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Police & Fire
Fairfield Fire: Blaze Engulfs Commercial Building Fairfield Fire: Blaze Engulfs Commercial Building
Fairfield Fire: Blaze Engulfs Commercial Building Firefighters battled an overnight fire that broke out at a Fairfield building overnight. The blaze erupted just after 2:40 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 21 at Ray Place, local police said. By the time firefighters were on scene, the fire had fully engulfed the building. Firefighters from Montclair, Pine Brook, North Caldwell, Caldwell, West Caldwell, Nutley, Cedar Grove, Lincoln Park, Wayne, and Roseland responded or provided mutual aid. The cause has not been identified.

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Java Developer Dies Playing Cricket In Jersey City Java Developer Dies Playing Cricket In Jersey City
Java Developer Dies Playing Cricket In Jersey City An IT worker who died playing cricket in Jersey City leaves behind his pregnant wife and 7-year-old daughter, both in India. Abhishek Kumar, who had working as a Java developer at Synechron, an IT development company, collapsed on the field at Lincoln Park on Saturday, July 16, and was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center, according to a GoFundMe page. "Doctors from Jersey City Medical Center tried to save him and worked hard for the next several hours but unfortunately, we heard sad news late in the evening on 07/16/2022 that Abhishek is no more with us," the page reads. Ku…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Jogger Finds Body In Jersey City Park Jogger Finds Body In Jersey City Park
Jogger Finds Body In Jersey City Park A jogger found a body in a Jersey City park the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 5, NJ Advance Media reports. The jogger flagged down a Hudson County Sheriff's Officer around 2:30 p.m. in Lincoln Park, the outlet said citing a department spokesperson. The incident was not considered suspicious. Click here for more from NJ Advance Media.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
NJ Residents Are Spending Hours Waiting In COVID Testing Lines NJ Residents Are Spending Hours Waiting In COVID Testing Lines
NJ Residents Are Spending Hours Waiting In COVID Testing Lines COVID-19 tests are hottest items on the market right now, as New Jersey residents are spending chunks of their days waiting in lines -- some as many as nine hours. Jackelyne Matsuo hopped in line at the MedRite in Paramus Wednesday morning and received a PCR test after two hours.  She wanted a rapid test, though -- and MediRite was only offering one or the other -- so she headed to Newark's Lincoln Park and Broad Street drive-thru testing site. There, she spent another two hours waiting for the rapid test. Drive-thru test site in Newark, Dec. 22.Jackelyne Matsuo "The line was wrapping…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police Looking For Armed Robbery Suspect In Newark Police Looking For Armed Robbery Suspect In Newark
Police Looking For Armed Robbery Suspect In Newark Police are asking the public's help locating and identifying the person seen in the attached photo in connection with an armed robbery.  Around 10 a.m. Aug. 4, someone got out of a dark-colored older model car in the 400 block of Halsey Street and robbed a man at gunpoint. The suspect was last seen in the vehicle heading heading west towards Lincoln Park.  The person pictured used the victim's credit card at a local business, police said.  Anyone with information about this suspect to call the police 24-hour Crime Stopper tip line at 1-877-NWK-TIPS (1-877-695-8477) or 1-877-…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Twice-Deported Immigrant Accused Of Strangling Jersey City Nanny Indicted Twice-Deported Immigrant Accused Of Strangling Jersey City Nanny Indicted
Twice-Deported Immigrant Accused Of Strangling Jersey City Nanny Indicted The 33-year-old Jersey City man arrested in March for allegedly killing a woman while she was jogging in a city park was indicted Wednesday, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said.  Jorge Rios -- who was deported from the U.S. in 2003 and then again a year later -- has been charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping.  Carolina Cano, a 45-year-old nanny from Jersey City, was killed March 24 as she was going for a run in Lincoln Park. Her body was found in a lake at the park. Marks on her body indicate she had been strangled.  Rios was arr…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Sex-Assault Murder Of Nanny Pulled From Jersey City Lake Arrest Made In Sex-Assault Murder Of Nanny Pulled From Jersey City Lake
Arrest Made In Sex-Assault Murder Of Nanny Pulled From Jersey City Lake A Jersey City man was charged with kidnapping, raping and killing a local nanny. Jorge Rios, 33, was arrested after the body of 45-year-old nanny Caroline Cano was pulled from a lake in Lincoln Park, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office announced Sunday morning. He's charged with murder, felony murder, kidnapping, and aggravated sexual assault, they said. Cano apparently was jogging near her home last Sunday when she was killed. Her body was retrieved from a lake in the park with strangulation marks on her neck around 7:30 a.m., authorities later said.  A Medical Examiner said …

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by Paul Milo