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Hudson Doctor's Employee Admits Role In $24.8M Kickback Scheme Hudson Doctor's Employee Admits Role In $24.8M Kickback Scheme
Hudson Doctor's Employee Admits Role In $24.8M Kickback Scheme UPDATE: Dominoes continued to fall in the federal takedown of a $24.8 million kickback scheme when a Jersey City woman who worked for a local doctor took a plea deal. Yudelka “Vicky” Ayala, 42, admitted conspiring with six co-defendants associated with the now-defunct Prime Aid Pharmacy in Union City to boost prescription sales through kickbacks and bribes to health care professionals in New Jersey and New York. Prime Aid, which also had a location in the Bronx, processed expensive medications used to treat various conditions, including Hepatitis C, Crohn’s disease, and rheumatoid arthritis…

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Edgewater PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 42 Arrests Tasered After Fighting, Spitting On Police Edgewater PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 42 Arrests Tasered After Fighting, Spitting On Police
Edgewater PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 42 Arrests Tasered After Fighting, Spitting On Police A Hudson County ex-con with a rap sheet more than three decades long was Tasered after he kicked, elbowed and spit on Edgewater police officers who were trying to arrest him for a multi-store shoplifting spree, authorities said. Gregory Calvo, 50, of Union City had just stolen hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise from the Marshalls, Old Navy and TJ Maxx stores at Edgewater Commons when two officers found him in the Acme Supermarket on Saturday, Police Chief Donald Martin said. “I’m not going to be arrested today,” Calvo announced as he “got into a fighting stance,” the chief said. Calv…

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Jersey City Lookout Admits Role In Union City Bank Robbery Jersey City Lookout Admits Role In Union City Bank Robbery
Jersey City Lookout Admits Role In Union City Bank Robbery A Jersey City man admitted Thursday that he served as the lookout while an ex-con robbed a Union City bank. Juan Rojas Hernandez, 21, told a federal judge via videoconference in Newark that he got a cut of the proceeds after William Tedeschi robbed the Valley National Bank branch on Bergenline Avenue of $10,200 in November 2019. Tedeschi, 48, also of Jersey City had been released from state prison after serving 20 months for impersonating a police officer in several Hudson County towns when he robbed the Valley National branch with Hernandez and co-defendant Faronk Lazizi. Taking a plea de…

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BUSTED: Man Recorded Himself Taking Shower Video Of Underage Bergen Girl, Authorities Say BUSTED: Man Recorded Himself Taking Shower Video Of Underage Bergen Girl, Authorities Say
Busted: Man Recorded Himself Taking Shower Video Of Underage Bergen Girl, Authorities Say A Guatemalan national living in Fairview hid his cellphone behind shampoo bottles to record video of an underage girl in the shower – and in doing so gave investigators all the evidence they needed, authorities said. It was a different kind of "gotcha!" they said. Rene Quino-Curruchiche, 38, of Walker Street was arrested after borough police received a 911 call from the youngster, who is in her early teens, according to a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack. A Special Victims Unit detective from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office who interviewed him got Quino-Curruchiche’s…

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Fugitive From Bronx Wanted For Befriending, Then Robbing PalPark Man In Cliffside Surrenders Fugitive From Bronx Wanted For Befriending, Then Robbing PalPark Man In Cliffside Surrenders
Fugitive From Bronx Wanted For Befriending, Then Robbing PalPark Man In Cliffside Surrenders A fugitive who robbed a Palisades Park man he befriended at a local bar surrendered to Cliffside Park police this week after ducking them for 18 months. Christian Dominguez, 31, of the Bronx met the victim at Legends in Palisades Park in August 2019, Deputy Chief Vincent Capano said. He offered to give the 25-year-old victim a ride after he told Dominguez that he was going to buy some cocaine, the deputy chief said. They drove to the end of dead-ended Franklin Avenue, behind a commercial parking lot on Anderson Avenue (pictured), where Dominguez suggested they get out to smoke a cigarette,…

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Authorities ID Union City Man Accused Of Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting Woman Resting In Car Authorities ID Union City Man Accused Of Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting Woman Resting In Car
Authorities ID Union City Man Accused Of Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting Woman Resting In Car A 44-year-old Union City man was arrested and charged with the kidnap and sexual assault of a 26-year-old woman resting in her car earlier this week, authorities said Thursday. The woman parked her car and left it running in the midtown area of Kennedy Boulevard in Union City when Juan Gonzalez-Fuentes got inside and drove her to a nearby location around around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Gonzalez-Fuentes drove the woman to a downtown area of North Bergen, and woke her up by sexually assaulting her, Suarez said. Gonzalez-Fuentes fled…

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by Cecilia Levine
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WINNERS: Four NJ Lottery Tickets Split $404K Jackpot WINNERS: Four NJ Lottery Tickets Split $404K Jackpot
Winners: Four NJ Lottery Tickets Split $404K Jackpot Four winning lottery tickets each good for approximately $101,100 were sold in New Jersey. The tickets from Saturday's Jersey Cash 5 drawing will split the $404,600 jackpot. The winning numbers were 03, 07, 11, 19, and 25 and the XTRA number was: 04.  Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Hudson County: 7-Eleven #39406, 3900 Bergenline Ave., Union City; Middlesex County: Krauszer’s, 81 Main St., South River; Middlesex County: Quik Food, 6 Pointer Pl., Kendall Park; and, Morris County: Main Street Liquor, 194 W. Union Tpke., Wharton. The retailers will receive a bonus c…

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North Bergen Passenger Ejected In Route 3 Crash, Union City Driver Extricated By Passersby North Bergen Passenger Ejected In Route 3 Crash, Union City Driver Extricated By Passersby
North Bergen Passenger Ejected In Route 3 Crash, Union City Driver Extricated By Passersby UPDATE: A 21-year-old passenger from North Bergen was ejected when a coupe slammed into a guard rail off Route 3 in Clifton. Passersby stopped their cars, came running and extricated the 20-year-old driver from Union City after the 2007 Honda Civic crashed at the Main Avenue exit on the westbound highway shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Members of the Clifton Fire Department EMS took the passenger to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with facial injuries that Anderson said weren’t considered life-threatening. Nutley EMS took the driver to the hospital with a back…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police: Jersey City Man, 72, Threatened To Kill Man In Hoboken Park Bathroom With Knife Police: Jersey City Man, 72, Threatened To Kill Man In Hoboken Park Bathroom With Knife
Police: Jersey City Man, 72, Threatened To Kill Man In Hoboken Park Bathroom With Knife A 72-year-old Jersey City man was arrested after he threatened to kill a man in a public Hoboken park bathroom with a knife, authorities said. The Union city man told police he had stopped to use the Church Square Park bathroom at 400 Garden Street when he noticed Allen inside on Tuesday afternoon, Hoboken Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. The two began arguing over the use of a bathroom when Allen brandished a knife and threatened to kill the other man, Cabrera said. Allen was arrested around 1:50 p.m. on charges of terroristic threats and weapons offenses, police said. Allen’s charges …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Union City Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 5-Year-Old Girl -- Twice Union City Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 5-Year-Old Girl -- Twice
Union City Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 5-Year-Old Girl -- Twice A Union City man was arrested on accusations he twice sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl. Prayie A. Carbone, 24, reportedly sexually assaulted the girl on Feb. 12 in Union City, Hudson TV reports. He apparently told the girl not to tell anyone, but the victim told her mom and police were called, the outlet says. Carbone was arrested on Feb. 14, and charged with four counts of aggravated sexual assault, endangering the welfore of a child and impairing the morals of a child under 18, Hudson TV reports.

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by Cecilia Levine
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PHOTOS: 4-Alarm Fire Rips Through Union City Apartment Building PHOTOS: 4-Alarm Fire Rips Through Union City Apartment Building
Photos: 4-Alarm Fire Rips Through Union City Apartment Building A massive fire tore through a Union City apartment building Tuesday afternoon. Several fire companies responded to the blaze at 3417 Hudson Ave., which broke out around 2:30 p.m. Union City Mayor Brian P. Stack responded to the scene, where firefighters remained as of 3:45 trying to contain the blaze. The cause was under investigation. There are no updates but they are still trying to calm the fire down pic.twitter.com/dT2nd97nRK — Edward (@EdwardGTorres) March 9, 2021 Fire it’s been going for more than an hour now. pic.twitter.com/93RaIb0zKo — Edward (@EdwardGTorres) March 9, 202…

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Business
John's Fried Chicken Opens Paramus Store John's Fried Chicken Opens Paramus Store
John's Fried Chicken Opens Paramus Store One of the most popular fried chicken joints in North Jersey is expanding to Paramus. John's Fried Chicken will be opening a location in the shopping center at E. Ridgewood Avenue. The family-owned Dominican restaurant opened in 1974 and has stores in New York City, Guttenberg, Union City, Dover, Cliffside Park and Paterson. The eatery is known for its fried chicken, rotisserie chicken and more authentic Dominican fare. View this post on Instagram A post shared by John's Fried Chicken (@johnsfriedchicken) John's Fried Chicken in 2019 was …

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