neighbor's door off the hinges, and the neighbor deploy…

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by Cecilia Levine