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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…
Gunman, 67, Killed 24-Year-Old Victim In Weehawken, Prosecutor Says
Police have identified both the victim and suspect in a deadly Weehawken shooting this week.
Jhonnier Gamboa Acosta, 24, was believed to have been shot and killed by Juan Perez, 67, on Park Avenue between 37th and 41st streets around 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
Acosta was taken to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:14 p.m. The Cause and Manner of Death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.
Perez was charged with murder and various weapons offenses. He was lodged in the county jail pendi…
Two Arrested After Man Fatally Shot In North Bergen: Prosecutor
Two people were arrested after a 31-year-old man was fatally shot in North Bergen on Monday, Aug. 5, authorities said.
At 9 a.m., North Bergen police responded to Meadowview Avenue and 61st Street and found Juan Ortiz, a North Bergen resident, with an apparent gunshot wound, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
On Tuesday, Aug. 6, James Baker, a 24-year-old Secaucus resident and Arwa Elmhodli, a 21-year-old North Bergen resident were arrested and charged with murder, robbery and numerous weapons offenses, Suarez said.
The defendants are being detained at the Hudson County Corr…
Prosecutor IDs 31-Year-Old Woman Shot Dead In NJ's Largest City
A woman was fatally shot in Newark on Sunday, July 28, authorities said.
At 11:23 p.m., Newark police responded to 4th Avenue and North 12th Street where they found Brielle Alston, 31, suffering from a gunshot wound, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Frage said.
Alston was transported to University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:20 a.m., Stephens and Frage said.
The shooting is being investigated by the Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, Stephens and…
2nd Victim Of PA Trump Rally Shooting Released, Hospital Says
The second of two men who were shot during a Trump rally in Pennsylvania has been released, Allegheny Hospital Officials told Daily Voice on Monday, July 29.
James Copenhaver, 74 of Moon Township, PA, was discharged on Friday, July 26, a hospital spokesperson told us.
David Dutch, 57, New Kensington, PA, was previously discharged on Wednesday afternoon, July 24, according to the spokesperson
Dutch and Copenhaver were in critical condition following the shooting by Thomas Matthew Crooks at the Trump rally on Saturday, July 13. Both of their statuses "have been upgr…
Man Shot, Assaulted On NJ Turnpike Roadside, Ditched By Assailants He Was Traveling With: Cops
A Texas man was shot during an argument with people he'd been riding with, then assaulted and ditched on the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike in Secaucus, authorities said.
At 2:26 p.m., a 52-year-old Houston resident got into an argument with two men while traveling in a white Nissan passenger vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike Monday, July 22, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said.
The man was shot before the car pulled over to the side of the road near Interchange 17, where all occupants got out of the vehicle and began assaulting the victim, Lebron sai…
Man Shot Multiple Times In Jersey City: Authorities
A man was shot several times in Jersey City on the early morning of Sunday, July 21, authorities said.
At 12:58 a.m., police responded to 260 Bright St. for a report of a man shot, Kimberly Wallace-Scalfione, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office, said. The victim, 31, was already transported to a nearby hospital, where he was in critical but stable condition with gunshot wounds to his right clavicle, left buttock, and groin region, Wallace-Scalfione said.
The investigation is ongoing, Wallace-Scalfione said.
Conditions Improve For Injured Victims From PA Trump Rally, Hospital Says
The two men who were shot during a Trump rally in Pennsylvania and left in critical condition have had their conditions upgraded, Allegheny Hospital Officials told Daily Voice on Wednesday, July 17.
David Dutch, 57 of New Kensington, PA, and James Copenhaver, 74 of Moon Township, PA, were in critical condition following the shooting by Thomas Matthew Crooks at the Trump rally on Saturday, July 13.
Both of their statuses "have been upgraded from critical to serious condition as of 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17," a spokesperson from AGH told us that evening. To clarify, this means both o…
