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Fight Broke Out Before Double Stabbing That Left Union City Boy Dead: Prosecutor Fight Broke Out Before Double Stabbing That Left Union City Boy Dead: Prosecutor
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…

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by Cecilia Levine and Valerie Musson
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UPDATE: Bus Lane Crash Paralyzes Lincoln Tunnel Traffic UPDATE: Bus Lane Crash Paralyzes Lincoln Tunnel Traffic
Update: Bus Lane Crash Paralyzes Lincoln Tunnel Traffic UPDATE: A commuter bus and four other vehicles were involved in a chain-reaction crash that jammed rush-hour traffic into and out of the Lincoln Tunnel. The inbound bus was headed east toward the inbound tunnel in the specially designated lane on the westbound side of Route 495 when the crash occurred in Union City between the Kennedy Boulevard and Bergenline Avenue underpasses around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Port Authority said. There wasn't an exact count of those injured, although none of them appeared seriously hurt, witnesses said. A westbound vehicle had struck another vehicle, sending…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Details Released In Police Involved Shooting July 4th In Union City Details Released In Police Involved Shooting July 4th In Union City
Details Released In Police Involved Shooting July 4th In Union City A 58-year-old stabbing suspect was hospitalized after being shot by police responding to the incident in Hudson County July Fourth, police said. Jesus Suazo hurt the victim during an argument before police were flagged down on 23rd Street and Bergenline Avenue in Union City around 7:50 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. An officer fired his service weapon during the encounter, striking Suazo, who was hospitalized and in stable condition as of Wednesday, Suarez said. The victim wounded by Suazo suffered non life-threatening injuries, police said. Suazo was charged with …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold In Hudson, Sussex Counties Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold In Hudson, Sussex Counties
Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold In Hudson, Sussex Counties Winners! Two Mega Millions lottery tickets worth $10,000 each were sold in Hudson and Sussex Counties. Tickets matching four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball for the Tuesday, March 22 drawing were sold at Garden State News on Bergenline Avenue in Union City and Stop & Shop on Town Center Drive in Sparta, New Jersey Lottery officials said. The winning numbers were: 08, 15, 21, 27, and 61. The Gold Mega Ball was 08, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03. The Mega Millions&…

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by Valerie Musson
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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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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver, Passenger Both Charged In Union City Hit-Run That Killed Bicyclist Driver, Passenger Both Charged In Union City Hit-Run That Killed Bicyclist
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 …

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by Valerie Musson