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Man Captured In Florida, Charged In Fatal Jersey City Triple Shooting: Prosecutor Man Captured In Florida, Charged In Fatal Jersey City Triple Shooting: Prosecutor
Man Captured In Florida, Charged In Fatal Jersey City Triple Shooting: Prosecutor A 21-year-old Union City man was arrested in Florida on Thursday, July 11, and charged for his involvement in a fatal triple shooting in Jersey City in April. Freddie Castro was arrested in Kissimmee, Fla. by the United States Marshals Service Florida/Caribbean Division in coordination with the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. At 9 p.m. on Sunday, April 7, police responded to Central Avenue and Bowers Street and found two victims with gunshot wounds, while the third had taken himself to University Hospital in Newark. F…

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by Sam Barron
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Elizabeth Man Who Raped Minor Captured After 18 Years In Florida: Prosecutor Elizabeth Man Who Raped Minor Captured After 18 Years In Florida: Prosecutor
Elizabeth Man Who Raped Minor Captured After 18 Years In Florida: Prosecutor An Elizabeth man on the lamb for 18 years for sexually assaulting a minor was arrested in Florida on Tuesday, April 9, authorities said. Hellarion Meneses was busted in Kissimmee, Fla. after he sexually assaulted a minor under the age of 13 between 2004 and 2006, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves, and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca said.  Meneses had fled Union County after being charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said. He was arrested by the Osceola C…

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by Sam Barron
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Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB
Trucker Gets 4 Years In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, Near GWB A Florida trucker was sentenced to a plea-bargained four years in state prison for fleeing a tractor-trailer crash that killed a 21-year-old Teaneck native on Route 95 in Fort Lee last year. Joel Lasanta, 39, was captured by New Jersey State Police two days after the June 4, 2020 crash, authorities said at the time. Jada Smith had been headed back to Teaneck from Brooklyn with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in another accident in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 shortly before 10:30 p.m. Smith's mom and dad were in a car behind hers coming off the Georg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJSP Captures Florida Driver In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, In Fort Lee NJSP Captures Florida Driver In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, In Fort Lee
Njsp Captures Florida Driver In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Woman, 21, In Fort Lee State Police captured the hit-and-run tractor-trailer driver who killed a 21-year-old Teaneck native last week on Route 95 in Fort Lee, authorities said. Joel Lasanta, 37, of Kissimmee, FL, arrested Saturday at the Clara Barton Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike south of Cherry Hill, 115 miles or so from the scene of the crash, they said. Jada Smith was headed back to Teaneck from Brooklyn with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in another crash in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 shortly before 10:30 p.m. June 4. Smith's mom and dad were in a car behi…

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by Jerry DeMarco