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Attempted Murder, Arson Charges For Hunterdon County Tenant Who Started Blaze At Occupied Home Attempted Murder, Arson Charges For Hunterdon County Tenant Who Started Blaze At Occupied Home
Attempted Murder, Arson Charges For Hunterdon County Tenant Who Started Blaze At Occupied Home A Hunterdon County woman was charged with attempted murder and arson in connection with a May garage fire she allegedly started at an occupied residence at which she was a tenant. Onika G. Johnson, 44, of Ringoes, was charged with first-degree attempted murder, second-degree aggravated arson, and criminal mischief on Wednesday, August 9, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson announced alongside local officials. Johnson was living at 8 Whitehall Way in Ringoes when she intentionally started a fire in the garage while the residence was occupied by “several family members and tenants" o…

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by Valerie Musson
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ATTEMPTED MURDER: Fort Lee Man Surrenders In Stabbing ATTEMPTED MURDER: Fort Lee Man Surrenders In Stabbing
Attempted Murder: Fort Lee Man Surrenders In Stabbing UPDATE: A 37-year-old Fort Lee resident was charged with attempted murder after he stabbed another man at a home across from a grammar school, authorities confirmed. The 35-year-old victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 5 with what responders at the time said were life-threatening injuries. The victim has been stabbed in the abdomen at a home on Gerome Avenue and Hoym Street across from Public School No. 1, they said. Freddy Pina surrendered at police headquarters, Deputy Police Chief Edward Young said. He was treated at a local …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Accused Shooter Of Bergenfield GF Extradited To NJ, Charged With Attempted Murder UPDATE: Accused Shooter Of Bergenfield GF Extradited To NJ, Charged With Attempted Murder
Update: Accused Shooter Of Bergenfield GF Extradited To NJ, Charged With Attempted Murder THE LATEST: A one-time fugitive from Bergenfield who authorities said shot his 20-year-old girlfriend three times during an argument in his bedroom is being held in the Bergen County Jail after being extradited from New York State. Aaron Sierra, 22, whom sources described as emotionally disturbed, was captured after a brief standoff with the NYPD's Emergency Services Unit in New York City on July 12, a month and a half after the shooting. An iPhone helped track him down, according to court papers on file in Hackensack. Sierra was initially hospitalized before being extradited to New Jerse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Ex-Con Wanted In July 4th Shooting At Deadly Paterson Corner Nabbed By City Police GOTCHA! Ex-Con Wanted In July 4th Shooting At Deadly Paterson Corner Nabbed By City Police
Gotcha! Ex-Con Wanted In July 4th Shooting At Deadly Paterson Corner Nabbed By City Police Paterson police captured an ex-con wanted for shooting two young men on one of the city’s deadliest street corners on the Fourth of July. Anderson Martinez, 26, was identified by detectives as the shooter who wounded the pair – one 19, the other 20 – near the notorious intersection of Essex and Madison streets. Both men arrived at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in a private vehicle. They survived their injuries and an investigation progressed. Police nabbed Martinez in the area of 21st Avenue and Chestnut Street, a half-dozen blocks from the shooting scene – at 3 a.m. Wednesday, Ju…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ex-Con Charged In Shooting Of NJ State Police Detective In Paterson Has Deadly History Ex-Con Charged In Shooting Of NJ State Police Detective In Paterson Has Deadly History
Ex-Con Charged In Shooting Of NJ State Police Detective In Paterson Has Deadly History One of two defendants publicly identified for the first time in the shooting of a New Jersey State Police detective in Paterson earlier this year once deliberately gunned down a 16-year-old boy, records show. Tajshmer Johnson and Queenasia McFarlane, both 30, were named in a state grand jury indictment returned Tuesday, July 25, that charges Jocquise Timmons, 28, with the NJSP shooting in early March. Authorities said Timmons stepped out from behind a parked vehicle and opened fire on two State Police detectives -- wounding one of them -- near the corner of East 26th Street and 9th Avenue.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Attempted Murder In Elmwood Park Shooting GOTCHA! Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Attempted Murder In Elmwood Park Shooting
Gotcha! Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Attempted Murder In Elmwood Park Shooting Capping an intense investigation, Elmwood Park detectives charged a 15-year-old Fort Lee boy with attempted murder for shooting another teen earlier this month. Identifying and capturing the accused shooter was difficult "because there weren't many cooperating witnesses," Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said on Saturday, July 22. This "brings a sense of relief to the residents of Elmwood Park, especially those in the Elmwood Village area of the community," the chief said. The victim was hospitalized after being shot in the thigh on Elmwood Terrace in the Elmwood Village develop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson
Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson A Teaneck ex-con who served all of six months in state prison on a gun conviction and a Paterson man are charged with wounding a city woman and an East Orange man in a burst of gunfire on a Silk City street. Tommy Norberto, 20, and Paterson native Jazyre K. Kearney, 21, were both charged with attempted murder and weapons possession in the May 22 shooting on West Broadway between Matlock Street and Totowa Avenue, authorities said Police found the 37-year-old Paterson woman at the scene with a bullet wound in her leg, responders at the scene said. She was brought to St. Joseph’s University M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Shooting Elmwood Park Teen Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Shooting Elmwood Park Teen
Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Shooting Elmwood Park Teen Capping an intense investigation, Elmwood Park detectives charged a 15-year-old Fort Lee boy with attempted murder for shooting another teen earlier this month. Identifying and capturing the accused shooter was difficult "because there weren't many cooperating witnesses," Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said on Saturday, July 22. This "brings a sense of relief to the residents of Elmwood Park, especially those in the Elmwood Village area of the community," the chief said.  The victim was hospitalized after being shot in the thigh on Elmwood Terrace in the Elmwood Village develop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Weeks-Long Manhunt Ends With Accused Shooter Of Bergenfield Woman In Custody GOTCHA! Weeks-Long Manhunt Ends With Accused Shooter Of Bergenfield Woman In Custody
Gotcha! Weeks-Long Manhunt Ends With Accused Shooter Of Bergenfield Woman In Custody UPDATE: A fugitive wanted for shooting his 20-year-old Bergenfield girlfriend several times in May is in custody, authorities announced Wednesday. Aaron Sierra, 22, whom sources described as emotionally disturbed, was captured after a brief standoff with the NYPD's Emergency Services Unit in the city on Monday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on July 12.He was taken to a city hospital, where he's remained since, the prosecutor said. Once he's released, Sierra will likely be held on Rikers Island pending extradition to Bergen County, where he's charged with attempted murder, obst…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton Teen Already Jailed In One Passaic Shooting Charged With Another Clifton Teen Already Jailed In One Passaic Shooting Charged With Another
Clifton Teen Already Jailed In One Passaic Shooting Charged With Another Four days after authorities said he fired a gun at a sedan full of rivals in Passaic, a Clifton teen squeezed off 10 shots at another vehicle on the other side of the city, authorities said. Emmanuel Bernard, 18, was seized late last month in connection with a shootout on Brinkerhoff Place near Van Winkle Avenue shortly before 6 a.m. June 18. Bernard fired a handgun at a passing Honda Accord, then ducked when three men emerged from a Jeep Cherokee and began shooting at him, authorities said at the time. No injuries were reported. The others were rounded up quickly. Bernard was arrested th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woman Stabs, Tries Running Over Ex-BF's Girlfriend At Central Jersey Motel: Police Woman Stabs, Tries Running Over Ex-BF's Girlfriend At Central Jersey Motel: Police
Woman Stabs, Tries Running Over Ex-BF's Girlfriend At Central Jersey Motel: Police A 37-year-old New Brunswick woman has been charged with trying to kill her ex-boyfriend's girlfriend, authorities said. Quadira Banks stabbed and tried to run over the victim at a local motel on Wednesday, July 4, East Brunswick police said. It all happened around 10:10 a.m., at Studio 6 on Highway 18, police said.  There, police found that Banks had stabbed her ex-boyfriend’s girlfriend several times in the face and body, then got in her car and tried to run the woman over twice before fleeing the scene, authorities said. The victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University H…

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by Jon Craig
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Enraged Wrong-Way Driver Deliberately Rams Two Victims On Paterson Sidewalk: Authorities Enraged Wrong-Way Driver Deliberately Rams Two Victims On Paterson Sidewalk: Authorities
Enraged Wrong-Way Driver Deliberately Rams Two Victims On Paterson Sidewalk: Authorities An enraged Paterson man drove his car onto the sidewalk to deliberately hit two men after he cold-cocked one of them during a fight that turned physical, authorities said. What provoked the incident wasn’t disclosed by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi in a release they issued announcing the arrest of Doretero Cruz, 53. They did say that Cruz got into his car and tried to run down both men -- one 30, the other 27 – after knocking one of them out with a punch in Paterson’s Sandy Hill neighborhood shortly after 1:30 a.m. J…

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by Jerry DeMarco