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Police & Fire
Four Firefighters Injured In Four-Alarm Jersey City Fire (
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Four firefighters were injured after a four-alarm blaze broke out in a vacant building in Jersey City on Tuesday, May 30, authorities said. The fire began at 234 Montgomery St. before spreading to 236 Montgomery St., Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office said. The firefighters suffered non-life threatening injuries when stairs collapsed and were all taken to a local hospital, Scalcione said. Five people, four adults and one child, were displaced and are being tended to by the Red Cross The Public Safety Department is requesting people avoid the area. Due t…
Police & Fire
Brush Fire Progresses To 7-Alarm Blaze In Jersey City
Hundreds of firefighters descended on the scene of an out-of-control Jersey City blaze that started as a brush fire but spread across the Newark Bay-Hudson County Turnpike Extension and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Tuesday, April 11. The blaze at Garfield and Bayview Avenue had progressed to a widespread, 7-alarm blaze as of 4 p.m. Please be advised: There is a fire impacting the Turnpike area at Garfield and Bayview ave.Motorists diverted and urged to avoid NJ TPK area at Garfield and Bayview aves (Caven Point) due to 6-alarm brush/factory fire. Air quality is being monitored. pic.twitter.…
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Jersey City Officer Fired For Hitting Jogger Hopes To Be Reinstated, Lawyer Says
Supporters are rallying for a Jersey City police officer who they say was unfairly fired for hitting a jogger while responding to an emergency in February 2022. A GoFundMe for officer Edwin Hernandez says he is suffering "extreme punishment" as a result of his termination. Dashcam footage published by Real Garden State captured the Feb. 8, 2022 incident in which a jogger, later identified as Douglas Salom, ran directly in front of Hernandez's Crown Victoria on Jersey Avenue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Real Garden State (@rea…
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: Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family
A Jersey City police officer is not all that Morton Otundo was. The 40-year-old city resident killed in a motorcycle crash last week remembers him as a doting dad to his son, Andrew, and a coworker who treated his fellow officers as family, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched in his memory. More than $62,200 had been raised on that campaign -- started by Otundo's former colleague Melagne Ramirez -- as of Monday morning. All funds raised will go toward Andrew. "[Otundo] strived to educate and mold younger officers to be great at every turn," Ramirez writes. "Morton was a phenomenal…
Lifestyle
Queen Latifah Spotted Filming In Jersey City
Queen Latifah is back in her home state. The Newark native was spotted this week in Jersey City to film upcoming crime drama "The Equalizer." The do-it-all entertainer and producer was seen Monday on Jersey Avenue, photos published in the Jersey City Times show. Flyers posted in the neighborhood around Van Vorst Park say the show will film this week at a home in the area. City officials said in a tweet the show will be filming in the following locations: Residents, please be advised: The film “Equalizer”, is filming on Wayne St btwn Barrow & Grove tomorrow (11/12) 8am-11pm. The p…
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