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Jersey City Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Montclair Girl, 13, He Met Online Jersey City Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Montclair Girl, 13, He Met Online
Jersey City Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Montclair Girl, 13, He Met Online A 24-year-old Jersey City man was charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl he met online, authorities said. Members of the Hudson County Prosecutor's Special Victims Unit were tipped off in January that Steffon Fowler had sexually assaulted the Montclair girl after meeting on social media, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Fowler was arrested on Aug. 17 at his residence on Arlington Avenue without incident, and surrendered to authorities without incident, Suarez said. Fowler was charged with one count of second-degree sexual assault, one count of third-degree end…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Police Find Elderly Woman's Corpse After Three-Hour Standoff With Barricaded Tenant Jersey City Police Find Elderly Woman's Corpse After Three-Hour Standoff With Barricaded Tenant
Jersey City Police Find Elderly Woman's Corpse After Three-Hour Standoff With Barricaded Tenant Jersey City police who were held at bay for three hours by a barricaded city tenant found the deteriorated corpse of a 78-year-old woman when she finally let them in, authorities confirmed Sunday. Police went to the fourth-floor apartment at the corner of Arlington Avenue and Harmon Street on a welfare check shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. However, a 53-year-old woman living there barricaded herself in the unit and refused to let them in, the prosecutor said. About an hour into the standoff, officers detected what was described as a foul odor…

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by Jerry DeMarco