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Five Teenagers Arrested For Beating Bayonne Juvenile Unconscious In Video: PD Five Teenagers Arrested For Beating Bayonne Juvenile Unconscious In Video: PD
Five Teenagers Arrested For Beating Bayonne Juvenile Unconscious In Video: PD Five teenagers were arrested and charged this week in Bayonne after they beat a juvenile into unconsciousness on Tuesday, Oct. 22, authorities said. At 2:54 p.m., Educarray McGhie, 18, a 15-year-old, two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old knocked the victim to the ground and repeatedly kicked and stomped on his body and head, Bayonne police said. A bystander came to the victim's aid, shielding him with her body, stopping the attack, police said. That bystander was identified as Cathy Hurley, a teacher, by NJ Advance Media. The outlet also shared a screenshot of a video that captured the inciden…
GOTCHA! Fleeing Driver Who Hit Teaneck Woman, 18, On Sidewalk Turns Out To Be Repeat Offender GOTCHA! Fleeing Driver Who Hit Teaneck Woman, 18, On Sidewalk Turns Out To Be Repeat Offender
Gotcha! Fleeing Driver Who Hit Teaneck Woman, 18, On Sidewalk Turns Out To Be Repeat Offender 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A motorist who struck and injured an 18-year-old Teaneck woman when he drove onto the sidewalk to avoid police turned out to be a violent ex-con, authorities said. Michael Anthony Hammond, 32, of Paterson has a violent criminal history that stretches back well over a decade. He'd been arrested in Passaic County this past March on charges of choking a victim and endangering a child, but was released by a judge the very same day, records show. A little over two weeks later, on April 16, Teaneck Police Officer Kyle Rosen stopped Hammond on Palisade Avenue near Votee Park for several …
BF Killed, GF Survives Hit-And-Run Valentine's Day Nutley Crash, Fundraiser Says BF Killed, GF Survives Hit-And-Run Valentine's Day Nutley Crash, Fundraiser Says
BF Killed, GF Survives Hit-And-Run Valentine's Day Nutley Crash, Fundraiser Says Jocelyn Pietri was walking hand in hand with her boyfriend, Wiston Perlaza, on Valentine's Day in Nutley when they were struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. Perlaza died from his injuries while Pietri suffered serious injuries and has been in a hospital and rehabilitation facility.  A fundraiser has been launched to support Pietri and her family with the financial burden of caring for her expenses, including a wheelchair and travel expenses for Pietri's family. Dhkir Robinson, 42, was arrested and hit with numerous charges including leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death; …
Four Caught, One Sought In Brutal Stabbing Death Outside Garfield Bar Four Caught, One Sought In Brutal Stabbing Death Outside Garfield Bar
Four Caught, One Sought In Brutal Stabbing Death Outside Garfield Bar Authorities who’ve charged four men with the brutal murder of a man outside a Garfield bar last month turned to the public for help finding a fugitive gang member from Pennsylvania who sources said repeatedly stabbed the victim in the chest. Ricky “Angel” Vargas, 35, of East Stroudsburg, PA, and his four companions confronted Richard Franceschi, 31, of Hawthorne outside JoJo's Bar & Grill on Monroe Street before dawn this past Feb. 4, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Vargas had a knife and co-defendant Jayson William Rivera, 23, also of East Stroudsburg, had a handgun, the pr…
NJ Driver Bailed In Crash That Left Passenger Dead: Prosecutor NJ Driver Bailed In Crash That Left Passenger Dead: Prosecutor
NJ Driver Bailed In Crash That Left Passenger Dead: Prosecutor A 26-year-old man has been arrested for leaving the scene of a crash that left his passenger dead in Ocean County, authorities said. Angel Garcia-Rodriguez, 26, of Lakewood, was behind the wheel of a 2007 Honda Civic when he lost control and struck a utility pole on James Street around 2:25 a.m. Saturday, July 22, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Officers found a critically injured male in the passenger seat of the vehicle. He was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where he died, Billhimer said. Garcia-Rodriguez fled the scene before police a…
NJ Woman Believed Killed By Son Remembered As Doting Mom NJ Woman Believed Killed By Son Remembered As Doting Mom
NJ Woman Believed Killed By Son Remembered As Doting Mom Sandra Richman spent much of her life looking after her two sons, her obituary says. On May 23, it was one of them who police say killed her. Gary Richman, 36, is facing a manslaughter charge for the death of his mom 65-year-old mom, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez said. The pair had left their Pedricktown home and went to the Cramer Hill section of Camden that day, police said. Sometime during the drive, Sandra suffered a blunt force head injury, MacAulay and Rodriguez said. Gary took his mom to Cooper University Hospit…
Man Beat On Jersey City Street Dies, Charges Upgraded For Assailant: Prosecutor Man Beat On Jersey City Street Dies, Charges Upgraded For Assailant: Prosecutor
Man Beat On Jersey City Street Dies, Charges Upgraded For Assailant: Prosecutor Charges were upgraded for a Hudson County man after the man he beat unconscious died, authorities said. Robert Stevens, 40, of Union City, beat 51-year-old Anthony Passero on Bergen Avenue between Myrtle and Bostwick avenues in Jersey City around 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 2, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Passero was brought to Jersey City Medical Center, where he died of his injuries on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022 at approximately 12:40 a.m., Suarez said. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Officer determined Passero died of blunt force trauma and the manner of death …
Driver Who Seriously Hurt Teen In Hamilton Hit-Run Surrenders Driver Who Seriously Hurt Teen In Hamilton Hit-Run Surrenders
Driver Who Seriously Hurt Teen In Hamilton Hit-Run Surrenders The driver who hit a teen boy in Hamilton and fled the scene Sunday has turned himself in to police, authorities said. Calvin Janicsek, 22, of Willingboro, surrendered to the Hamilton Police Traffic Unit around 9 a.m. Monday, in connection with Sunday's 2:15 a.m. crash that left a 17-year-old boy seriously injured, police said. The boy was walking westbound on Route 33 near Weston Avenue when he was hit by the car, was also heading west, and apparently driven by Janicsek, police said. The boy was taken to Capital Health Hospital at Fuld for treatment of severe injuries. Janicsek was charg…
Police Officer Brought Bergen Nurse's Body Home To Mom After Killing Him On Parkway: Prosecutor Police Officer Brought Bergen Nurse's Body Home To Mom After Killing Him On Parkway: Prosecutor
Police Officer Brought Bergen Nurse's Body Home To Mom After Killing Him On Parkway: Prosecutor A police officer was arrested for attempting to hide the body of a 29-year-old nurse who he struck and killed on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. Louis Santiago, 25, an officer in Newark, was off duty when he swerved into the right shoulder and struck Damian Z. Dymka, of Garfield, on the northbound side of the parkway near Exit 151 around 3 a.m. on Nov. 1, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Neither Santiago nor his passenger, Albert Guzman, 25, of Newark, called 911 and instead, put Dymka's body in the back of Santiago's 2005 Honda Accord, Stephens sai…
Paranoid Hackensack Husband Who Slashed Wife's Throat Sentenced To 14 Years Paranoid Hackensack Husband Who Slashed Wife's Throat Sentenced To 14 Years
Paranoid Hackensack Husband Who Slashed Wife's Throat Sentenced To 14 Years UPDATE: The husband of a Hackensack woman who played dead for 45 minutes after he slashed her throat was sentenced to 14 years in state prison for the gruesome attack. Prosecutors said Jergere Minaya-Acosta, 52, believed his wife was cheating on him when he deliberately stabbed her twice in their Coles Avenue apartment in April 2019. Rosanna Cuevas played dead while her husband showered, changed into fresh clothes and tossed the bloody garments and knife into a garbage bin before fleeing to New York, detectives told Daily Voice at the time. She then ran to a neighbor for help. Minaya-Acost…
Prosecutor: Man Struck, Killed Outside Lodi Strip Club Was Beaten, Left In Path Of Driver Prosecutor: Man Struck, Killed Outside Lodi Strip Club Was Beaten, Left In Path Of Driver
Prosecutor: Man Struck, Killed Outside Lodi Strip Club Was Beaten, Left In Path Of Driver UPDATE: Five Ridgefield Park men – two of them brothers -- are charged with beating a Fair Lawn man outside the Satin Dolls nightclub in Lodi and then dumping him onto Route 17, where he was struck and killed. Adrian Hoti, 23, and Fero Hoti, 24, along with Kevin Agudelo and Christian Reyes, both 22, and Julio Pena, 23, are all charged with aggravated manslaughter showing "extreme indifference to human life" and endangering an injured victim. The quintet apparently got into a dispute with Marko Guberovic, 38, while waiting for dancers to leave the club -- made famous as the "Bada Bing" in t…
Love Triangle Dispute: 14-Year-Old Boy Stabbed At NJ 'Gingerbread Castle' Love Triangle Dispute: 14-Year-Old Boy Stabbed At NJ 'Gingerbread Castle'
Love Triangle Dispute: 14-Year-Old Boy Stabbed At NJ 'Gingerbread Castle' A 21-year-old New Jersey man was charged with stabbing and seriously injuring a 14-year-old boy at Sussex County's Gingerbread Castle in what police are calling a love triangle dispute.  The man, later identified as Steven Rogers, attacked the teen in a fight over a former Gingerbread Castle employee on Dec. 3, Hamburg Police Lt. Jason Tangorra said. The woman involved in the triangle was charged last October with sexually assaulting the 14-year-old stabbing victim, Tangorra said. The assault also reportedly occurred at the castle. The teen was taken to the Newton Medical Center with …
Fairview FD: Man Thrown Off 10-Foot Porch Critically Injured, Cliffside Park Assailant Charged Fairview FD: Man Thrown Off 10-Foot Porch Critically Injured, Cliffside Park Assailant Charged
Fairview FD: Man Thrown Off 10-Foot Porch Critically Injured, Cliffside Park Assailant Charged A Guatemalan national living in Cliffside Park tossed a Fairview resident over the front railing of a 10-foot-high porch during an argument, sending him to the hospital with critical injuries, authorities said. Tomas Bernardinho Ixcaco, 25, remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail after a Central Judicial Processing Court judge in Hackensack denied his release during a weekend detention hearing. Ixcaco was eating and drinking with his girlfriend and two others at the victim’s house on Friday when he got into an argument with the 48-year-old victim, Capt. Vincent Bellucci said. Ixcaco…
Cliffside Park Man Turns Himself In For Hit-Run Crash That Injured Girl, 16 Cliffside Park Man Turns Himself In For Hit-Run Crash That Injured Girl, 16
Cliffside Park Man Turns Himself In For Hit-Run Crash That Injured Girl, 16 Cliffside Park detectives were closing in when a borough man surrendered Friday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that sent a 16-year-old girl to the hospital earlier in the week. Scott McLearie, who turned 64 on Thursday, was accompanied by his lawyer when Detective William Crapara served him at headquarters Friday with complaints charging him with assault by auto and endangering an injured victim by leaving the scene of a crash. Crapara, Sgt. Paul Hroncich and Detective Daniel Murtagh had been working the area after the girl was struck shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday at the corner of Co…
Arrest Made In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Westfield Woman Arrest Made In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Westfield Woman
Arrest Made In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Westfield Woman A Belmar man has been arrested for allegedly leaving the scene after he struck a Westfield woman with his vehicle earlier this year, crushing her lower body and causing other serious injuries, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.  Michael J. Spivak, 30, was charged with aggravated assault, endangering an injured victim, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and assault by auto in connection with the June 1 incident.  Carly Friedman was walking with a group around 1:30 a.m. in Belmar when authorities say Spivak struck her and a friend at E Street near 15th Avenue.…
DWI Newark Driver Who Slammed Man With Car At Atlantic City Casino Gets 14 Years Behind Bars DWI Newark Driver Who Slammed Man With Car At Atlantic City Casino Gets 14 Years Behind Bars
DWI Newark Driver Who Slammed Man With Car At Atlantic City Casino Gets 14 Years Behind Bars A Newark driver who slammed his car into another man and crushed his legs during a drunken argument in an Atlantic City casino parking garage was sentenced to 14 years in state prison, authorities said. Michael Garland, 46, was at a trial Monday of aggravated assault and endangering an injured victim after saying he acted in self-defense, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said. Local police responded to the fourth level of the Golden Nugget Casino & Marina parking garage where the 25-year-old victim was lying near a barrier wall just before 1:30 a.m., the prosecutor's office said.…
Man Charged With Sex Assault, Endangering Injured Victim In Death Of WNY Woman Man Charged With Sex Assault, Endangering Injured Victim In Death Of WNY Woman
Man Charged With Sex Assault, Endangering Injured Victim In Death Of WNY Woman A 22-year-old West New York man has been charged with sexual assault in connection with the death of a woman found unconscious in a building vestibule early Friday, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said.  Police responded to 214 63rd St. around 3:40 a.m. and found Irma Contreras Flores, 32, of West New York. She was taken to Palisades Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead about an hour later.  The cause and manner of her death were pending an examination by the Regional Medical Examiner's Office.  On Monday, Edwin Velasco-Salazar was arrested at the prosecutor's…
UPDATE: Two More Arrested In Brutal Jersey City Beating Caught On Video UPDATE: Two More Arrested In Brutal Jersey City Beating Caught On Video
Update: Two More Arrested In Brutal Jersey City Beating Caught On Video UPDATE, July 22: A total of four people have now been arrested in connection with the attack. Click here for more.  Police in Jersey City have arrested two women for their alleged involvement in an attack on a motorist that was captured on a video that was widely shared on social media.  Bria Exum and Shirley Burrows, both 26, each have been charged with assault. Exum has also been charged with burglary and endangering an injured victim.  In the graphic video, a 42-year-old Newark man is pulled from his car and beaten by a group of people early Sunday morning on Martin Luthe…
Authorities: Gang Member Beat Man To Death Outside Paterson Bar Authorities: Gang Member Beat Man To Death Outside Paterson Bar
Authorities: Gang Member Beat Man To Death Outside Paterson Bar A Paterson man was charged with beating a man to death outside a city bar, authorities announced early Friday evening. Jonas Rogers was part of a gang that set upon 35-year-old Arnoldo “Ludwig” Alvarez outside the El Tio Gozon Bar on 21st Avenue around 2:30 a.m. last Sunday, authorities said. A Passaic County sheriff's officer found Alvarez unconscious in the street and a large crowd nearby, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said. Alvarez was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson.  The last word from Valdes and Oswald la…