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Pot Grow Operation Busted Near Jersey City School: Police Pot Grow Operation Busted Near Jersey City School: Police
Pot Grow Operation Busted Near Jersey City School: Police A 26-year-old Jersey City resident was arrested on Tuesday, March 28, and charged with multiple counts of growing marijuana in a school zone. Police arrested Eyuemeyar Mazon after they found 18 planter pots containing suspected marijuana, fertilizer, equipment for plant growing, and various amounts of psilocybin mushroom, according to city police. Mazon's home at 630 Bergen Ave., is next to P.S. 17: Joseph H. Brensinger School, police said.

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by Sam Barron
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US Marshals Capture Pair In 16-Year-Old Jersey City Boy's 2021 Murder US Marshals Capture Pair In 16-Year-Old Jersey City Boy's 2021 Murder
US Marshals Capture Pair In 16-Year-Old Jersey City Boy's 2021 Murder Two men have been charged in connection with the March 2021 murder of a 16-year-old Jersey City boy, authorities announced Monday, Dec. 12. Members of the US Marshals Service captured Khalil Kelley, 23, at his job in Hillside on Friday, Dec. 9, while Roger Pickett Jr., 22, was charged at the Hudson County Jail where he's detained on charges relating to a Nov. 1, 2022 shooting death, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Both men are facing charges of murder and related offenses in connection with the March 29, 2021 shooting death of Kaheem Taylor, Suarez said. Jersey City …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities ID Boy, 16, Killed In Jersey City Shooting Authorities ID Boy, 16, Killed In Jersey City Shooting
Authorities ID Boy, 16, Killed In Jersey City Shooting A 16-year-old boy was killed in a Jersey City shooting Monday night, authorities said. Jersey City police responded to a report of shots fired in the vestibule of a building at 83 Bergen Ave., just after 10:30 p.m.,  Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. There, they found Kaheem Taylor with gunshot wounds to the upper body, Suarez said. Taylor was taken to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 11:15 p.m., Suarez said. The cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The Hudson County Prosecut…

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by Nicole Acosta