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Convicted Jersey City Killer Indicted In Brutal Pickup Truck Murder Of Ex-GF Convicted Jersey City Killer Indicted In Brutal Pickup Truck Murder Of Ex-GF
Convicted Jersey City Killer Indicted In Brutal Pickup Truck Murder Of Ex-GF 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A convicted killer from Jersey City was indicted for deliberately running down his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body off Route 440 last Mother's Day. Gregory Mallard, a 35-year-old reputed gang member who had two children with 32-year-old Norelis Mendoza, is charged with her murder, as well as desecration of her remains and evidence tampering, among other counts. Mallard is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment in Superior Court in Jersey City on Monday, Feb. 12. He's been held since detectives arrested him last May 19 -- five days after surveillance cameras captured images …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Traffic Enforcement Officer Suffers Fractured Hip In Jersey City Crash With SUV: Authorities Traffic Enforcement Officer Suffers Fractured Hip In Jersey City Crash With SUV: Authorities
Traffic Enforcement Officer Suffers Fractured Hip In Jersey City Crash With SUV: Authorities A Jersey City traffic enforcement officer suffered a fractured hip when the scooter she was riding was struck by an SUV on Tuesday, Aug. 15, authorities said. The officer was traveling west on Lexington Avenue crossing the intersection of Kennedy Boulevard when she was hit by the SUV heading south, Kimberly Wallace-Scalfione, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office said. The officer was ejected from the scooter on impact, Wallace-Scalfione said. She was taken to a hospital with a broken hip, though her other injuries were non-life threatening, Wallace-Scalfione said. The other driver declined …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Brothers Were Racing Moments Before Jersey City 5-Car Crash That Left Man Critical: Authorities Brothers Were Racing Moments Before Jersey City 5-Car Crash That Left Man Critical: Authorities
Brothers Were Racing Moments Before Jersey City 5-Car Crash That Left Man Critical: Authorities Two brothers from Jersey City were racing each when one caused a June 2021 crash that seriously injured a 44-year-old man from Passaic, authorities said. Justin Crespo, 25, was heading north on Kennedy Boulevard in a Mercedes Benz when he struck a Toyota Highlander, as the 34-year-old driver was turning left onto Leonard Street from the south side of the roadway on the evening of June 5, 2021, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The backseat passenger in the Toyota was ejected and suffered life-threatening injuries. Both drivers were treated for minor injuries a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
NJ School Bus Driver Dies Behind Wheel (TRIBUTE) NJ School Bus Driver Dies Behind Wheel (TRIBUTE)
NJ School Bus Driver Dies Behind Wheel (Tribute) Clossie Williams was more than just a bus driver.  He was a friend. A constant. A source of joy. The 59-year-old Hudson County Schools of Technology bus driver is being remembered as all that and more, just one day after he suffered a heart attack while behind the wheel of his bus on his route and died, NJ Advance Media says. Williams had one juvenile on board when he crashed into a parked car on Kennedy Boulevard and 44th Street while heading to Explore Middle School in Jersey City around 6:35 a.m., the outlet said. The child was not injured but Williams was purportedly ru…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
FBI Makes Arrest In Jersey City Gang War FBI Makes Arrest In Jersey City Gang War
FBI Makes Arrest In Jersey City Gang War An ongoing gang war in Jersey City led to the arrest by federal authorities of a man accused in one shooting and implicated in another. Shamar Bey, 29, a reputed member of the SaLaf gang, opened fire at a gas station at Gates Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard after following a rival from Ocean and Neptune avenues on June 19, 2020, an FBI complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark says. A city surveillance camera helped identify him, the FBI said. Less than 24 hours after that shooting, three people entered the Salem-Lafayette housing project -- where SaLaf operates -- and shot into a cr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Reputed JC Gang Member Shot Last Year Charged With Firing At Five Rivals Reputed JC Gang Member Shot Last Year Charged With Firing At Five Rivals
Reputed JC Gang Member Shot Last Year Charged With Firing At Five Rivals Two reputed Jersey City gang members shot five people in retaliation for the murder of an associate several years earlier, federal authorities in Newark charged. One of them, Jalil “Broadday” Holmes, 20, of East Orange, is already charged with shooting at a vehicle in Jersey City, wounding two men, before he was shot in the Newport Centre mall food court in January 2019. In the new case, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said that Holmes and Jidon Rogers, 37, of Jersey City went with two other men to Lexington Avenue looking to shoot rivals on June 30, 2018. The date was signifi…

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by Jerry DeMarco