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Body Of Missing Hudson Man Found In His Van In Englewood, No Foul Play Suspected Body Of Missing Hudson Man Found In His Van In Englewood, No Foul Play Suspected
Body Of Missing Hudson Man Found In His Van In Englewood, No Foul Play Suspected The body of an audio engineer from West New York who'd gone missing earlier this month was found in his van parked outside an Englewood day care center on Friday, multiple responders said. Investigators said they don't suspect any wrongdoing in the death of Lestor Tabora, 31, whose body was found near the corner of William Street and West Linden Avenue. An autopsy scheduled Saturday morning by the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office will provide definitive results, they said. Tabora was last seen driving the white GMC van in Fairview on Feb. 8. Loved ones described Tabora as a "kind-h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Route 46 DWI Crash Sends Both Drivers To Hospital, One In Custody Route 46 DWI Crash Sends Both Drivers To Hospital, One In Custody
Route 46 DWI Crash Sends Both Drivers To Hospital, One In Custody UPDATE: A driver from West New York was drunk when his sedan crashed into an SUV, sending the other driver to the hospital, on Route 46 in South Hackensack, authorities said. Jose A. Francoflores, 33, was driving a 2010 Honda Accord that slammed into a 2022 Volkswagen at the Phillips Avenue intersection around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. Police found both vehicles heavily damaged, the sergeant said. The 64-year-old male VW driver from Elmwood Park was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by the Little Ferry First Aid Corps with injuries that w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Good Samaritan Leads Lodi PD To Drunk Driver: Police Good Samaritan Leads Lodi PD To Drunk Driver: Police
Good Samaritan Leads Lodi PD To Drunk Driver: Police A good Samaritan led Lodi police to a drunk driver who'd blacked out behind the wheel across from headquarters, authorities said. The citizen called police from Memorial Drive and began following the 2013 Jeep Wrangler driven by Franklin R. Sosa, 42, of West New York shortly before midnight late last week, Lodi Police Sgt. Dominic Miller said. He then told them the driver had stopped in a Mercer Street parking lot, where responding officers found Sosa slumped over the wheel, the sergeant said. They knocked on the window, then removed Sosa from the Jeep, administered a field test and arrest…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man Stabbed GF Dead In West New York, Officials Say Man Stabbed GF Dead In West New York, Officials Say
Man Stabbed GF Dead In West New York, Officials Say A 40-year-old West New York man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of his 24-year-old girlfriend, according to officials in Hudson County. Daniela Garcia-Murillo was found with stab wounds in her abdomen at 4914 Murphy Place around 5:55 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Garcia-Murillo was pronounced dead at the scene and Jimmy Elvira-Quintero was subsequently charged at Hackensack University Medical center with murder, and various weapons offenses. He will be transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility when cleared, Suarez said. The …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Two Massive Fires Erupt In Hudson County Two Massive Fires Erupt In Hudson County
Two Massive Fires Erupt In Hudson County Two massive fires broke out Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Hudson County. The first was five alarms, and erupted in one of the shops on Bergenline Avenue sometime after 4:15 a.m. in West New York between 61st and 62nd streets.  A Carvel ice cream shop, BBQ joint, and smoke shop were among the businesses impacted, abc7 says. Then, in Union City, around 9 a.m., another multi-alarm blaze brought mutual aid to the scene. The fire was still raging as of noon. More than a dozen families were reportedly displaced. Bergenline Avenue fire.HudPost

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Woman, 24, Stabbed Dead In Domestic Violence Incident: Hudson Prosecutor Woman, 24, Stabbed Dead In Domestic Violence Incident: Hudson Prosecutor
Woman, 24, Stabbed Dead In Domestic Violence Incident: Hudson Prosecutor A 24-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in what authorities say was an act of domestic violence in West New York on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The woman, whose identity was being held pending notification, was found lifeless at 4914 Murphy Pl., at 5:54 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the West New York Police Department are investigating the stabbing death of a woman on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:31 a.m.  A person of interest was in custody at Hackensack Universit…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hudson County Man Sexually Assaulted Child Several Times: Prosecutor Hudson County Man Sexually Assaulted Child Several Times: Prosecutor
Hudson County Man Sexually Assaulted Child Several Times: Prosecutor A 20-year-old Hudson County man was arrested Tuesday for sexually assaulting a girl he knew multiple times, authorities said. Noe Ventura-Amaya, of West New York, was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault by contact, third- and fourth-degree sexual assault, aggravated assault, and two counts of child endangerment, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said in a release on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Ventura-Amaya is accused of sexually assaulting a girl he knew between the ages of 12 and 14 multiple times during 2021 and 2022, Suarez said. A motion has b…

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by Valerie Musson
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Newark Airport Sexual Assault: Man Attacked Woman In Garage Near Brand New Terminal, Police Say Newark Airport Sexual Assault: Man Attacked Woman In Garage Near Brand New Terminal, Police Say
Newark Airport Sexual Assault: Man Attacked Woman In Garage Near Brand New Terminal, Police Say A 40-year-old West New York man has been charged after authorities say he sexually assaulted a woman walking to her car in a parking garage near Newark Airport's brand new terminal. Thomassal Watkins attacked the woman in the Conrac Parking Garage at Newark Airport's brand new Terminal A around 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Caroline Lawlor, who is prosecuting the case. Watkins was quickly apprehend on the property and subsequently charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, third-degree aggravated as…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Made Teen Sexually Abuse 4-Year-Old, Record It: Hudson Prosecutor Man Made Teen Sexually Abuse 4-Year-Old, Record It: Hudson Prosecutor
Man Made Teen Sexually Abuse 4-Year-Old, Record It: Hudson Prosecutor A 31-year-old Hudson County man was arrested on various charges after authorities say he instructed a 13-year-old boy to sexually abuse a 4-year-old girl child and send him recordings of it. Joseph Suarez, of West New York, disseminated footage from the out-of-state boy over social media platform Discord, the Hudson County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force on Jan. 10, Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. A search of Suarez's home turned up more than 1,000 files of child sex abuse material, the prosecutor said. He was charged with child endangerment, facilitating child sex abuse materia…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Basketball Coach Entered Girls' Locker Room, Inappropriately Messaged Teens: Hudson Prosecutor Basketball Coach Entered Girls' Locker Room, Inappropriately Messaged Teens: Hudson Prosecutor
Basketball Coach Entered Girls' Locker Room, Inappropriately Messaged Teens: Hudson Prosecutor A high school basketball coach in Hudson County was arrested after authorities said he went into a girls' locker room and sent inappropriate messages to three teen girls on social media. Memorial High School coach Ariel Alava, 41, of West New York, went into the locker room after a football game in Jersey City on Jan. 27, 2022, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Two 15-year-old girls and Memorial High School students, and a former 17-year-old female student, also reported receiving inappropriate messages on social media from Alava on various dates between August and Oct…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Killed In West New York Man Killed In West New York
Man Killed In West New York A 36-year-old man has been charged with aggravated assault after a 34-year-old man was killed this week in West New York, authorities said. Jose Cepeda was found on 60th Street and JFK Boulevard East around 11:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:23 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29, and Wilfredo Flores has been charged with aggravated assault. The charge stems from an interaction between Cepeda and Flores on (or about) Tuesday, Dec. 27. Additional charges may be forthcoming. The Cause and Manner of Death are pending…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Paramus Police Bust Burglary Crew Paramus Police Bust Burglary Crew
Paramus Police Bust Burglary Crew A watchful neighbor gave Paramus police the drop on a Colombian burglary crew that had just broken into a local home, leading to four quick arrests, authorities said. “Polícia!” the getaway driver shouted into his cell phone as Officers Kevin Osback and Dan DiRienzo arrived at the Haywood Drive home shortly after 11:30 a.m. last Friday, Dec. 23, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The officers and several other colleagues converged on the block after a resident called to report two hooded bandits dressed all in black entering the rear of a neighbor’s home, the deputy chief said on Tue…

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by Jerry DeMarco