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Gunman Admits Killing 23-year-Old Jersey City Victim : Prosecutor Gunman Admits Killing 23-year-Old Jersey City Victim : Prosecutor
Gunman Admits Killing 23-year-Old Jersey City Victim : Prosecutor A 29-year-old Jersey City man pleaded guilty in connection with a 2020 shooting that left a 23-year-old man dead, authorities said. Kenyowa Pinkney admitted shooting Javone Smith near near Martin Luther King Drive and Myrtle Avenue the morning of Monday, April 6, 2020, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Pinkney on Monday, April 15, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated manslaughter.  Pinkney surrendered to authorities days after Smith was pronounced dead. The incident marked the city's fourth deadly shooting in a seven-day span. Sentencing is scheduled before …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Woman In Hudson County Vestibule Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Woman In Hudson County Vestibule
Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Woman In Hudson County Vestibule A West New York man admitted to killing a 32-year-old woman in 2019, authorities said. Edwin Orlando Velasco-Salazar pleaded guilty to pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter related to the death of Irma Doris Contreras on Nov. 1, 2019, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Velasco-Salazar on Oct. 25 appeared before the Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Militello, and admitted to recklessly causing Contreras’ death while exhibiting an extreme indifference to human life, the prosecutor said.  The State will be recommending a sentence of …

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by Cecilia Levine