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Brinkerhoff Street, Jersey City, NJ

Men Who Killed 17-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Get Prison Time Men Who Killed 17-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Get Prison Time
Men Who Killed 17-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Get Prison Time A pair of men charged in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Jersey City girl were sentenced to state prison on Friday Jan. 27, authorities said. Alterik Ellis, 29, and Travis DeFoe, 32, both of Jersey City, were sentenced to 35 years in New Jersey State Prison for the 2018 shooting death of Jade Saunders in Jersey City, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez. Ellis and DeFoe were each convicted at trial of murder, theft and weapons offenses, Suarez said. “No family should ever lose a child in a senseless act of gun violence,” said Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Kevin…
Authorities ID 2 Killed In Jersey City Shooting That Left 4 Others Hurt Authorities ID 2 Killed In Jersey City Shooting That Left 4 Others Hurt
Authorities ID 2 Killed In Jersey City Shooting That Left 4 Others Hurt Authorities have identified the two people who died in Friday night's Jersey City shooting, in which four others were injured. Randolph Black Jr., 25, and Jason Crutcher, 26, both died as a result of the shooting on Brinkerhoff Street just before 11 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Among those injured were three men, ages 25, 26, and 35, and a 20-year-old woman, Suarez's office said. Police responding to reports of gunshots just before 11 p.m. found Black unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the torso in a vehicle near Crescent Avenue, authorities said. He was rushed to J…
Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man
Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man Authorities on Wednesday charged a Bayonne ex-con with murder in the shooting death of a man on a Jersey City street the night before. Bernard Wilson, 27, gunned down 38-year-old Abimael Fuentes on Brinkerhoff Street between Monticello and Bergen avenues around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Wednesday. Fuentes was taken with an abdominal gunshot wound to Jersey City Medical Center, where Suarez said he was pronounced deceased at 1:41 a.m.  Members of Suarez's Homicide Unit seized Wilson at his home Wednesday morning and recovered two guns, the pro…