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Bayonne Detectives Sting Staten Island Man Selling Stolen Cars On Facebook Marketplace: Police Bayonne Detectives Sting Staten Island Man Selling Stolen Cars On Facebook Marketplace: Police
Bayonne Detectives Sting Staten Island Man Selling Stolen Cars On Facebook Marketplace: Police A Staten Island man was off to the races selling stolen cars on Facebook Marketplace when Bayonne detectives put the brakes on the operation, authorities said. Using bogus identification, Devonte A. Thomas, 23, recently raked in $26,650 that police know about as “Alazim Olasupo Odu, selling a 2013 Infiniti and two Hondas from 2019 and 2020, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric R. Amato said. One of the victims called police after crossing paths with Thomas while looking for another car, the captain said. After quickly confirming that the car Thomas was selling had been stolen out of Newark, detective…
NJ High School Teacher, 68, Punched Female Student In Head: Prosecutor NJ High School Teacher, 68, Punched Female Student In Head: Prosecutor
NJ High School Teacher, 68, Punched Female Student In Head: Prosecutor A 68-year-old Bayonne High School teacher was arrested after punching a female student in the head, authorities said. Joseph Mingoia, who lives in Bayonne, has been on administrative leave since the Jan. 22 incident, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said on Monday, March 4. That day, “two students were involved in an altercation on school property,” the prosecutor said. “After multiple staff members intervened, Mingoia struck a female juvenile in the head with a closed hand.” Mingoia was arrested last Friday, March 1, following an investigation by members of her Special Victims Unit …
Body Found Near Newark Bay: Prosecutor Body Found Near Newark Bay: Prosecutor
Body Found Near Newark Bay: Prosecutor A man's body was found Friday, Jan. 27 off the Hudson County shoreline, authorities announced. The discovery was made on the shoreline of Newark Bay near the Thomas W. Zito Bayside Apartments, and pronounced dead around 3 p.m., the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. The Cause and Manner of death of are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Bayonne Police Department are actively investigating.  Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Pr…
Bayonne Police Captain Dies In Line Of Duty Bayonne Police Captain Dies In Line Of Duty
Bayonne Police Captain Dies In Line Of Duty Police in Bayonne are mourning the loss of one of their one. Capt. Paul Jamolawicz died in the line of duty, according to city officials. A cause of death was not announced. The members of the Secaucus Police Department send deepest condolences to our brothers and sisters of the Bayonne Police Department while they mourn the loss of Captain Paul Jamolawicz. Posted by Secaucus Police Department on Saturday, November 12, 2022 Jamolawicz began his career in 1985, a year before now-Mayor Jimmy Davis joined the force. He worked as a patrolman, detective bureau, narcotics unit and internal a…
Bayonne Gangster Busted With Basement Drug Lab, Rifles After Assaulting Officer, Woman: Police Bayonne Gangster Busted With Basement Drug Lab, Rifles After Assaulting Officer, Woman: Police
Bayonne Gangster Busted With Basement Drug Lab, Rifles After Assaulting Officer, Woman: Police Police uncovered a drug lab and several handguns including an AK-47 in the home of a Bayonne gang member who followed a woman and pulled out a gun before spitting on police during his arrest, authorities announced. Trouble began for Eliezer Mieses around the morning of Thursday, Sept. 1, when he started arguing with and following a woman on West 26th Street, then pulled out a handgun that he waved around in the air, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The woman went into a house unharmed and Mieses fled toward Avenue A. As officers approached him, Mieses immediately became irate and uncoo…
Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor
Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor A 29-year-old Bayonne man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and giving her marijuana over the course of one year, authorities said. Stanley Feliz was arrested at his home on a warrant on Wednesday, March 23, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He is accused of sexually assaulting the girl, now 17, and providing her with marijuana on multiple occasions between June 2019 and June 2020, Suarez said. Following his arrest, the Bayonne Police Department conducted a court-authorized search of his home in connection with an unrelated drug investigation, the…
Details Released In Bayonne Homicide That Brought SWAT Team To Scene Details Released In Bayonne Homicide That Brought SWAT Team To Scene
Details Released In Bayonne Homicide That Brought SWAT Team To Scene Authorities have released details and made one arrest in connection with a stabbing in Bayonne that brought the Hudson County SWAT Team to the scene. Peter Revelo, 32, has been charged with murder after stabbing 33-year-old Mely Vanessa Tafoya Mendoza dead at a home at 105 North St., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Police responding to a 911 call found Mendoza with a stab wound to her torso around noon. She was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 12:36 p.m.  Revelo was taken into custody at the scene and charged at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in J…
3 NY Men Caught In The Act Of Kidnapping By Bayonne Police, Authorities Say 3 NY Men Caught In The Act Of Kidnapping By Bayonne Police, Authorities Say
3 NY Men Caught In The Act Of Kidnapping By Bayonne Police, Authorities Say Three New York men tried to kidnap a man on Wednesday morning, according to police. Angel Aristy, 23, Pedro Castillo, 19, and Rafael Vargas, 19, all of the Bronx, NY, have been charged after a stabbing and attempted kidnapping, Bayonne Capt. Eric Amato said in a statement. The men parked their black Audi at the corner of West 21st Street and Avenue A  and began dragging a 30-year-old man to the rear passenger door of the car when they were spotted by a patrol officers. The victim attempted to get the officer's attention and directed him to the Audi but as soon as officer got to it, t…
Bayonne PD: Drunk Man Involved In Fight Shoves Officers During Arrest Bayonne PD: Drunk Man Involved In Fight Shoves Officers During Arrest
Bayonne PD: Drunk Man Involved In Fight Shoves Officers During Arrest A 44-year-old drunken man involved in a fight shoved Bayonne police officers arresting him later on at his house, authorities said. Jose M. Santiago was arrested around 8:50 p.m. Saturday night, from his West 21st Street home, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Police first responded to the area on reports of two people fighting, one possibly in possession of a gun, Amato said. No one was at the scene when police arrived, but the officers were able to get Santiago's address, and were let inside his home by another resident to continue the investigation, police said. When they arrived, …
NJ Bookshop Owner Details Years Of Racial Bias After Latest Incident Ends In Man's Arrest NJ Bookshop Owner Details Years Of Racial Bias After Latest Incident Ends In Man's Arrest
NJ Bookshop Owner Details Years Of Racial Bias After Latest Incident Ends In Man's Arrest "Last night a tear finally escaped, but this incident will not change me." That's what the black owner of a beloved Bayonne bookshop had to say following the latest incident of racial bias at her shop -- The Little BOHO Bookstore on Broadway -- in which a 59-year-old Hoboken man was arrested. The most recent incident involved a pair of harassing emails and a threatening phone call, which all came in on Friday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said.  While detectives were at the Broadway shop investigating on Saturday morning, a man later identified as Qiuewn Zheng, 59, showed up muttering …
Man Masturbates Laying Down In Bayonne Store With Kids Nearby, Authorities Say Man Masturbates Laying Down In Bayonne Store With Kids Nearby, Authorities Say
Man Masturbates Laying Down In Bayonne Store With Kids Nearby, Authorities Say A 43-year-old Bayonne man exposed himself to a store filled with children and adults before laying on the floor and masturbating, authorities said. Terrence Sheppard was in a store near Broadway and 23rd Street when he began exposing himself around 5:15 Tuesday evening, witnesses told Bayonne police. Sheppard was looking at items on the shelf before he went to the front of the store, laid down and began masturbating, the witnesses said. A store employee confronted Sheppard, who then stood up, continued masturbating and then left, Bayonne Police Lt. Eric Amato said. Sheppard was arres…
LAWSUIT: Veteran Forced To Walk Home After Toe Amputation Sues Bayonne Police, City LAWSUIT: Veteran Forced To Walk Home After Toe Amputation Sues Bayonne Police, City
Lawsuit: Veteran Forced To Walk Home After Toe Amputation Sues Bayonne Police, City A Bayonne amputee is suing the city, its police department, the city and the officer who impounded his car weeks after having part of his foot amputated -- forcing him to walk five blocks home in the cold. Keiran Walsh -- a U.S. Marine Corps veteran -- was on his way to pick up pain medication when he was pulled over by an unmarked police car on Nov. 27, 2017, the Jersey Journal originally reported. Bayonne police officer Stephen Salot told Walsh he was pulled over because of a handicap placard hanging from his review mirror while driving -- but discovered Walsh's registration had expired …