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Police & Fire
Union City Police Sergeant Filed False Report: Prosecutor
A 49-year-old Union City police sergeant was arrested and charged on Tuesday, Jan. 7 with filing a false report that led to a person being arrested last August, authorities said. On Thursday, Aug. 8, Ruben Rodriguez reported being injured during an encounter with a person at the Union City Police Department, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The person was charged with aggravated assault, Suarez said. A review of records revealed Rodriguez’ report was incorrect and the assault did not occur, Suarez said. The Union City Police Department suspended Rodriguez after be…
Police & Fire
Union City Police Officer Busted For DWI: Secaucus PD (
Updated
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A police officer from Hudson County has purportedly been charged with DWI, according to authorities and various news reports. Mauricio Garces, a 34-year-old Secaucus resident was arrested for driving while intoxicated on Sunday, July 2, Secaucus Police said. Garces has been a police officer in Union City since 2019. At 3:03 a.m., police observed a car stopped in a lane of traffic in the area of Secaucus Road and County Avenue, officers said. The driver of the vehicle was found to be sleeping, police said. Police subsequently arrested and issued Garces a summons, officers said. He was rele…
Police & Fire
Union City DPW Employee Fatally Struck By Vehicle While On Job: Prosecutors
A 73-year-old Union City man was killed while on the job after he was struck by a vehicle on the morning of Monday, June 5, while working for the Department of Public Works, authorities said. Fortunato Rojas-Solis was struck in the area of Palisade Avenue and 36th Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Police transported him to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead later that afternoon, Suarez said. Rojas-Solis was hit by a Dodge Durango driven by a 16-year-old Union City teenage boy, Suarez said. The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and t…
Police & Fire
Fight Broke Out Before Double Stabbing That Left Union City Boy Dead: Prosecutor
Authorities have release preliminary details in a double stabbing that left a teen boy dead and another seriously hurt in Union City this week. Five teens were involved in a fight at 40th Street and Bergenline Avenue around 6:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Allen Flores, 15, of Union City, and a 16-year-old boy were each stabbed and hospitalized. Flores was pronounced dead at Christ Hospital in Jersey City. The other victim remains hospitalized with serious injuries. Three juveniles have since been arrested: A 16-year-old Union City male is charge…
Police & Fire
Bodycam Footage Shows Alleged DWI Union City Cop Moments After Hoboken Crash
Newly-released bodycam footage obtained by Hudson County View shows Hoboken officers speaking with Union City Officer Kevin Roldan moments after a crash in which he was found to have been DWI. Kevin Roldan allegedly ran the light on Paterson Avenue and struck another driver heading south on Harrison Street around 3 a.m. on Oct. 16, as reported by the Jersey Journal. Kevin RoldanKevin Roldan LinkedIn photo In the clip published by HCV, Hoboken Police Lt. David Olivera can be heard telling Officer Anthony Rutkowski, "Don’t let that change your judgement: if he passes, he passes, if he fai…
Police & Fire
Fugitive Who Sexually Assaulted 12-Year-Old Girl Nabbed At Newark Airport: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old Union City man wanted out of North Carolina for armed robbery has been charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl, authorities said. Hermes Navarro-Cuevas was arrested by members of Homeland Security Investigations at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark on Friday, May 13 around 12:40 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The crimes occurred in January and February 2022, authorities said. Navarro-Cuevas knew his victim, authorities said. He was remanded to the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny and on sex assault…
Police & Fire
5.5 Pounds Of Coke Seized In Undercover Hudson County Drug Bust: Prosecutor
Nearly 5.5 pounds of cocaine was seized from three men in an undercover Hudson County drug bust, authorities said. Nicolas Mora-Daza, 24, of Union City, Christopher Gonzalez, 33 of Union City and John Perez, 31, of Weehawken, sold cocaine to an undercover officer multiple times over the course of a month, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Nearly $125,000 worth of cocaine was seized from the trio as a result of a search warrant at a Weehawken home, Suarez said. They were arrested on multiple drug and distribution charges, and taken to the Hudson County Correctional Facility …
Police & Fire
Union City Man Shared Child Porn On Social Media: Prosecutor
A Union City man was arrested on child porn charges, authorities said. An investigation was launched into Mario Lopez Esquit, 25, on Dec. 9, when the authorities were notified of a report of possible child exploitation material being shared on social media, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Lopez Esquit was identified as the individual associated with the distribution of the child sex abuse materials via his social media accounts, Suarez said. Lopez Esquit was arrested on a warrant charging him with Endangering the Welfare of a Child for Knowingly Distributing Videos o…
Police & Fire
Woman Reported Bogus Sex Assault Attack: Hudson Prosecutor
An 18-year-old woman was arrested for reporting a fake sexual assault to law enforcement officers, authorities in Hudson County said. On Saturday, Dec. 11, shortly before 12:30 p.m., members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit received a referral from the Union City Police Department of a possible sexual assault that occurred in Jersey City in November. The West New York woman alleged that on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, at approximately 12:00 p.m., she was walking in the area of Weldon Street and Dekalb Avenue in Jersey City when an unknown male approached her from beh…
Police & Fire
Undercover
Bust
: NJ Go-Go Bar Workers Accused Of Promoting Prostitution, Selling Coke To Guests
Assaults. Shots fired. An overdose. These are just some of the calls over the last two years that sparked a an undercover investigation into AJ's Go-Go Bar in Hudson County, leading to nine arrests for cocaine distribution and prostitution this week, authorities in Secaucus announced on Wednesday. During the investigation, undercover detectives purchased various quantities of cocaine from different employees of the establishment. Detectives were also offered sex for cash by numerous employees of the premises, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The six-month long probe culminated on…
Police & Fire
Hudson County Arsonist Set Fire To Local Synagogue, Authorities Say
A man was being held on an aggravated arson charge in connection with a fire at a Hudson County synagogue earlier this month, authorities said. Oswaldo Domingo Xil-Argueta, 29, is accused of torching Mesivta Sanz Yeshiva and its synagogue on 34th Street in Union City around 3 a.m. on July 3, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. There were no occupants in the building at the time of the two-alarm blaze. The Union City Police Department and the Hudson County Regional Arson Task Force arrested Xil-Argueta on July 5, on charges of first-degree aggravated arson and criminal mi…
News
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…
Police & Fire
Fair Lawn PD: Hudson County Trio Found With Heroin, PCP, Cocaine In Route 4 Traffic Stop
A Hudson County trio was found with heroin, PCP and cocaine during a routine traffic stop on Route 4 in Fair Lawn, local police said. Farrah Sanchez, 43, of Union City, was stopped by at Paramus Road last Friday just before 9:40 p.m., Fair Lawn Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Sanchez and her two passengers -- Jason Flores, 34, of Guttenberg, and Dennis Oyold, 40, of Union City -- were taken to police headquarters for processing after officers found heroin and PCP in the car, Metzler said. While they were being processed, police found crack cocaine on the floor of the car, Metzler said. All three…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Union City Officer From Clifton Gave Police Database Info To 'Criminal Enterprise'
A Union City officer surrendered to authorities after accessing the police database then giving information to a criminal enterprise, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Friday. Weslley Hernandez, 29, of Clifton, accessed the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Database on multiple occasions in June of last year to obtain information "for purposes other than those authorized by his employment as a police officer," Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. “When it was brought to our attention that an officer from an unknown jurisdiction may be using his position to p…
News
Major
Bust
: Authorities Smash Trafficking Ring, Seize $1 Million Worth Of Drugs, Arrest 20
A barber shop and used car lot were fronts for a large-scale North Jersey drug trafficking ring, said authorities who seized nearly 21 pounds of fentanyl, 7½ pounds of cocaine, a loaded gun and more while arresting 20 people in Hudson, Bergen, Essex and Union counties. Nearly two dozen locations in New Jersey and New York were raided and nearly four pounds of meth, more than a pound and a half of fentanyl and $118,395 in cash were seized by a team headed by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force working with federal Homeland Security Investigations and the NYPD, they said Wednes…
Police & Fire
Driver, Passenger Both Charged In Union City Hit-Run That Killed Bicyclist
Prosecutors have arrested the driver and passenger involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 56-year-old Union City man. On Nov. 16, Marcelino Pilco was heading northbound near Bergenline Avenue on 48th Street when he was struck on his bike around 7:45 p.m., taken to Jersey City Medical Center and pronounced dead later that night, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Miguel Perez, 28, of Union City, was arrested Wednesday and charged with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, causing death while driving with a suspended license, providing false reports to law …
Police & Fire
Authorities: Union City Man, 78, Sexually Assaulted Three Girls Ages 7 To 12
A 78-year-old Union City man was charged with sexually assaulting three girls as young as seven years old, authorities said Monday. Members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit on Oct. 26 got a tip from local police that Carlos Menjivar was involved in multiple sex crimes, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The first alleged victim was between nine and 11 years old, and was assaulted by Menjivar between 2006 and 2008, Suarez said. The second alleged victim was nine years old when the crimes occurred, between 2002 and 2003, authorities said…
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Shooting At Bicyclist Nabbed By Hudson SWAT Team, Charged With Attempted Murder
A Hoboken man accused of shooting at a bicyclist in Union City last month was arrested Friday with help from the Hudson County SWAT Team, authorities said. Terrence Torres, 19, is accused of firing a gun at two cars and nearly hitting a bicyclist on Third Street and Bergenline Avenue around midnight on Aug. 26, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Responding officers found shell casings at the scene, and a victim told police he was shot at while riding a bicycle but not injured, Suarez said. Acting on a search warrant, Hudson County Regional SWAT Team officers recovered a firearm f…
Obituaries
Union City Police Officer, Emerson HS Graduate Alex Ruperto, 52, Dies Of Coronavirus
Union City police officer Alex Ruperto has died of coronavirus, the department said. He was 52 years old. “Alex was kind, patient, soft-spoken and genuine," Chief Nichelle Luster said. "Alex was a good person and an exceptional officer and I know we will all remember him fondly.” Ruperto of Glen Ridge graduate from Emerson High School in 1986, and then the Bergen County Police Academy (Class No. 82) in 1999. He was a founding member of the city's Emergency Services Unit (ESU) and most recently assigned as a detective in the training division. Ruperto is survived by two adult ch…
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