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Hoboken Doctor, Roommate Busted With $15K Worth Of Drugs In Undercover Sting: Prosecutor
A doctor and her roommate have been accused of drug distribution after one sold 150 grams of cocaine to an undercover officer, and $15,000 in drugs were found in their home, authorities in Hudson County said. A raid of 38-year-old Elizabeth Johnson and 31-year-old Serge Corporan's Hoboken apartment turned up 17 grams of cocaine, more than 60 ecstasy pills and drug paraphernalia, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Johnson is an emergency doctor at Hoboken University Medical Center. Corporan sold cocaine more than 150 grams of cocaine to an undercover officer multiple tim…
Police & Fire
25-Year-Old Victim Sexually Assaulted On New Year's In Hoboken: Prosecutor
A 25-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by a male inside of a home in Hoboken on New Year's, authorities said. Hoboken University Medical Center notified the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office's Special Victim's Unit of the assault, Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The woman met the male sometime before New Year's Eve, and he sexually assaulted her around 4 a.m. in a house, Suarez said. No arrests have been made at this time. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1234 or leave an anonymous tip. All information will be kept …
Police & Fire
Woman Seeking Best Possible Photo Of NYC Skyline Falls Into Deep Hole In Hudson River
A 23-year-old woman trying to capture a moment in Hoboken got one she'll never forget, thanks to half-a-dozen police officers who dove into the Hudson River to rescue her. The Berkley Heights woman was trying to get a better view of New York City while out with her friends and brother near Pier 13, when she climbed a railing and fell over around 3:30 a.m., Feb. 6, Hoboken police said. Because of the snow on the ground, she did not see the gaps between the pier and the dock, authorities said. That particular area of the pier was closed off to the public. The woman's brother attempted …
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North Jersey Mom Left Brain Damaged After C-Section, Family Piecing Together What Went Wrong
Estefania Mesa was cheerful and excited to deliver her first baby as she was wheeled in for an emergency C-section at Hoboken University Medical Center on July 20. But that joyful moment never came for 28-year-old Mesa, who went into cardiac arrest on the operating table, causing a severe lack of oxygen to her brain for nearly nine minutes, family and friends told Daily Voice. The North Bergen mom has been in a vegetative state ever since, and her loved ones are struggling to understand where things went wrong. Despite a court order to release medical records from Mesa's procedure, Hoboke…
Police & Fire
Hoboken PD: Man Wanted In Apparent Pepper Spray Incident Was Passenger In DWI Hit-Run
A man wanted for apparently pepper spraying a woman during an argument was in the passenger's seat of a DWI driver's car during a Hoboken hit-and-run crash, authorities said. Police responding to reports of a hit-and-run around 9:55 Thursday evening on 3rd Street and Willow Avenue spotted a gold minivan on Washington Street with heavy front end damage and no headlights on, Hoboken police Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. An officer pulled a U-turn and stopped the car on Washington Street, where the driver, Timothy Bracero, 46, of Union City, was arrested for DWI, police said. Bracero's p…
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Secaucus Police Officers Stop Suicidal Bridge Jumper, 22
Depressed and hopeless, a 22-year-old East Orange man sat with his legs dangling over a Route 3 bridge. He had every intention of ending his life. Thanks to a pair of Secaucus police officers, the man gets another lease on life. Multiple 9-1-1 calls came in around 9 a.m. Thursday, reporting a jumper from the East Bridge -- which runs over the Hackensack River, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Upon arrival, Officer Taylor Ensmann saw the man sitting on the bridge, his legs dangling over the marsh area below. The officer -- who is in charge of the department's th…
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: Port Authority Responders Make Second Save Of Month At Lincoln Tunnel
A team of Port Authority police officers and Tunnel and Bridge agents saved the life of a 52-year-old driver who had a medical episode near the Lincoln Tunnel – the second rescue of the month for three of the responders. PAPD Officer Police Officer Krystal Armenti responded to a report of a disabled vehicle at the end of the Kennedy Boulevard on-ramp shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday and found the driver unresponsive, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. Armenti broke the window and pulled the driver from the vehicle and began compressions as fellow Officer Dana Fuller and TBAs Keit…
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#NJThanksYou: Wyckoff Girl Scout Troop, Postal Workers Among Those Honored At Murphy’s Briefing
Wyckoff Girl Scout Troop 24 in Bergen County and postal workers across the state were among local heroes honored by Gov. Murphy Friday. The troop made their own headbands for healthcare workers at The Valley Hospital to wear under their masks, reduce discomfort and “make life on the job just a little bit better.” Japanese-headquartered retailer Uniqlo was also honored for its generous donation of 100,000 medical-grade masks for front line public health and safety responders. “This is the essence of what it means to be a good corporate citizen, and we are incredibly appreciative,” Murp…
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Hoboken Hospital Projected To Run Out Of PPE Next Week, City Cases Shoot To 56
Sixteen new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Hoboken bringing the total to 56 -- including a police officer -- as of Thursday, officials said. The officer has not had contact with others in his department since March 11, Mayor Ravi Bhalla said. Hoboken University Medical Center Update is projected to run out of personal protective equipment (PPE) in six days, Hoboken 5th Ward Councilman Phil Cohen said. The hospital is nearly capacity of ventilators for critical patients. Also needed are N95 masks, surgical masks, gowns and gloves. Anyone who wants to donate can email MontanezW@ho…
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Covid-
19: North Jersey Municipalities Report First Cases, Others Brace For Shutdowns
While some North Jersey municipalities and counties are bracing for a shutdown, others are reporting their very first coronavirus cases. BERGEN Teaneck was the first in the state to urge residents to self-quarantine Saturday night, after learning that cases more than doubled overnight from 8 to 18. As of Sunday, Bergen County had 29 positive test results of the 98 in the entire state -- including two fatalities. All Bergen County schools were closed indefinitely, and county officials warned residents they might be self-quarantined the way Teaneck was. A 54-year-old woman was th…
Police & Fire
Hoboken Police Officer Headed To Emergency Call Injured In Crash
A Hoboken police officer was hospitalized with injuries that responders said weren’t life-threatening after a sedan struck her patrol SUV Friday afternoon. The BMW struck the driver’s side door on a residential stretch of Adams Street between 1st and Newark streets around 3:30 p.m. Officer Cynthia Rivera, who was taken by ambulance to Hoboken University Medical Center, was headed to an emergency call of a dispute in progress when the crash occurred, police said. Her SUV was driven from the scene. The BMW was towed. The other driver didn't appear injured. Boyd A. Loving took the photo an…
Police & Fire
Lyndhurst Man Tried To Steal Ambulance In Hoboken: Report
A Lyndhurst man was arrested Sunday morning on multiple charges after he jumped into an ambulance at a Hudson County hospital and tried to drive off, according to a published report. Security called police because Nicholas Soto, 30, refused to leave the waiting room at Hoboken University Medical Center. Soto was waiting for treatment or for another patient, police told NJ.com. Officers escorted Soto out of the building but he lingered near an ambulance, then jumped inside, locked the doors and attempted to put it into gear, police said. Soto was arrested and taken to poli…
Police & Fire
Driver Critical After Garbage Truck Plummets Off Overpass
A Union City DPW garbage truck plummeted off an overpass onto westbound Route 495 in Weehawken after the driver suffered a medical emergency Wednesday afternoon, responders told Daily Voice. The driver was taken to Jersey City Medical Center with critical injuries, they said. A passenger in the truck sustained a broken femur, police at the scene told Daily Voice. The driver -- who apparently suffered a heart attack -- and another person who was on the street above were also hospitalized, as were several people who were aboard a bus that struck the truck after it landed, they said. In to…
Lifestyle
Police Deliver Baby In Lincoln Tunnel Rush Hour
And you thought you couldn't wait to get out of the Lincoln Tunnel? Neither could this baby girl Monday morning during rush hour. Sathya Priya Senthil began experiencing contractions around 6:30 a.m., the New York Post reports. She and her husband took an Uber from Jersey City to a Midtown hospital and, when they were about 500 yards away from the entrance of the tunnel, Senthil's water broke. The baby was ready -- more than two weeks before her May 10 due date. Two Port Authority police officers delivered the baby girl at 7:30 outside of the tunnel before the mother and baby were trans…
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