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Man Who Voiced Goat In Cartoon Shows, Dog Die In Jersey City Fire Man Who Voiced Goat In Cartoon Shows, Dog Die In Jersey City Fire
Man Who Voiced Goat In Cartoon Shows, Dog Die In Jersey City Fire A 50-year-old man known for voicing goats in two cartoon shows died after a Jersey City fire that also killed his dog, authorities said. Scot Rienecker died on Monday, Feb. 20 — a day after the blaze at his 10th Street apartment, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Rienecker was found unresponsive by firefighters as smoke billowed from the home at 309 10th St., around 12:10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19 Suarez said. He was taken to Jersey City Medical Center and later transferred to the Burn Unit at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, where he died. According to IMDB, Rieneck…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Arrests In Luz Hernandez Case: One Suspect Captured In Miami, 2nd Remains At Large Arrests In Luz Hernandez Case: One Suspect Captured In Miami, 2nd Remains At Large
Arrests In Luz Hernandez Case: One Suspect Captured In Miami, 2nd Remains At Large One person has been arrested and another remains at large in the case of slain Jersey City mom Luz Hernandez. Cesar Santana, 36, was captured at a motel in Miami while Leiner Miranda Lopez, 26, was still being sought as of 12 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, on charges of desecrating/concealing human remains, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The men were stopped by police on Sunday, Feb. 5 in Kearny, the day before the 33-year-old Kindergarten teacher was reported missing, Suarez said. Santana's vehicle was impounded by Kearny police because it was unregistered, the prosecutor said. Santa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Missing Mom Found Dead In Shallow Grave In Kearny: Prosecutor Missing Mom Found Dead In Shallow Grave In Kearny: Prosecutor
Missing Mom Found Dead In Shallow Grave In Kearny: Prosecutor UPDATE: Arrests In Luz Hernandez Case: One Suspect Captured In Miami, 2nd Remains At Large A 33-year-old Jersey City woman reported missing Monday, Feb. 6 has been found dead, authorities said. Luz Hernandez's body was found in "what appeared to be a shallow grave" in the area of Central Avenue and Third Street in Kearny, around 4:55 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Hernandez, a mom of three, was reported missing after she failed to show up for work as a Kindergarten teacher at the BelovED Charter School, NJ Advance Media reports.  A welfare check by JCPD…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Men Who Killed 17-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Get Prison Time Men Who Killed 17-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Get Prison Time
Men Who Killed 17-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Get Prison Time A pair of men charged in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Jersey City girl were sentenced to state prison on Friday Jan. 27, authorities said. Alterik Ellis, 29, and Travis DeFoe, 32, both of Jersey City, were sentenced to 35 years in New Jersey State Prison for the 2018 shooting death of Jade Saunders in Jersey City, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez. Ellis and DeFoe were each convicted at trial of murder, theft and weapons offenses, Suarez said. “No family should ever lose a child in a senseless act of gun violence,” said Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Kevin…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Son Stabs Mom Dead, Injures Man In Harrison Son Stabs Mom Dead, Injures Man In Harrison
Son Stabs Mom Dead, Injures Man In Harrison A 67-year-old woman was stabbed dead by her son and a 50-year-old man was  injured in a Harrison stabbing early Tuesday, Jan. 17, authorities said. Victor Temoche, 32, is believed to have stabbed Rosa Massoni and the man around 1:20 a.m. at the Harrison Gardens apartment complex, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Both victims were transported to University Hospital in Newark where Massoni was pronounced dead just after 2 a.m. It wasn't immediately clear how Temoche knew the second victim. Temoche was arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and weapons offen…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Upstairs Neighbor Killed In Hudson County Apartment Fire Upstairs Neighbor Killed In Hudson County Apartment Fire
Upstairs Neighbor Killed In Hudson County Apartment Fire A 72-year-old man died in a Secaucus fire late Sunday, Jan. 15, authorities said. John Meisenburg was found inside of a third floor unit after a fire broke out in a second floor unit at caround 11:50 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Meisenburg was taken to Hudson Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2:52 a.m., Monday, Jan. 16. A preliminary investigation by the Hudson County Regional Arson Task Force found that while the fire originated in a second floor unit, Meisenburg's third floor unit suffered heavy smoke damage. The fire does not appear to be suspi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
US Marshals Nab DWI Jersey City Driver In Triple Pedestrian Strike: Prosecutor US Marshals Nab DWI Jersey City Driver In Triple Pedestrian Strike: Prosecutor
US Marshals Nab DWI Jersey City Driver In Triple Pedestrian Strike: Prosecutor A 27-year-old Jersey City woman was arrested by members of the US Marshals Service in connection with an August 2021 crash that left three pedestrians seriously injured, authorities said. Feds arrested Michelle Graham at her Jersey City home on three counts of vehicular assault and related charges, said Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez in a statement Thursday, Jan. 12.  Investigators say Graham was driving on the 600 block of Ocean Avenue in Bergen-Lafayette at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2021 when she struck three people — a 51-year-old man, a 28-year-old woman, and a 26-year-old …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Teacher Who Sexually Assaulted Teen Hudson County Students Gets Prison Time Teacher Who Sexually Assaulted Teen Hudson County Students Gets Prison Time
Teacher Who Sexually Assaulted Teen Hudson County Students Gets Prison Time A 46-year-old teacher was sentenced to time behind bars for sexually assaulted two teen students in Jersey City, authorities announced. Francisco Realpe, of Hoboken, was sentenced on Jan. 6 to concurrent four-year sentences in New Jersey state prison for two counts of sexual assault that he pleaded guilty to last June, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Realpe is subject to Megan’s Law and Parole Supervision for Life. He has forfeited his right to current and future public employment and permanent restraining orders are in place for both victims. The first victim report being sex…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
US Marshals Capture Pair In 16-Year-Old Jersey City Boy's 2021 Murder US Marshals Capture Pair In 16-Year-Old Jersey City Boy's 2021 Murder
US Marshals Capture Pair In 16-Year-Old Jersey City Boy's 2021 Murder Two men have been charged in connection with the March 2021 murder of a 16-year-old Jersey City boy, authorities announced Monday, Dec. 12. Members of the US Marshals Service captured Khalil Kelley, 23, at his job in Hillside on Friday, Dec. 9, while Roger Pickett Jr., 22, was charged at the Hudson County Jail where he's detained on charges relating to a Nov. 1, 2022 shooting death, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Both men are facing charges of murder and related offenses in connection with the March 29, 2021 shooting death of Kaheem Taylor, Suarez said. Jersey City …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Jersey City Music Teacher Charged With Sexually Assaulting Male Student: Prosecutor Jersey City Music Teacher Charged With Sexually Assaulting Male Student: Prosecutor
Jersey City Music Teacher Charged With Sexually Assaulting Male Student: Prosecutor A Jersey City music teacher was arrested for sexually assaulting a male student, authorities said. David Musial, a 62-year-old city resident, abused the child from 2018 to 2022, beginning when the victim was 14 years old, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The assaults occurred in Musial’s music studio on River Drive South in Jersey City, the prosecutor said. Musial was charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, child endangerment and more.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In North Bergen Hit-Run Crash That Left Grandmother, Toddler Critical Arrest Made In North Bergen Hit-Run Crash That Left Grandmother, Toddler Critical
Arrest Made In North Bergen Hit-Run Crash That Left Grandmother, Toddler Critical A 22-year-old Newark man has been arrested more than a year after a hit-and-run crash that left a 56-year-old woman and her 3-year-old grandson critical, authorities announced. Micah James was arrested during a traffic stop in Georgia, on a warrant relating to the September 2021 incident in North Bergen, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. James is believed to have struck the woman and the boy from Queens, NY, around 12 a.m. on Sept. 4, 2021 on Tonnelle Avenue and 46th Street, Suarez said. He fled the scene in a midsized sedan. James was arrested Oct. 18 and was extradited to…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Manslaughter Charge Filed In Kearny Man's Killing Manslaughter Charge Filed In Kearny Man's Killing
Manslaughter Charge Filed In Kearny Man's Killing A man previously charged with desecration of human remains in the killing of a Kearny man is facing an additional, more serious offense: Aggravated manslaughter. The charge was filed against Matthew Kochell, 32, in the Tuesday, Sept. 20 stabbing death of Corey McFadden, who was found laying on the ground near Belgrove Drive and Afton Street with multiple stab wounds to his lower body around 5:45 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Kochell and 39-year-old Elliot Barton, a registered sex offender, were both charged with desecration of human remains, after McFadden was…

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by Cecilia Levine