Fair 21°
Tag:

Weehawken Police

Police & Fire
Man Gets 24 Years For Fatally Stabbing Weehawken Woman: Prosecutors Man Gets 24 Years For Fatally Stabbing Weehawken Woman: Prosecutors
Man Gets 24 Years For Fatally Stabbing Weehawken Woman: Prosecutors A 24-year-old Weehawken resident was sentenced to 24 years in state prison on Friday, Sept. 8 for stabbing a woman in the neck in June 2021, prosecutors. Vincent Palacios had previously pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the death of Michelle Castillo, a 24-year-old Weehawken resident, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. On June 19, 2021, Weehawken Police responded to 561 Hudson Ave. and found Castillo unresponsive in the bathroom, Suarez said. She was soon pronounced dead and the cause of death was determined to be from stab wounds to the neck, Suarez said. Palacios was …

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Four Arrested After Fight With Hoboken Police: Authorities Four Arrested After Fight With Hoboken Police: Authorities
Four Arrested After Fight With Hoboken Police: Authorities Four people were arrested after a fight broke out with Hoboken police on Thursday, August 3, authorities said. At 10:57 p.m., police were called to the 400 block of Marshall Street, where they saw two people arguing nearby, Marilyn Baer, a spokeswoman for the City of Hoboken said. Officers saw 27-year-old Shakeila High strike another woman, Baer said. When officers attempted to place High under arrest, a large crowd began to fight with police, Baer said. Police called for additional units and Port Authority Police, New Jersey Transit Police, Weehawken Police and Stevens Institute of Technol…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (UPDATED) Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (UPDATED)
Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (Updated) This story has been updated: Ricky Rivera, 20-year-old Paterson resident was shot by Weehawken Police after hitting a police officer with a car on the early morning of Tuesday, August 1, authorities said. At 5 a.m. police were patrolling a neighborhood plagued by auto thefts, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. When police approached a suspicious vehicle parked in a driveway on Regency Place, Rivera fled the scene in the vehicle, striking an officer, Suarez said. A second officer discharged his weapon, Suarez said. Soon after, the man crashed his vehicle into an occupied Port Auth…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Bus Topples Traffic Pole In Weehawken Bus Topples Traffic Pole In Weehawken
Bus Topples Traffic Pole In Weehawken A bus carrying 45 passengers took down a traffic light pole in Weehawken Wednesday, April 12, NJ Transit officials said. The bus, operated under contract by Coach, struck the pole at Willow Ave and 19th Street around 6:10 p.m., officials said. None of the 45 customers on the No. 84 route bus were injured. Weehawken police were leading the investigation.

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine