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‘KITTY FLIPPERS’: $500,000 Worth Of Dangerous Ecstasy/Ketamine Mix Seized In Hudson ‘KITTY FLIPPERS’: $500,000 Worth Of Dangerous Ecstasy/Ketamine Mix Seized In Hudson
‘Kitty Flippers’: $500,000 Worth Of Dangerous Ecstasy/Ketamine Mix Seized In Hudson More than five kilos of a highly dangerous – and potentially fatal – drug mixture was seized and three men arrested in North Bergen in a joint operation of local and federal authorities. A handgun and $100,000 in drug cash were recovered along with the nearly 12 pounds of Ecstasy and Ketamine, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Members of Suarez’s Narcotics Task Force teamed up with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations Newark and the federal Postal Inspection Service to make the case, the prosecutor said on Monday, Feb. 26. Arrested in the area of 91st Street and Bergenwood Aven…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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MURDER: Arrest Made In Death Of Norelis Mendoza MURDER: Arrest Made In Death Of Norelis Mendoza
Murder: Arrest Made In Death Of Norelis Mendoza An arrest has been made in the death of 32-year-old New Jersey mom Norelis Mendoza, authorities said. Gregory Mallard, 35, of Jersey City, was arrested on Friday, May 19, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, who disclosed few other details other than his charges. She did note, though, that the killing was an act of domestic violence. Mallard was slapped with charges of first degree murder and multiple charges of improperly disposing of human remains, among other charges, Suarez said. Mallard is currently in custody in Somerset County, Suarez said.  Mendoza, who ha…

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by Sam Barron
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Body Found On 440 ID'd As Missing Woman Body Found On 440 ID'd As Missing Woman
Body Found On 440 ID'd As Missing Woman The body found on Route 440 on the Jersey City-Bayonne border on Wednesday, May 17, has been identified as Norelis Mendoza, who has been missing last week, authorities announced. Mendoza, a 32-year-old Lindenwold mom, had been last seen in Jersey City on Saturday, May 13,Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Norelis MendozaJersey City Police Police in Jersey City had said she was last spotted at her mother's house on Montgomery Street and Monmouth Street. Suarez said her death is considered suspicious. A cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the medical examiner…

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by Sam Barron
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Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave
Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave A 13-year Port Authority police veteran illegally milked a paid medical leave by submitting bogus records, authorities charged. Marie Paz, 43, was charged with two counts of forgery before being released pending a May 13 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Paz, of Woodhaven, Queens, "submitted falsified medical records to her employer to receive additional paid medical leave," Suarez said on Friday, April 29. The prosecutor credited her office's Public Integrity Unit and the Port Authority of New York and New Je…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Dad Who Sexually Assaulted Daughter Tries Fleeing With Her To Canada, Prosecutor Says NJ Dad Who Sexually Assaulted Daughter Tries Fleeing With Her To Canada, Prosecutor Says
NJ Dad Who Sexually Assaulted Daughter Tries Fleeing With Her To Canada, Prosecutor Says A Hudson County dad who sexually assaulted his daughter tried fleeing to Canada with her, despite there being a no-contact order in place, authorities said. Authorities are not releasing the names of the father or his partner -- who accompanied him to Canada -- to protect the minor. Both defendants were charged with endangering the welfare of a child after US Customs and Border Protection stopped them at the Canadian border on Monday, Oct. 11, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. On Feb. 5, the victim’s father was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN HIM? Police Seek Jersey City Man, 42, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Multiple Children SEEN HIM? Police Seek Jersey City Man, 42, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Multiple Children
Seen HIM? Police Seek Jersey City Man, 42, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Multiple Children Police in Jersey City are seeking the public’s help locating a man they say sexually assaulted multiple children. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Will Salomon-Lopez, of Jersey City, who is facing charges of second-degree sexual assault by contact (three counts) and second- and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child (three counts), Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said in a release Monday. The alleged assaults occurred at a Jersey City home and involved children who knew Salomon-Lopez as a family friend. The last assault occurred in April, Suarez said. Salomon-Lop…

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by Valerie Musson
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Sheriff: Attacker Admits Beating, Leaving Hudson Man For Dead Because He Thought He Was Gay Sheriff: Attacker Admits Beating, Leaving Hudson Man For Dead Because He Thought He Was Gay
Sheriff: Attacker Admits Beating, Leaving Hudson Man For Dead Because He Thought He Was Gay A Baltimore man admitted luring and then savagely beating a learning-disabled man from West New York in North Hudson Park, leaving him for dead, because he thought he was gay, authorities said. José Tobias Carranza Serrano, 18, was captured by police in Bayonne who found him and his clothes covered in blood while arresting him on a trespassing charge, it was revealed Wednesday. Carranza Serrano confessed to them that he lured the 37-year-old victim into a wooded area of the North Bergen park, where he tried to kill him because he "does not like homosexuals," an affidavit filed by the Hudson…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey City Police Find Elderly Woman's Corpse After Three-Hour Standoff With Barricaded Tenant Jersey City Police Find Elderly Woman's Corpse After Three-Hour Standoff With Barricaded Tenant
Jersey City Police Find Elderly Woman's Corpse After Three-Hour Standoff With Barricaded Tenant Jersey City police who were held at bay for three hours by a barricaded city tenant found the deteriorated corpse of a 78-year-old woman when she finally let them in, authorities confirmed Sunday. Police went to the fourth-floor apartment at the corner of Arlington Avenue and Harmon Street on a welfare check shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. However, a 53-year-old woman living there barricaded herself in the unit and refused to let them in, the prosecutor said. About an hour into the standoff, officers detected what was described as a foul odor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT SITUATION: Hudson Man Stabbed 24-Year-Old Girlfriend Dead, Prosecutor Says SWAT SITUATION: Hudson Man Stabbed 24-Year-Old Girlfriend Dead, Prosecutor Says
SWAT Situation: Hudson Man Stabbed 24-Year-Old Girlfriend Dead, Prosecutor Says A 22-year-old Weehawken man was charged in the stabbing death of his 24-year-old girlfriend over the weekend, authorities said. Michelle Paola Castillo Siguencia was found lifeless on a bathroom floor of a Hudson Avenue apartment in Weehawken around 6 p.m. Saturday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Joseph Palacios was identified as a suspect while Weehawken police were on the scene, the prosecutor said. Palacios had barricaded himself in a family member's apartment at 112 33rd St. in Union City and was threatening to harm himself, Suarez said. The Hudson County SWAT …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Elizabeth Woman, 34, Found Dead In Hoboken Parking Garage ID'd Elizabeth Woman, 34, Found Dead In Hoboken Parking Garage ID'd
Elizabeth Woman, 34, Found Dead In Hoboken Parking Garage ID'd An autopsy will officially determine how an Elizabeth woman whose body was found in a Hoboken parking garage over the Memorial Day weekend died, authorities said Monday. City police called to the Hudson Street garage on Second Street on a report of an unresponsive woman shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday found found the body of Jazzlyn Teron, 34, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. “This appears to be an isolated incident,” Suarez, suggesting there was no wrongdoing on the part of anyone else. Teron had two sons -- one 16 and the other 7. Suarez said an investigation that will include …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Man Used Instagram, Snapchat To Solicit Sexual Photos From Several Teen Girls: Police NJ Man Used Instagram, Snapchat To Solicit Sexual Photos From Several Teen Girls: Police
NJ Man Used Instagram, Snapchat To Solicit Sexual Photos From Several Teen Girls: Police A 20-year-old Kearny who used social media to solicit sexually-explicit photos from local residents including several teen girls was arrested and found with child porn, authorities said. An investigation began in June 2020 based on numerous public social media posts alleging several residents had been subjected to harassment or sexually-objectionable behavior by a man later identified as Justin T. Davidson, Police Chief George King said. The investigation uncovered many instances in which Davidson contacted victims through Instagram and Snapchat, and arranged to receive sexually explic…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hoboken Daycare Worker Abused 9-Month-Old Baby Girl In Her Care, Prosecutor Says Hoboken Daycare Worker Abused 9-Month-Old Baby Girl In Her Care, Prosecutor Says
Hoboken Daycare Worker Abused 9-Month-Old Baby Girl In Her Care, Prosecutor Says A 52-year-old Jersey City woman has been charged with abusing a 9-month-old baby in her care while working for a Hoboken daycare, authorities said. Diana Camacho was employed by Kiddie Academy of Hoboken at the time of the incident, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The HCPO Special Victims Unit was contacted by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency, Institutional Abuse Investigations Unit about possible abuse by Camacho and launched an investigation, Suarez said. The matter was first reported to the IAIU by the daycare center. Camacho surrendered to authorities on Ma…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Parole Officer Stole From Target Store In Sneaky Way For Months, Prosecutor Says NJ Parole Officer Stole From Target Store In Sneaky Way For Months, Prosecutor Says
NJ Parole Officer Stole From Target Store In Sneaky Way For Months, Prosecutor Says A 41-year-old New Jersey parole officer was caught stealing from the North Bergen Target store in a sneaky way for months, authorities said. Jorge Ortega, of Jersey City, used the commonly-called "ticket-switch fraud" method to change labels on various Target store items between July and October of this year, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Particularly, Ortega would take labels of lower-priced items and stick them on higher-priced items in the Tonnele Avenue store, Suarez said. Ortega was arrested Friday, Dec. 11, and charged with theft by deception then issued a disorderly p…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN HIM? Bayonne Man Facing Murder Charge In Girlfriend's Death SEEN HIM? Bayonne Man Facing Murder Charge In Girlfriend's Death
Seen HIM? Bayonne Man Facing Murder Charge In Girlfriend's Death A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Bayonne man wanted for killing his girlfriend in her apartment last week, authorities said Friday. Crystal Ojeda, 40, was found unresponsive with visible trauma around 1 p.m. Oct. 9 in her Lord Avenue apartment by authorities performing a wellness check, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Ojeda was pronounced dead approximately an hour later. Erick Acosta, 32, was charged with murder and weapons offenses for the incident, Suarez said. It was not clear how he knew Ojeda. The two were believed to be in a relationship, a spokes…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Federal Homeland Security Agent Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Hoboken Cyclist Federal Homeland Security Agent Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Hoboken Cyclist
Federal Homeland Security Agent Charged In Hit-Run That Seriously Injured Hoboken Cyclist A 32-year-old U.S. Division of Homeland Security agent who was off-duty when he seriously injured a bicyclist in Hoboken then fled surrendered to detectives, authorities said Wednesday. Ryan Varrone was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and 39 other motor vehicle violations in the crash that sent a 24-year-old New Hampshire man to the hospital early Monday morning, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Varrone initially stopped after hitting the bicyclist at Garden Street and First Street around 12:50 a.m. Monday -- then left, Suarez said. The vic…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Drug Lord Gets 65 Years In State Prison For Two Murders, Shootings Jersey City Drug Lord Gets 65 Years In State Prison For Two Murders, Shootings
Jersey City Drug Lord Gets 65 Years In State Prison For Two Murders, Shootings A Jersey City man tied to a statewide drug ring was sentenced to a plea-bargained 65 years in state prison Thursday for killing two men, as well as three additional shootings, authorities said. Golden Williamson, 34, must serve at least 55 years before he'll be eligible for parole under the No Early Release Act under the sentence handed down by Superior Court Judge John Young, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Williamson, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder last November in the shooting deaths of Kevin Miles in January 2016 and local storeowner Byunguen Lee in Decembe…

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by Cecilia Levine