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Law Enforcement Partnership Puts Jersey City Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun In Feds' Hands Law Enforcement Partnership Puts Jersey City Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun In Feds' Hands
Law Enforcement Partnership Puts Jersey City Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun In Feds' Hands A Jersey City ex-con caught with a gun remained in federal custody thanks to a unique partnership of law enforcement agencies, authorities said. Malik Holloway, 28, was brought before a federal magistrate judge via teleconference Friday. City police had seen him take the gun from another person the night of July 13, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. A short time later, Holloway tipped away from a group of people with the weapon in his waistband as police approached on Neptune Avenue, he said. An officer stopped Holloway, who smelled of marijuana, patted him down and found a .9mm Glock M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Resident: Paramus Firefighter Raises Fallen Stars And Stripes During Storm Resident: Paramus Firefighter Raises Fallen Stars And Stripes During Storm
Resident: Paramus Firefighter Raises Fallen Stars And Stripes During Storm They say true character is what you do when no one is watching, which is what some people in Paramus were saying Monday about one of the borough’s bravest. “Amidst the worst thunderstorm I have ever seen, multiple trees blown down across the roadway, large tree branches falling without notice, live power wires down in the street and on fire, this selfless firefighter took the time to walk over to my lawn, pick up my American flag off the ground that had fallen during the strong winds and then returned to his work,”  resident Kaitlin Cafone said. “Thank you,” she wrote in a Facebook pos…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners
Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners An ex-con caught testing vehicle door handles in Edgewater told police that he did it to help the owners, authorities said. Officer Jorge Vanegas watched as Parrish Cornejo, 35, of Union City peered into a borough resident’s pickup truck parked on River Road near the Fort Lee border, then pulled on the driver’s side door handle around 11 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Teddy Wetklow said. The door was locked, so Cornejo continued on – just as backup Officers Mike Colon and Tyler Iafelice arrived. Questioned by Vanegas, Cornejo said the truck wasn’t his and that he didn’t have permission to go into…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passion, Compassion Defined Late Saddle Brook Police Officer, 50 Passion, Compassion Defined Late Saddle Brook Police Officer, 50
Passion, Compassion Defined Late Saddle Brook Police Officer, 50 TRIBUTE: Saddle Brook Police Officer Norma Aedo carried an innate peace that could resolve almost any situation with little or no trouble, those who knew her said. "She had this calming demeanor about her,” Mayor Robert White recalled. “She could handle anything from a physical altercation to something more sensitive -- like a person grieving for a loved one.” Countless others are grieving the death of the Cuban-born former Hudson County veteran following a month-long illness. Aedo, 50, joined the Saddle Brook Police Department in 2014 – and was assigned Badge #54 -- after seven years as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Unruly, Defiant Groups At Overcrowded Hudson Park Force Authorities To Close Access Roads Unruly, Defiant Groups At Overcrowded Hudson Park Force Authorities To Close Access Roads
Unruly, Defiant Groups At Overcrowded Hudson Park Force Authorities To Close Access Roads Rowdy crowds who ignored social-distancing directives while cursing sheriff's officers forced authorities to close roads Saturday into one of North Jersey’s larger public parks – and threaten to do it again if the situation doesn’t improve. The roads into James J. Braddock Park in North Bergen will be reopened on Sunday, Hudson County Freeholder Director Anthony Vainieri said. That will be subject to change, however, depending on how the public responds, he said Saturday. The May 2 reopening of the popular site – long-ago known as North Hudson Park – was done on a trial basis, the freehold…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes
Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes ATF agents busted a convicted felon who they said trafficked guns to Jersey City that were used in crimes, including at least one shooting. A federal judge in Georgia ordered Jonathan Brown, 26, held Wednesday pending a detention hearing this Friday after special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested him on gun trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. As an ex-con with several previous convictions, Brown, of Covington, GA, couldn’t buy the firearms himself, so he used straw purchasers in and around Georgia, then trafficked …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rutherford Girl Sexually Assaulted By Jersey City Man, Authorities Charge Rutherford Girl Sexually Assaulted By Jersey City Man, Authorities Charge
Rutherford Girl Sexually Assaulted By Jersey City Man, Authorities Charge A Jersey City man sexually assaulted an underage girl in Rutherford, authorities charged. Rutherford police contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit after receiving a report that Tyrief Martin, 30, “forcibly sexually assaulted a child under the age of 18 in Rutherford” in January, Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Jersey City police took Martin into custody on an arrest warrant and turned him over to Bergen County sheriff’s officers, Musella said. They brought Martin to the Bergen County Jail to await a detention hearing Friday on charges of sexual assault and child…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hudson County Sheriff's Office Nabs Dozens Of Deadbeat Dads, Warrant Defendants Hudson County Sheriff's Office Nabs Dozens Of Deadbeat Dads, Warrant Defendants
Hudson County Sheriff's Office Nabs Dozens Of Deadbeat Dads, Warrant Defendants Nearly 60 people accused of a variety of offenses -- including sex assault, weapons charges and failing to pay child support -- were scooped up in a Hudson County Sheriff’s Office sweep. Roughly half of the arrests by Sheriff Frank Schillari's department were of accused deadbeat dads who collectively account for $335,000 in unpaid support -- including a Kearny man who owes  $81,927 and a Jersey City man who owes $58,699, records show.Nearly three dozen others had been charged with burglary, theft and drug crimes.Although most are from Jersey City, some were picked off in Clifton, E…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Woman Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Fentanyl To Incarcerated Gang Leader Jersey City Woman Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Fentanyl To Incarcerated Gang Leader
Jersey City Woman Gets 11 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Fentanyl To Incarcerated Gang Leader A Jersey City woman was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in a federal penitentiary for her role in smuggling deadly fentanyl into a New Jersey state prison. Jasmir Humphrey, 31, and other associates smuggled the drug and other contraband into Bayside State Prison in Leesburg for Noel “Kuko” Salgado, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Salgado was the leader of the “Loyal Hoody Gang,” a subset of the Neighborhood Rolling 20 Bloods, a nationwide street gang, the U.S. attorney said. In one instance, in October 2015, Humphrey picked up heroin and fenatynl from Rodgerick “Boo” Garrett a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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RECOGNIZE ANYONE? Accused Kidnapper, HIV Transmitter, $146K Deadbeat Dad Nabbed In Sweep RECOGNIZE ANYONE? Accused Kidnapper, HIV Transmitter, $146K Deadbeat Dad Nabbed In Sweep
Recognize Anyone? Accused Kidnapper, HIV Transmitter, $146K Deadbeat Dad Nabbed In Sweep An accused kidnapper from Newark, a Georgia man charged with knowingly transmitting the HIV virus and a River Edge deadbeat dad whose unpaid child support has reached $146,000 were among more than three dozen people with outstanding warrants who were scooped up by Hudson County sheriff’s officers. “Our office remains committed to doing everything possible to protect the residents of Hudson County,” Sheriff Frank Schillari said in announcing the results of his office's first roundup of 2020. Four Hudson sweeps last year netted 115 defendants, “and we are looking to continue that sort of suc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Armed Civilian Report Unfounded, Hudson County Courthouse Lockdown Lifted Authorities: Armed Civilian Report Unfounded, Hudson County Courthouse Lockdown Lifted
Authorities: Armed Civilian Report Unfounded, Hudson County Courthouse Lockdown Lifted UPDATE: Authorities lifted a lockdown at the Hudson County courthouse in Jersey City Thursday afternoon, saying that a report that a civilian was spotted with a gun was unfounded. The Hudson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that K-9 and SWAT units responded. The lockdown at the Newark Avenue complex lasted nearly two hours after the 2:15 p.m. report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Slain Officer ID'd In Jersey City Bloodbath As Bergen Dad, Two Shooters, 3 Civilians Also Dead Slain Officer ID'd In Jersey City Bloodbath As Bergen Dad, Two Shooters, 3 Civilians Also Dead
Slain Officer ID'd In Jersey City Bloodbath As Bergen Dad, Two Shooters, 3 Civilians Also Dead UPDATE: A police officer, two suspects and three civilians were killed in what became a Jersey City gun battle Tuesday afternoon, authorities confirmed. The slain officer was identified as Joseph Seals, a 17-year department veteran and father of five -- including a newborn -- who lived in North Arlington. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Joe’s family during this Christmas season and beyond,” Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said. “We take for granted sometimes the selfless work a police officer does when they wear that uniform. In the end they are people that volunteered to keep every…

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by Jerry DeMarco