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Luxury Union County Car Trafficking Ring Dismantled, Four Arrests Made, Prosecutor Says
Four teenagers were arrested on Thursday, Sept. 12 and charged for their participation in an auto theft trafficking network in North Jersey, authorities said.
Two juveniles, a 16-year-old Newark resident and a 17-year-old Jersey City resident would use stolen Kias, Hondas and Hyundais to look for high-end luxury vehicles like BMWs and Mercedes, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said.
After identifying target vehicles, they would go to target homes and search for keys/key fobs, Daniel said. Once they got the vehicles, they would contact Tikeem Shearin, 18, and Carlos Espi…
Female Killer Resentenced In Double Murder Of Jersey City College Sweethearts
A 33-year-old woman was resentenced to 70 years in state prison on Monday, Sept. 16, for her role in the murder of two people in 2010.
Latonia Bellamy was convicted in 2021 of felony murder for the robbery and fatal shooting of Michael Muchioki, 27, and Nia Haqq, 25 on Randolph Avenue in Jersey City in April 2010, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
The two were killed outside their home around 3 a.m. on April 4, 2010, after coming home from their own engagement party, NJ.com reported, noting they were college sweethearts.
An appeals court upheld Bellamy's conviction b…
Two Jersey City Gang Members Sentenced For Role In Multiple Shootings: Feds
Two Jersey City gang members were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on Wednesday, Aug. 21, for their role in two different shootings and other crimes, authorities said.
Jakeem Gibson-Madison, a.k.a. “Beanz,” 30; and Terick Rogers, a.k.a. “Moot,” 32, are members of a Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex, US Attorney Phillip Sellinger said. Gibson-Madison was sentenced to 15 years in prison while Rogers was sentenced to 16 years in prison, Sellinger said.
While in the gang, Gibson-Madison and Rogers routinely distributed cocaine and heroin, among oth…
Kevin Waite, Jersey City Musician, Father Of Two, Dies At 46
Kevin Waite, a Jersey City musician who worked in mental health, died recently at the age of 46, according to a fundraiser set up to support his family.
Waite is survived by his wife Nicole and his two children, Dylan and Ruby. As of Friday, Aug. 16, the fundraiser has raised more than $65,800.
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"Kevin's warmth, generosity, and boundless spirit touched everyone he met," wrote Melanie Kirsch, who organized the fundrai…
Teen Arrested In Slaying Of Hudson County Boy One Month Shy Of 18th Birthday, Prosecutor Says
A 17-year-old Jersey City teenager was arrested and charged on Wednesday, July 24, with shooting a Bayonne teenager over the weekend, authorities said.
At 2:30 p.m., police responded to 124 West Third Street and found John "Johnny" Dominguez, 17, unresponsive inside an apartment after being shot in the torso, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The boy was pronounced dead soon after, Suarez said.
A fundraiser has been set up to pay for funeral expenses for Dominguez, who was killed a month prior to his 18th birthday, his family says. As of Thursday, July 25, more than $12,600 has b…
Three Sentenced In Fatal Shooting Of Jersey City Teen: Prosecutor
Three Jersey City residents were sentenced on Friday, July 19, to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a fatal 2018 shooting of a 17-year-old Jersey City boy, authorities said.
Rayquan Carmichael, 23, was sentenced to 40 years in state prison for murder, while Isaiah Huggins, 24, was sentenced to 42 years in state prison for murder, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The two were convicted back in March, Suarez sad.
Carmichael was already serving time in prison on unrelated weapons and burglary charges, Suarez said. Jahmari Hector, 21, was sentenced to six years in prison for c…