Hudson Prosecutor: Cash Recovered During Investigations Goes Missing Hudson Prosecutor: Cash Recovered During Investigations Goes Missing
Hudson Prosecutor: Cash Recovered During Investigations Goes Missing An internal affairs investigation has been launched at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office after cash recovered in several different cases went missing, authorities announced Tuesday. All of the missing cash had been recovered from scenes and was being temporarily held for safekeeping, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  The money was kept in temporary storage in locked safes at the Prosecutor’s Office with limited access by investigative staff. The Prosecutor’s Office Public Integrity Unit, Internal Affairs Section, will be conducting the investigation.  The New Jer…
WINNERS: Four NJ Lottery Tickets Split $404K Jackpot WINNERS: Four NJ Lottery Tickets Split $404K Jackpot
Winners: Four NJ Lottery Tickets Split $404K Jackpot Four winning lottery tickets each good for approximately $101,100 were sold in New Jersey. The tickets from Saturday's Jersey Cash 5 drawing will split the $404,600 jackpot. The winning numbers were 03, 07, 11, 19, and 25 and the XTRA number was: 04.  Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Hudson County: 7-Eleven #39406, 3900 Bergenline Ave., Union City; Middlesex County: Krauszer’s, 81 Main St., South River; Middlesex County: Quik Food, 6 Pointer Pl., Kendall Park; and, Morris County: Main Street Liquor, 194 W. Union Tpke., Wharton. The retailers will receive a bonus c…
Prosecutor: Jersey City Mall Shooter Gets 6 Years Behind Bars Prosecutor: Jersey City Mall Shooter Gets 6 Years Behind Bars
Prosecutor: Jersey City Mall Shooter Gets 6 Years Behind Bars A 26-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced to six years in New Jersey State Prison for a shooting at the Newport Centre Mall that injured two people in 2019, authorities said Tuesday. Ahmad Broadway was sentenced by Superior Court Judge John A. Young, Jr., on Monday to five years for second-degree possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and one year for fourth-degree risking widespread injury or damage, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Broadway's sentences must run consecutively, and he must serve three and a half years for the weapons offense before he's eligible for…
Hudson Prosecutor's Office Workers Probed For 'Offensive & Sickening' Comments Hudson Prosecutor's Office Workers Probed For 'Offensive & Sickening' Comments
Hudson Prosecutor's Office Workers Probed For 'Offensive & Sickening' Comments Employees of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office are the center of an investigation after reportedly making offensive and racist comments, several news outlets say. Assistant Prosecutor Bill Specht and agent Kelly Taylor-Sisk are being probed by Hudson County Counsel, while clerk Debra Collins was issued a three-day suspension for offensive comments, HCPO Spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said. Specht has been stripped of any supervisory or prosecutional authority pending the outcome of the investigation, Morrill added. Screenshots show that Specht made the racist comment while disc…
Feds: Armed Fugitive In 7-Hour Hudson Hotel Standoff Was ‘Prepared For War,’ ‘Ready To Die’ Feds: Armed Fugitive In 7-Hour Hudson Hotel Standoff Was ‘Prepared For War,’ ‘Ready To Die’
Feds: Armed Fugitive In 7-Hour Hudson Hotel Standoff Was ‘Prepared For War,’ ‘Ready To Die’ UPDATE: A heavily-armed fugitive who held tactical officers at bay for nearly seven hours at a Secaucus hotel told police that he was “prepared for war” and “ready to die,” the U.S. attorney for New Jersey said Monday. ATF agents charged Rahim Harris, 42, of Maplewood, with being a convicted felon in possession of weapons and ammo, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. His wife, Haneefha White, 39, of Pottsville, PA, who was with him, is charged with aiding and abetting the possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. Authorities said they found eight loaded wea…
Rockin' The 60s: Veteran Culprits Nabbed In NJ-Wide Thefts Of Work Vans, Trucks, State Says Rockin' The 60s: Veteran Culprits Nabbed In NJ-Wide Thefts Of Work Vans, Trucks, State Says
Rockin' The 60s: Veteran Culprits Nabbed In Nj-wide Thefts Of Work Vans, Trucks, State Says Two ex-cons in their 60s were part of a ring that stole more than 30 work vehicles from victims in seven North Jersey counties, authorities said. Their end came in a quick succession of arrests that followed an operation led by New Jersey State Police -- and involving dozens of local police departments -- that was dubbed “Operation Cat Burglar.” Crew members in January began snatching work vans and trucks from owners in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Union, Hudson, Morris, and Middlesex counties, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. They stored the stolen vehicles in a lot in North Berg…
Indictment: Sex Offender, Felons Drove Unsafe Buses For NJ Company Without Checks, Drug Tests Indictment: Sex Offender, Felons Drove Unsafe Buses For NJ Company Without Checks, Drug Tests
Indictment: Sex Offender, Felons Drove Unsafe Buses For NJ Company Without Checks, Drug Tests A Paterson-based school bus company owner from Wayne and his manager hired criminals as drivers – including a registered sex offender – and covered it up, a state grand jury indictment charges. Shelim Khalique, the 52-year-old owner/operator of A-1 Elegant Tours on Paterson Street, and manager Henry Rhodes, 57, of Paterson, hired drivers without background checks or mandatory drug tests while operating unsafe buses, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Personnel files seized in 2019 revealed that A-1 – which has serviced Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union counties -- employed several…
Men Who Brought Ohio Teen Girls To NJ Motels Charged With Sex Assault, Prosecutor Says Men Who Brought Ohio Teen Girls To NJ Motels Charged With Sex Assault, Prosecutor Says
Men Who Brought Ohio Teen Girls To NJ Motels Charged With Sex Assault, Prosecutor Says A pair of men were arrest on accusations they brought two teen girls from Ohio to New Jersey, then lodged them in motels, had sex with one of them and and gave both girls drugs and alcohol, authorities said Tuesday. The girls, ages 14 and 15, met 32-year-old Norman Berry, of the Bronx, in Ohio, and then traveled together to New Jersey on Feb. 24, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The teens were staying in two, North Bergen motels, where the 15-year-old victim was sexually assaulted by Berry and Tyrell Piazza, 31, of Jersey City, Suarez said. Berry and Piazza gave both girls alco…
WINNERS: 7 NJ Mega Millions Players Take Home $110K WINNERS: 7 NJ Mega Millions Players Take Home $110K
Winners: 7 NJ Mega Millions Players Take Home $110K There were seven third-tier prizewinning lottery tickets sold in New Jersey for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, state officials said. Two of those lucky tickets were purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prizes to $30,000 apiece. The players matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn to win the $10,000 prize.  The winning numbers for the Feb. 23 drawing were: 05, 07, 09, 20, and 57. The Gold Mega Ball was 15, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03. The winning tickets were sold at the following locations: Ocean County ($30,000): Bay Avenue Farm, …
'Just Arrest Me, Bro,' Crazed Boyfriend Tells Police After Shooting GF, BFF Dead: Report 'Just Arrest Me, Bro,' Crazed Boyfriend Tells Police After Shooting GF, BFF Dead: Report
'Just Arrest Me, Bro,' Crazed Boyfriend Tells Police After Shooting GF, BFF Dead: Report Details are emerging in the killings of a pair of Morris County best friends both shot dead earlier this month by a crazed Hudson County corrections officer whom one of the women was dating. Anna Shpilberg and Luiza Shinkarevskaya, both 40 and of Morris County, had just landed at Newark Airport after a last-minute girls trip to Cancun with other friends, when they were fatally shot by Shpilberg's boyfriend, John Menendez on Feb. 16, NJ.com reports. Menendez, 24, angered by the fact that his multiple calls to 40-year-old Shpilberg went unanswered, shot Shpilberg, his girlfriend, and Shi…
UPDATE: Fundraiser For NJ Man Accused Of Trying To Meet Underage Teen For Sex Deleted UPDATE: Fundraiser For NJ Man Accused Of Trying To Meet Underage Teen For Sex Deleted
Update: Fundraiser For NJ Man Accused Of Trying To Meet Underage Teen For Sex Deleted GoFundMe has deleted a campaign launched by a Hudson County man who authorities said was arrested earlier this month when he tried to meet a 14-year-old child for sex. The page was created Friday by Adamovic, 48, of North Bergen. It hadn't received any donations when Daily Voice published a story about it on Saturday. Soon after, it was removed. Adamovic's social media accounts also disappeared. Adamovic was arrested on Feb. 5 after authorities said he showed up in Bound Brook for sex with what he thought was an underage partner but was actually an undercover detective. Adamovic, a B…
Hudson Corrections Officer Accused Of Shooting Lover, Her Friend Dead In Newark Hudson Corrections Officer Accused Of Shooting Lover, Her Friend Dead In Newark
Hudson Corrections Officer Accused Of Shooting Lover, Her Friend Dead In Newark A Hudson County corrections officer is accused of shooting his lover and another woman dead Tuesday night in Newark, authorities said. Police found Anna Shpilberg, 40, of Randolph suffering a gunshot wound at Edison Place and Bruen Street around 9 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Luiza Shinkarevskaya, 40, of Riverdale, was found suffering the same on the 100 block of Haynes Avenue moments later, they said. Shinkarevskaya was driving and Shpilberg was a passenger in her car when both were appa…