SWAT SITUATION: Hudson Man Stabbed 24-Year-Old Girlfriend Dead, Prosecutor Says SWAT SITUATION: Hudson Man Stabbed 24-Year-Old Girlfriend Dead, Prosecutor Says
SWAT Situation: Hudson Man Stabbed 24-Year-Old Girlfriend Dead, Prosecutor Says A 22-year-old Weehawken man was charged in the stabbing death of his 24-year-old girlfriend over the weekend, authorities said. Michelle Paola Castillo Siguencia was found lifeless on a bathroom floor of a Hudson Avenue apartment in Weehawken around 6 p.m. Saturday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Joseph Palacios was identified as a suspect while Weehawken police were on the scene, the prosecutor said. Palacios had barricaded himself in a family member's apartment at 112 33rd St. in Union City and was threatening to harm himself, Suarez said. The Hudson County SWAT …
FACE-PLANT FOLLOW-UP: Ridgefield Park Man Charged In Hudson Stolen Cab Chase, Crash In Fairview FACE-PLANT FOLLOW-UP: Ridgefield Park Man Charged In Hudson Stolen Cab Chase, Crash In Fairview
Face-plant Follow-up: Ridgefield Park Man Charged In Hudson Stolen Cab Chase, Crash In Fairview UPDATE: It didn't take long for Ridgefield Park police to help their colleagues nab a third man involved in stealing a cab in Union City that crashed during a chase in Fairview. Michael Hernandez was with two Union City men who stole a cab in the city before heading to Fairview, authorities said. Village police took Hernandez, 22, into custody at his home Wednesday. Borough police spotted the stolen 2008 Crown Victoria at Anderson and Day avenues around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after getting a call from the cab company, which had been tracking it on GPS, Fairview Police Chief Martin Kahn sai…
Stolen Cab Thief Face-Plants After Fleeing Police, Crashing In Fairview Stolen Cab Thief Face-Plants After Fleeing Police, Crashing In Fairview
Stolen Cab Thief Face-Plants After Fleeing Police, Crashing In Fairview Thieves in a cab stolen out of Union City crashed into another vehicle, injuring two occupants, while trying to flee police in Fairview, authorities said. Borough police spotted the stolen 2008 Crown Victoria at Anderson and Day avenues around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after getting a call from the cab company, which had been tracking it on GPS, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. The driver hit the gas, then T-boned a small SUV at the Shaler Avenue intersection two blocks away, he said. Passenger Luis Flores, 23, struggled with officers who eventually got him out of the taxi, said Kahn, who was among…
Hudson Doctor's Employee Admits Role In $24.8M Kickback Scheme Hudson Doctor's Employee Admits Role In $24.8M Kickback Scheme
Hudson Doctor's Employee Admits Role In $24.8M Kickback Scheme UPDATE: Dominoes continued to fall in the federal takedown of a $24.8 million kickback scheme when a Jersey City woman who worked for a local doctor took a plea deal. Yudelka “Vicky” Ayala, 42, admitted conspiring with six co-defendants associated with the now-defunct Prime Aid Pharmacy in Union City to boost prescription sales through kickbacks and bribes to health care professionals in New Jersey and New York. Prime Aid, which also had a location in the Bronx, processed expensive medications used to treat various conditions, including Hepatitis C, Crohn’s disease, and rheumatoid arthritis…
Edgewater PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 42 Arrests Tasered After Fighting, Spitting On Police Edgewater PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 42 Arrests Tasered After Fighting, Spitting On Police
Edgewater PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 42 Arrests Tasered After Fighting, Spitting On Police A Hudson County ex-con with a rap sheet more than three decades long was Tasered after he kicked, elbowed and spit on Edgewater police officers who were trying to arrest him for a multi-store shoplifting spree, authorities said. Gregory Calvo, 50, of Union City had just stolen hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise from the Marshalls, Old Navy and TJ Maxx stores at Edgewater Commons when two officers found him in the Acme Supermarket on Saturday, Police Chief Donald Martin said. “I’m not going to be arrested today,” Calvo announced as he “got into a fighting stance,” the chief said. Calv…
BUSTED: Man Recorded Himself Taking Shower Video Of Underage Bergen Girl, Authorities Say BUSTED: Man Recorded Himself Taking Shower Video Of Underage Bergen Girl, Authorities Say
Busted: Man Recorded Himself Taking Shower Video Of Underage Bergen Girl, Authorities Say A Guatemalan national living in Fairview hid his cellphone behind shampoo bottles to record video of an underage girl in the shower – and in doing so gave investigators all the evidence they needed, authorities said. It was a different kind of "gotcha!" they said. Rene Quino-Curruchiche, 38, of Walker Street was arrested after borough police received a 911 call from the youngster, who is in her early teens, according to a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack. A Special Victims Unit detective from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office who interviewed him got Quino-Curruchiche’s…
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…
Hudson County Man, 21, Gets 5 Years State Prison For Crash That Killed North Bergen Friend Hudson County Man, 21, Gets 5 Years State Prison For Crash That Killed North Bergen Friend
Hudson County Man, 21, Gets 5 Years State Prison For Crash That Killed North Bergen Friend A Hudson County driver has been sentenced to five years in state prison in connection with a marijuana-involved crash that killed his 22-year-old friend from North Bergen, authorities said.  The fatal crash occurred in October 2019 on the New Jersey Turnpike in Mansfield. Johnalex Grullon, 21, of Union City admitted to being high on marijuana and driving recklessly on the day of the crash, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Grullon and his friends were returning from a trip to South Philadelphia, where they had traveled to buy cheesesteaks. Grullon pleaded …
MAJOR BUST: Authorities Smash Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20 MAJOR BUST: Authorities Smash Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20
Major Bust: Authorities Smash Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20 A barber shop and used car lot were fronts for a large-scale North Jersey drug trafficking ring, said authorities who seized nearly 21 pounds of fentanyl, 7½ pounds of cocaine, a loaded gun and more while arresting 20 people in Hudson, Bergen, Essex and Union counties. Nearly two dozen locations in New Jersey and New York were raided and nearly four pounds of meth, more than a pound and a half of fentanyl and $118,395 in cash were seized by a team headed by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force working with federal Homeland Security Investigations and the NYPD, they said Wednes…
Authorities Smash Major NJ Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20 Authorities Smash Major NJ Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20
Authorities Smash Major NJ Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20 A barber shop and used car lot were fronts for a large-scale North Jersey drug trafficking ring, said authorities who seized nearly 21 pounds of fentanyl, 7½ pounds of cocaine, a loaded gun and more while arresting 20 people in Hudson, Bergen, Essex and Union counties. Nearly two dozen locations in New Jersey and New York were raided and nearly four pounds of meth, more than a pound and a half of fentanyl and $118,395 in cash were seized by a team headed by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force working with federal Homeland Security Investigations and the NYPD, they said Wednes…
Teens Go On Car Burglary Spree, Lead NJ Pursuit In Sedan Stolen Out Of Philly, Police Say Teens Go On Car Burglary Spree, Lead NJ Pursuit In Sedan Stolen Out Of Philly, Police Say
Teens Go On Car Burglary Spree, Lead NJ Pursuit In Sedan Stolen Out Of Philly, Police Say Three teens were in police custody with another suspect at large after going on a car burglary spree then leading a police pursuit across Hudson County in a sedan stolen out of Philadelphia, authorities said. A Secaucus, NJ resident called police to report four individuals burglarized his family's car on Pandolfi Avenue around 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 20, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The four suspects fled in a black Toyota Corolla, later found to be stolen out of Philadelphia on Jan. 13, Miller said. A responding police officer saw the stolen vehicle leaving near Centre Avenue, then…
Hudson Pharmacy Owner's Son Admits Role In $99M Kickback Scheme Uncovered By Feds Hudson Pharmacy Owner's Son Admits Role In $99M Kickback Scheme Uncovered By Feds
Hudson Pharmacy Owner's Son Admits Role In $99M Kickback Scheme Uncovered By Feds The son of a former Union City pharmacy co-owner admitted his role Thursday in a multimillion-dollar scheme to boost prescription sales by paying kickbacks and bribes to health care professionals. Alex Fleyshmakher, 34, of Morganville, worked for his father, Igor Fleyshmakher of Holmdel, at Prime Aid in Union City. He was also an on-paper owner of Prime Aid Bronx, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Operating out of both locations, the now-defunct Prime Aid Pharmacies processed expensive medications used to treat various conditions, including Hepatitis C, Crohn’s disease, and rheum…