Authorities: Suspected Dealer Transformed Hudson County Apartment Into Massive Mushroom Farm Authorities: Suspected Dealer Transformed Hudson County Apartment Into Massive Mushroom Farm
Authorities: Suspected Dealer Transformed Hudson County Apartment Into Massive Mushroom Farm A suspected Union City drug dealer dubbed "Pharaoh" was arrested after authorities found more than 25 pounds of edible marijuana candy, hundreds of prescription pills and thousands of dollars worth of drug proceeds in his apartment that he had converted into a den to grow psychedelic mushrooms, Secaucus police said Wednesday. Acting on a tip that 20-year-old Darryl Rodriguez was dealing drugs to Secaucus residents, police searched his 39th Street Union City apartment following a nearly two-month investigation, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The search turned up more than 25 pound…
Accused Jersey City Bike Thief Knocks Over Hoboken Officer During Pursuit Accused Jersey City Bike Thief Knocks Over Hoboken Officer During Pursuit
Accused Jersey City Bike Thief Knocks Over Hoboken Officer During Pursuit A Jersey City man riding a bicycle that may have been stolen was arrested after knocking over a Hoboken police officer during a pursuit, authorities said. The chase began around 7:25 a.m. Saturday morning, when a man walked into police headquarters to report his bike had been stolen Friday, police said. A man matching the victim's description -- later identified as Angel Sanchez, 41 -- was spotted on a bike near Pier A by Hoboken police officers.  When the officers ordered Sanchez to stop, he abruptly turned his bike around and rode away -- heading directly toward another officer. Th…
Search Of Secaucus Man's Home Turns Up Large Amount Of Cocaine, $10K In Cash, Jewelry Search Of Secaucus Man's Home Turns Up Large Amount Of Cocaine, $10K In Cash, Jewelry
Search Of Secaucus Man's Home Turns Up Large Amount Of Cocaine, $10K In Cash, Jewelry A large quantity of prepackaged cocaine, valuable jewelry and more than $10,000 in cash was seized in the arrest of a Secaucus man after a month-long investigation, authorities in Hudson County said. Detectives found all of it in a search of Darwin Fajardo's 8th Street home in Secaucus, before arresting him at the corner of Flanagan Way around 6:10 p.m., Thursday, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Fajardo was charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphe…
Victim Hospitalized In Hoboken Assault, Suspect With Warrants In Custody Victim Hospitalized In Hoboken Assault, Suspect With Warrants In Custody
Victim Hospitalized In Hoboken Assault, Suspect With Warrants In Custody A man from Hoboken with warrants out for his arrest stabbed another man sending him to the hospital during an argument over the weekend, authorities said. The victim was walking with Christopher Vasquez, 31, when they got in an argument on the 200 block of Bloomfield Street around 7:25 p.m. Saturday, Hoboken police said. The victim was taken to Hoboken University Medical Center with a stab wound in his left forearm and cut on top of his right wrist when police arrived, authorities said. Vasquez was arrested 10 minutes later, police said. He refused being fingerprin…
Police: Bayonne Man With Record Found With Stolen License Plates, Heroin In Traffic Stop Police: Bayonne Man With Record Found With Stolen License Plates, Heroin In Traffic Stop
Police: Bayonne Man With Record Found With Stolen License Plates, Heroin In Traffic Stop A Bayonne man with a history of more than a dozen arrests was found with stolen license plates, authorities said. Michael Stisi, 51, was driving with license plates reported stolen out of Jersey City when he was stopped near 23rd Street and Broadway shortly before 3:45 p.m. Friday, June 12, Bayonne police said. Stisi, who police said was also carrying heroin, was arrested on drug and stolen property charges. He was being held in the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny pending a court appearance.
Second Man Charged With Murder In Jersey City Shooting Second Man Charged With Murder In Jersey City Shooting
Second Man Charged With Murder In Jersey City Shooting A second man has been arrested in charged in the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old Jersey City resident after the first suspect turned himself in, authorities said. Tyree Witherspoon, 28, of Jersey City, was arrested on Stevens Avenue without incident Friday in connection with the April 4 killing of Akim Ward, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Devon Tutten, 23, turned himself into the Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit on Duncan Avenue and arrested Monday, May 4, Suarez said. Witherspoon was arrested on murder and weapons offenses, Suarez said. He was transported to the …
Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man
Bayonne Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Jersey City Man Authorities on Wednesday charged a Bayonne ex-con with murder in the shooting death of a man on a Jersey City street the night before. Bernard Wilson, 27, gunned down 38-year-old Abimael Fuentes on Brinkerhoff Street between Monticello and Bergen avenues around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Wednesday. Fuentes was taken with an abdominal gunshot wound to Jersey City Medical Center, where Suarez said he was pronounced deceased at 1:41 a.m.  Members of Suarez's Homicide Unit seized Wilson at his home Wednesday morning and recovered two guns, the pro…
Middlesex County Dad, Veteran Correction Officer, 44, Dies Of Coronavirus Middlesex County Dad, Veteran Correction Officer, 44, Dies Of Coronavirus
Middlesex County Dad, Veteran Correction Officer, 44, Dies Of Coronavirus A 19-year-veteran of the New Jersey Department of Corrections and father of three has died from complications due to the coronavirus, making him at least the second prison worker to die of the disease, state prison officials said. Nelson Perdomo, 44, of Middlesex County, was admitted to Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge Township last month with a high fever and placed on a ventilator. “He lost his battle with this terrible virus,” the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association said in a Facebook post on Friday. More than $21,000 was raised on a GoFundMe page for Perdomo's f…
Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 7-Year-Old Girl At Her House, Authorities Charge Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 7-Year-Old Girl At Her House, Authorities Charge
Jersey City Man Sexually Assaulted 7-Year-Old Girl At Her House, Authorities Charge A Jersey City man accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl at her house was being held in the Hudson County Correctional Facility Friday, authorities said. Theodore Wilson, 52 -- who knew the girls' family -- began sexually assaulted the girl at her Jersey City house last year, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The incidents were first reported to the Jersey City Police Department, which notified the Hudson County prosecutor's Special Victims Unit. Wilson was arrested Thursday at 11:15 p.m., at the prosecutor's office without incident, authorities said. He was charged s…
UPDATE: Police ID Victim In Fairview Killing, Release Mugshots Of Four Charged With Murder UPDATE: Police ID Victim In Fairview Killing, Release Mugshots Of Four Charged With Murder
Update: Police ID Victim In Fairview Killing, Release Mugshots Of Four Charged With Murder UPDATE: After two gunmen shot a Fairview man dead in his apartment over the weekend, one of four unemployed suspects charged with his murder gave the gun to another man to hide, authorities said Tuesday. Carlos Burgos, 19, “gave a firearm used in the murder” to Dylan Rodriguez, 18, who hid it in a private home, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. That gun was recovered during what investigators told Daily Voice were no fewer than a half-dozen warranted searches. Burgos, of 411 Martin Luther King Boulevard in Jersey City, was charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, conspiracy …
UPDATE: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen UPDATE: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen
Update: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen UPDATE: After two gunmen shot a Fairview man dead in his apartment over the weekend, one of four unemployed suspects charged with his murder gave the gun to another man to hide, authorities said Tuesday. Carlos Burgos, 19, “gave a firearm used in the murder” to Dylan Rodriguez, 18, who hid it in a private home, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. That gun was recovered during what investigators told Daily Voice were no fewer than a half-dozen warranted searches. Burgos, of 411 Martin Luther King Boulevard in Jersey City, was charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, conspiracy …
UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues UPDATE: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues
Update: Five Mumps Cases Confirmed At Bergen County Jail, Lockdown Continues Five Bergen County Jail inmates were confirmed with mumps, authorities said Friday. "The Bergen County Department of Health Services has received confirmation of five of the 6 suspected cases of mumps in the Bergen County Jail with no additional cases at this time being reported," said Michael Pagan, a spokesman for County Executive Jim Tedesco. "A sixth suspected case was negative." A lockdown continued at the jail. The lockdown will be lifted on July 6 if no new cases are found, authorities said. "Isolation means no additional inmates accepted and no one out until we're comfortable that…