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Jersey City Man Shot By Police Charged At Them Wielding Large Knife, Videos Show Jersey City Man Shot By Police Charged At Them Wielding Large Knife, Videos Show
Jersey City Man Shot By Police Charged At Them Wielding Large Knife, Videos Show UPDATE: Less than a month after Jersey City police shot and killed a disturbed resident, state authorities publicly released videos that show him charging at tactical officers with a knife. Family members, friends and others have spent the time since the Aug. 27 incident calling city police murderers, accusing authorities of withholding information and demanding what they say is accountability for Andrew Washington’s death. During a protest outside City Hall on Wednesday, Sept.,20, they claimed that they were deliberately being kept in the dark. What some may not have known is that an inve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: New Details Emerge In Police Shooting Of Jersey City Man With Mental Health History UPDATE: New Details Emerge In Police Shooting Of Jersey City Man With Mental Health History
Update: New Details Emerge In Police Shooting Of Jersey City Man With Mental Health History One of a group of specially-trained Jersey City police officers shot and killed a knife-wielding city man after he charged at them in his apartment, authorities said. An EMS unit was the first to respond to 2:15 p.m. call at the Randolph Avenue residence in the Bergen-Lafayette section of the city on Sunday, Aug. 27, according to a release issued late Monday by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin. "Upon arrival, they requested the assistance of the Jersey City Police Department," the attorney general said. Patrol officers arrived just before 2:30 p.m. and tried to communicate with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Jersey City Man With Mental Health History Shot By Police UPDATE: Jersey City Man With Mental Health History Shot By Police
Update: Jersey City Man With Mental Health History Shot By Police One of a group of specially-trained Jersey City police officers shot and killed a knife-wielding city man after he charged at them in his apartment, authorities said. An EMS unit was the first to respond to 2:15 p.m. call at the Randolph Avenue residence in the Bergen-Lafayette section of the city on Sunday, Aug. 27, according to a release issued late Monday by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin. "Upon arrival, they requested the assistance of the Jersey City Police Department," the attorney general said. Patrol officers arrived just before 2:30 p.m. and tried to communicate with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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2 Paterson Officers Suspended Nine Months After Man's Disappearance, Attorney Says 2 Paterson Officers Suspended Nine Months After Man's Disappearance, Attorney Says
2 Paterson Officers Suspended Nine Months After Man's Disappearance, Attorney Says The two Paterson police officers who were the last point of contact with a man before he went missing have been suspended from the force, according to the missing man's attorney. Officers Jacob Feliciano and Dodi Zorilla are off the job for 90 days without pay, after an internal affairs review found that they had violated at least 10 of the department's policies during an interaction with Felix DeJesus, 41, of Haledon, on Feb. 2, says Jeff Patti, a lawyer for DeJesus' family.  According to family members, DeJesus was last seen around 6 p.m. on Feb. 2 near a Union Avenue bodeg…

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by Mac Bullock
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Mystery Deepens In Drunken Man's Disappearance In Paterson Mystery Deepens In Drunken Man's Disappearance In Paterson
Mystery Deepens In Drunken Man's Disappearance In Paterson UPDATE: Three weeks to the day that a Haledon man mysteriously went missing in Paterson, no one seems any closer to finding him. According to family members, Felix DeJesus was last seen around 6 p.m. Feb. 2 near a Union Avenue bodega.  He’d been drinking quite a bit -- as he would often do, they said -- and apparently had been bothering a woman there, they said. Police responded and took DeJesus away in handcuffs, the bodega owner reportedly told them.  A detective later told a family member that the officers dropped DeJesus off near the corner of Preakness Avenue and Front Street withou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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MISSING: Police Seek Help Finding Haledon Man MISSING: Police Seek Help Finding Haledon Man
Missing: Police Seek Help Finding Haledon Man SEEN HIM? Detectives from the Haledon Police Department’s Investigative and Special Services Bureau are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Haledon resident Felix DeJesus, who was reported missing by his family last week. DeJesus was last seen in the area Oak and Summer streets in Paterson around 6 p.m. last Wednesday, Feb. 2, Capt. George Guzman said. His family reported him missing the next day, Guzman said. DeJesus is described as 41, Hispanic, about 5-feet-9 and 200 pounds. Anyone who sees him or knows where to find him is asked to contact Detective Sgt. Timothy Lindberg …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Grand Jury: Officers Justified Killing Pair In 2019 Jersey City Firefight Grand Jury: Officers Justified Killing Pair In 2019 Jersey City Firefight
Grand Jury: Officers Justified Killing Pair In 2019 Jersey City Firefight Police were justified in shooting a couple who killed a fellow officer and three civilians in Jersey City, authorities on Wednesday said a state grand jury has found. Some would question the need for such a review given the circumstances of the fateful Dec. 10, 2019 firefight at a kosher grocery store. The answer: It’s required under New Jersey law and state attorney general’s guidelines. Authorities had no choice. David Anderson, 47, and Francine Graham, 50, had slain Jersey City Police Officer Joseph Seals in a nearby cemetery. They then wounded another officer before killing Mindy Fere…

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by Jerry DeMarco