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Post-Drug Deal Arrest Nets Cocaine From North Bergen Man Wanted On 8 Warrants In Guttenberg: PD Post-Drug Deal Arrest Nets Cocaine From North Bergen Man Wanted On 8 Warrants In Guttenberg: PD
Post-Drug Deal Arrest Nets Cocaine From North Bergen Man Wanted On 8 Warrants In Guttenberg: PD A 42-year-old North Bergen man was arrested and charged with possessing cocaine on Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Guttenberg, authorities said. Officers conducted a traffic stop after observing the vehicle's driver, later identified as Olinsser Vera, engage in what appeared to be drug transaction, Guttenberg police said. Officers believed the driver was engaged in criminal activity and requested the Bayonne Police Department's K9 unit, police said. The narcotics K9 conducted a free air sniff of the vehicle, during which the K-9 indicated to the presence of narcotics within the vehicle, police sa…

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by Sam Barron
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RECOGNIZE THEM? Bayonne PD Turns To Public For Help In Weeks-Old Armed Robbery RECOGNIZE THEM? Bayonne PD Turns To Public For Help In Weeks-Old Armed Robbery
Recognize Them? Bayonne PD Turns To Public For Help In Weeks-Old Armed Robbery Bayonne police on Thursday shared photos of two men who they said robbed someone at gunpoint nearly three weeks ago. The holdup occurred at 42nd Street and Avenue E shortly before 1:30 a.m. March 23, they said. It was a Saturday. Police didn't say why they waited until April 11 (19 days) to seek the public's help, although in such cases it's ordinarily because investigators haven't made any progress. They also didn't describe what was taken, how many victims (nor ages or genders), nor whether anyone was injured. There were no descriptions of the robbers or in which direction they headed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bayonne Detectives Sting Staten Island Man Selling Stolen Cars On Facebook Marketplace: Police Bayonne Detectives Sting Staten Island Man Selling Stolen Cars On Facebook Marketplace: Police
Bayonne Detectives Sting Staten Island Man Selling Stolen Cars On Facebook Marketplace: Police A Staten Island man was off to the races selling stolen cars on Facebook Marketplace when Bayonne detectives put the brakes on the operation, authorities said. Using bogus identification, Devonte A. Thomas, 23, recently raked in $26,650 that police know about as “Alazim Olasupo Odu, selling a 2013 Infiniti and two Hondas from 2019 and 2020, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric R. Amato said. One of the victims called police after crossing paths with Thomas while looking for another car, the captain said. After quickly confirming that the car Thomas was selling had been stolen out of Newark, detective…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ High School Teacher, 68, Punched Female Student In Head: Prosecutor NJ High School Teacher, 68, Punched Female Student In Head: Prosecutor
NJ High School Teacher, 68, Punched Female Student In Head: Prosecutor A 68-year-old Bayonne High School teacher was arrested after punching a female student in the head, authorities said. Joseph Mingoia, who lives in Bayonne, has been on administrative leave since the Jan. 22 incident, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said on Monday, March 4. That day, “two students were involved in an altercation on school property,” the prosecutor said. “After multiple staff members intervened, Mingoia struck a female juvenile in the head with a closed hand.” Mingoia was arrested last Friday, March 1, following an investigation by members of her Special Victims Unit …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Body Found Near Newark Bay: Prosecutor Body Found Near Newark Bay: Prosecutor
Body Found Near Newark Bay: Prosecutor A man's body was found Friday, Jan. 27 off the Hudson County shoreline, authorities announced. The discovery was made on the shoreline of Newark Bay near the Thomas W. Zito Bayside Apartments, and pronounced dead around 3 p.m., the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. The Cause and Manner of death of are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Bayonne Police Department are actively investigating.  Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Pr…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Bayonne Police Captain Dies In Line Of Duty Bayonne Police Captain Dies In Line Of Duty
Bayonne Police Captain Dies In Line Of Duty Police in Bayonne are mourning the loss of one of their one. Capt. Paul Jamolawicz died in the line of duty, according to city officials. A cause of death was not announced. The members of the Secaucus Police Department send deepest condolences to our brothers and sisters of the Bayonne Police Department while they mourn the loss of Captain Paul Jamolawicz. Posted by Secaucus Police Department on Saturday, November 12, 2022 Jamolawicz began his career in 1985, a year before now-Mayor Jimmy Davis joined the force. He worked as a patrolman, detective bureau, narcotics unit and internal a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bayonne Gangster Busted With Basement Drug Lab, Rifles After Assaulting Officer, Woman: Police Bayonne Gangster Busted With Basement Drug Lab, Rifles After Assaulting Officer, Woman: Police
Bayonne Gangster Busted With Basement Drug Lab, Rifles After Assaulting Officer, Woman: Police Police uncovered a drug lab and several handguns including an AK-47 in the home of a Bayonne gang member who followed a woman and pulled out a gun before spitting on police during his arrest, authorities announced. Trouble began for Eliezer Mieses around the morning of Thursday, Sept. 1, when he started arguing with and following a woman on West 26th Street, then pulled out a handgun that he waved around in the air, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The woman went into a house unharmed and Mieses fled toward Avenue A. As officers approached him, Mieses immediately became irate and uncoo…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor
Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor A 29-year-old Bayonne man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and giving her marijuana over the course of one year, authorities said. Stanley Feliz was arrested at his home on a warrant on Wednesday, March 23, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He is accused of sexually assaulting the girl, now 17, and providing her with marijuana on multiple occasions between June 2019 and June 2020, Suarez said. Following his arrest, the Bayonne Police Department conducted a court-authorized search of his home in connection with an unrelated drug investigation, the…

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by Daily Voice
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Details Released In Bayonne Homicide That Brought SWAT Team To Scene Details Released In Bayonne Homicide That Brought SWAT Team To Scene
Details Released In Bayonne Homicide That Brought SWAT Team To Scene Authorities have released details and made one arrest in connection with a stabbing in Bayonne that brought the Hudson County SWAT Team to the scene. Peter Revelo, 32, has been charged with murder after stabbing 33-year-old Mely Vanessa Tafoya Mendoza dead at a home at 105 North St., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Police responding to a 911 call found Mendoza with a stab wound to her torso around noon. She was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 12:36 p.m.  Revelo was taken into custody at the scene and charged at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in J…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Robbers Who Dragged Victim In Costco Parking Lot Nabbed By NJ Town's Mayor: Police Robbers Who Dragged Victim In Costco Parking Lot Nabbed By NJ Town's Mayor: Police
Robbers Who Dragged Victim In Costco Parking Lot Nabbed By NJ Town's Mayor: Police The mayor of a North Jersey town helped apprehend a pair of robbers who stole a woman's purse and then dragged her through a Costco parking lot before fleeing, authorities said. The 60-year-old victim was loading her vehicle with a companion in Bayonne's Costco lot around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Two male passengers later identified as Pedro Henrique, 19, and a 17-year-old boy, both of Newark, pulled up in a maroon vehicle and tried taking her purse from a shopping cart, Amato said. The victim and her friend quickly grabbed the purse in an attempt to regain possessi…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
3 NY Men Caught In The Act Of Kidnapping By Bayonne Police, Authorities Say 3 NY Men Caught In The Act Of Kidnapping By Bayonne Police, Authorities Say
3 NY Men Caught In The Act Of Kidnapping By Bayonne Police, Authorities Say Three New York men tried to kidnap a man on Wednesday morning, according to police. Angel Aristy, 23, Pedro Castillo, 19, and Rafael Vargas, 19, all of the Bronx, NY, have been charged after a stabbing and attempted kidnapping, Bayonne Capt. Eric Amato said in a statement. The men parked their black Audi at the corner of West 21st Street and Avenue A  and began dragging a 30-year-old man to the rear passenger door of the car when they were spotted by a patrol officers. The victim attempted to get the officer's attention and directed him to the Audi but as soon as officer got to it, t…

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by Jillian Pikora
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NJ Bookshop Owner Details Years Of Racial Bias After Latest Incident Ends In Man's Arrest NJ Bookshop Owner Details Years Of Racial Bias After Latest Incident Ends In Man's Arrest
NJ Bookshop Owner Details Years Of Racial Bias After Latest Incident Ends In Man's Arrest "Last night a tear finally escaped, but this incident will not change me." That's what the black owner of a beloved Bayonne bookshop had to say following the latest incident of racial bias at her shop -- The Little BOHO Bookstore on Broadway -- in which a 59-year-old Hoboken man was arrested. The most recent incident involved a pair of harassing emails and a threatening phone call, which all came in on Friday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said.  While detectives were at the Broadway shop investigating on Saturday morning, a man later identified as Qiuewn Zheng, 59, showed up muttering …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Man Masturbates Laying Down In Bayonne Store With Kids Nearby, Authorities Say Man Masturbates Laying Down In Bayonne Store With Kids Nearby, Authorities Say
Man Masturbates Laying Down In Bayonne Store With Kids Nearby, Authorities Say A 43-year-old Bayonne man exposed himself to a store filled with children and adults before laying on the floor and masturbating, authorities said. Terrence Sheppard was in a store near Broadway and 23rd Street when he began exposing himself around 5:15 Tuesday evening, witnesses told Bayonne police. Sheppard was looking at items on the shelf before he went to the front of the store, laid down and began masturbating, the witnesses said. A store employee confronted Sheppard, who then stood up, continued masturbating and then left, Bayonne Police Lt. Eric Amato said. Sheppard was arres…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
LAWSUIT: Veteran Forced To Walk Home After Toe Amputation Sues Bayonne Police, City LAWSUIT: Veteran Forced To Walk Home After Toe Amputation Sues Bayonne Police, City
Lawsuit: Veteran Forced To Walk Home After Toe Amputation Sues Bayonne Police, City A Bayonne amputee is suing the city, its police department, the city and the officer who impounded his car weeks after having part of his foot amputated -- forcing him to walk five blocks home in the cold. Keiran Walsh -- a U.S. Marine Corps veteran -- was on his way to pick up pain medication when he was pulled over by an unmarked police car on Nov. 27, 2017, the Jersey Journal originally reported. Bayonne police officer Stephen Salot told Walsh he was pulled over because of a handicap placard hanging from his review mirror while driving -- but discovered Walsh's registration had expired …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Police Looking For Person Who Vandalized Bayonne Church SEEN HIM? Police Looking For Person Who Vandalized Bayonne Church
Seen HIM? Police Looking For Person Who Vandalized Bayonne Church Police in Bayonne have released images from surveillance video (attached) showing a person suspected of destroying a crucifix at a church last week.  On Wednesday, police were called to St. Vincent de Paul Church on Avenue C, where a witness said someone pulled a crucifix out of the ground, breaking it in half, then smashed one of the two pieces before fleeing.  The suspect is described as a white or light-skinned Hispanic male, about 5'8" to 5'10" and approximately 25 years old. He was wearing a blue t-shirt and blue denim shorts and he has dark hair in a comb-over style.&nb…

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by Paul Milo