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Authorities: Bronx Man Broke Into Union County Woman's Home, Sexually Assaulted Her Authorities: Bronx Man Broke Into Union County Woman's Home, Sexually Assaulted Her
Authorities: Bronx Man Broke Into Union County Woman's Home, Sexually Assaulted Her A New York man was being held in jail after breaking into the home of an elderly woman and sexually assaulting her, said authorities who charged him. Richard Darby, 34, of the Bronx, broke into the woman's Union home in the early morning hours of July 6, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Union Police Director Daniel Zieser said Tuesday. A warrant for his arrest was issued that day, and he was found near Manila Avenue in Jersey City July 8, by members of the Special Victims Unit, authorities said. "Given the nature of the crime, the Prosecutor’s Office moved to…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Woman Plunges To Death From Apartment Building Jersey City Woman Plunges To Death From Apartment Building
Jersey City Woman Plunges To Death From Apartment Building A Jersey City woman plunged to her death from an 11-story apartment building, authorities confirmed Sunday. Responders pronounced her dead outside the mixed-use Villa Borinquen Apartments on Manila Avenue near the corner of Second Street around 2:15 p.m. Friday, responders said. Authorities believe the woman jumped, city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione told Hudson County View, confirming responders' initial report from Friday. ****** ALSO SEE: A 25-year-old worker died Sunday when he fell 35 feet into a shop docked at the Bayonne waterfront, responders said. https://dailyvoic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Tunnel Traffic Into NJ Jammed By Passed Out Driver, Port Authority Says Tunnel Traffic Into NJ Jammed By Passed Out Driver, Port Authority Says
Tunnel Traffic Into NJ Jammed By Passed Out Driver, Port Authority Says An overnight traffic jam entering New Jersey from the Holland Tunnel had an uncommon twist: A driver drunk on wine had passed out behind the wheel, authorities said. Port Authority Police Officer Christopher Hooper got caught in the 2:20 a.m. traffic jam Saturday coming from the World Trade Center, then found 48-year-old Robert D. Tume-Ponce unconscious in a 2003 Ford Explorer -- the motor running and the car in gear -- at 14th Street and Manila Avenue, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. Tume-Ponce smelled of alcohol and had an open bottle of wine on the floor of the passenger seat, he…

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by Jerry DeMarco