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Chilean Ring Used NJ Digs To Stash Loot From Home Burglaries In NY, MD, Elsewhere: Feds Chilean Ring Used NJ Digs To Stash Loot From Home Burglaries In NY, MD, Elsewhere: Feds
Chilean Ring Used NJ Digs To Stash Loot From Home Burglaries In NY, MD, Elsewhere: Feds Six Chilean nationals who burglarized homes in multiple states were recorded on video stashing a huge safe and other items stolen in the break-ins in a Jersey City apartment building, authorities said. The crew took pearl necklaces, diamond earrings, a distinctive high school “state champions” ring, and other jewelry during the burglary of a Westchester County, NY, residence in late March, an FBI complaint says. The same burglars struck again in Baltimore County, MD, in mid-April, taking luxury timepieces, distinctive cufflinks, and a safe that contained a collection of rare coins, the comp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Woman From Infamous NJ Sheriff's Job Sting Busted For Burglarizing Post Offices Woman From Infamous NJ Sheriff's Job Sting Busted For Burglarizing Post Offices
Woman From Infamous NJ Sheriff's Job Sting Busted For Burglarizing Post Offices A woman who once made national headlines when she showed up for a job interview with the Hudson County Sheriff's Office only to be busted for nearly a dozen outstanding warrants was arrested for burglarizing a post office she'd been fired from, federal authorities said. Zyeama Johnson, 29, of Jersey City had been sacked by the U.S. Postal Service when she applied for a security guard's job with the county sheriff's office in the fall of 2022. She was also wanted on a fugitive warrant out of Monroe County, PA, and 10 outstanding traffic warrants out of Jersey City at the time. Johnson …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Detectives Revive Man Who Collapsed At Hudson Prosecutor’s Office HEROES: Detectives Revive Man Who Collapsed At Hudson Prosecutor’s Office
Heroes: Detectives Revive Man Who Collapsed At Hudson Prosecutor’s Office A visitor who suffered a medical emergency at Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office was revived by a group of detectives, authorities said. Prosecutor’s Detectives Stephen King and Salvatore Benanti, and Jersey City Police Detective Scott Rogers found the man without a pulse in the sixth-floor lobby of the Hudson County Administration Building. Prosecutor’s Detectives Risheem Whitten, Kristen Mikulak and Daniel Bellini “quickly joined their colleagues to provide immediate, life-saving medical assistance,” Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The victim regained a pulse within minutes a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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
Police & Fire
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
Police & Fire
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
Police & Fire
Body Found On 440 ID'd As Missing Woman Body Found On 440 ID'd As Missing Woman
Body Found On 440 ID'd As Missing Woman The body found on Route 440 on the Jersey City-Bayonne border on Wednesday, May 17, has been identified as Norelis Mendoza, who has been missing last week, authorities announced. Mendoza, a 32-year-old Lindenwold mom, had been last seen in Jersey City on Saturday, May 13,Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Norelis MendozaJersey City Police Police in Jersey City had said she was last spotted at her mother's house on Montgomery Street and Monmouth Street. Suarez said her death is considered suspicious. A cause and manner of death are pending the findings of the medical examiner…

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by Sam Barron
News
Hudson Felon Freed Under Bail Reform In Back-To-Back Busts Convicted By Federal Jurors Hudson Felon Freed Under Bail Reform In Back-To-Back Busts Convicted By Federal Jurors
Hudson Felon Freed Under Bail Reform In Back-To-Back Busts Convicted By Federal Jurors A Hudson County ex-con who was arrested with a loaded gun in his car after being busted and released twice for cocaine and heroin possession in the previous few months isn't going anywhere now. Federal jurors in Newark convicted Clarence Gaffney, 36, of Jersey City, of drug and weapons possession earlier this week following a three-day trial, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Police reported finding the coke and smack in Gaffney's underwear and shoe following an Oct. 5, 2019 traffic stop, Sellinger said. He was arrested again, on Dec. 26, 2019, after officers caught him selling …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Gunman Who Carjacked Couple Captured Thanks To Police Drone: NJ Authorities GOTCHA! Gunman Who Carjacked Couple Captured Thanks To Police Drone: NJ Authorities
Gotcha! Gunman Who Carjacked Couple Captured Thanks To Police Drone: NJ Authorities A gunman who carjacked a couple waiting to pick up food outside an Elizabeth restaurant was captured by police thanks to a Newark police drone that followed their Mercedes to Jersey City, authorities said. Rahmel Belle, 22, of Jersey City, and another man were both wearing masks when they got out of a car behind the couple on Morris Avenue around 7:30 p.m. this past April 23, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Pointing a grey handgun with a laser at them, Belle ordered the victims out of the Mercedes and took their keys, cellphones and other valuables – as well as $…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Just-Released Ex-Con Jailed After Bergen Woman Finds Secret Sex Cam Just-Released Ex-Con Jailed After Bergen Woman Finds Secret Sex Cam
Just-Released Ex-Con Jailed After Bergen Woman Finds Secret Sex Cam A recently released ex-con from Jersey City hid a camera in a Ridgefield Park woman's home in an attempt to secretly record her having sex, authorities charged. Johnny Nunez, 46, was taken into custody by village police this week after the woman found the camera, Police Chief Joseph Rella said Friday. Nunez has conducted a campaign of "persistent and ongoing harassment" of the 42-year-old victim, the chief said. Village police arrested him this past Tuesday on charges of invasion of privacy, harassment "in a manner to cause alarm" and stalking, records show. He remained held Friday in the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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5-Year-Old Boy Swallows Meth; Mom, BF Charged: Hudson Prosecutor 5-Year-Old Boy Swallows Meth; Mom, BF Charged: Hudson Prosecutor
5-Year-Old Boy Swallows Meth; Mom, BF Charged: Hudson Prosecutor Two people have been arrested after a 5-year-old boy swallowed methamphetamine in Hudson County, authorities said. The child's unidentified 20-year-old mom and her 22-year-old boyfriend were each charged with endangering the welfare of a child, and possession of a controlled dangerous substance, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The incident occurred on Friday, Feb. 18, and the child was in good health following the incident, Suarez said. Both the mother and the boyfriend were arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City and were remanded to the Hud…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Jersey City Woman Struck By Federal Agent's Car Dies, Report Says Jersey City Woman Struck By Federal Agent's Car Dies, Report Says
Jersey City Woman Struck By Federal Agent's Car Dies, Report Says A 58-year-old Jersey City woman struck by a federal agent's car was taken off life support over the weekend after just over a week on life support, NJ Advance Media reports. Carmelina Tusa was struck while crossing Route 139 and Baldwin Avenue on her way to work on Oct. 22 around 8:10 a.m.  Spokespeople from the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, Port Authority and Jersey City police departments told NJ Advance Media they are not involved in the investigation. Click here for the full story from NJ Advance Media.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Officer Catches Infant Who Man Dangled Off Balcony For 2 Hours In Jersey City (VIDEO) Officer Catches Infant Who Man Dangled Off Balcony For 2 Hours In Jersey City (VIDEO)
Officer Catches Infant Who Man Dangled Off Balcony For 2 Hours In Jersey City (Video) UPDATE: Jersey City Officer Reunited With Baby Dangled Off Balcony, Man Charged With Attempted Murder A police officer caught an infant who a man had been dangling from the 2nd-story balcony of a house Saturday morning in Jersey City, authorities confirmed (scroll for video). Officers were called to 64 Rose St. around 9:40 a.m. on reports of a man dangling the baby, sources told Daily Voice. Civilians and officers pleaded with the man not to drop the child, no more than three months old. “Don’t do it brother,” says a man capturing the incident on video (below). "This is sick." …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Jersey City Police Officer Admits Going To AC To Have Sex With Young Girls Found On Incest App Jersey City Police Officer Admits Going To AC To Have Sex With Young Girls Found On Incest App
Jersey City Police Officer Admits Going To AC To Have Sex With Young Girls Found On Incest App A disgraced Jersey City police officer admitted Thursday that he drove to Atlantic City expecting to have sex with two girls – one 8, the other 10 -- for $200. Stephen Wilson, 34, of Bayonne will be sentenced to eight years in state prison in exchange for his guilty plea before a Superior Court judge in Mays Landing on Thursday to attempted aggravated sexual assault, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Wilson was carrying condoms and $500 in cash when State Police and federal Homeland Security agents arrested him this past February, Bruck said. He’d agre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Feds: Gunman Admits Intent To ‘Kill Lot Of People’ In Jersey City After Brother Was Shot Dead Feds: Gunman Admits Intent To ‘Kill Lot Of People’ In Jersey City After Brother Was Shot Dead
Feds: Gunman Admits Intent To ‘Kill Lot Of People’ In Jersey City After Brother Was Shot Dead An ex-con bent on avenging his brother’s death admitted he went to Jersey City armed with a semi-automatic handgun intending to “kill a lot of people.” Aware of his plan, police grabbed Raheem Allen, 34, of Newark and seized an Intratec Tec-22 loaded with 25 rounds of ammunition this past March, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Allen’s brother, Anthony Alvarado, 27, was considered a high-ranking member of a Jersey City street gang, Honig said. Alvarado was gunned down in the area of East 49th Street and Avenue E in Bayonne the night of March 6. He was pronounced dead about 45 mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
TRIBUTE: Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family TRIBUTE: Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family
Tribute: Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family A Jersey City police officer is not all that Morton Otundo was. The 40-year-old city resident killed in a motorcycle crash last week remembers him as a doting dad to his son, Andrew, and a coworker who treated his fellow officers as family, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched in his memory. More than $62,200 had been raised on that campaign -- started by Otundo's former colleague Melagne Ramirez -- as of Monday morning. All funds raised will go toward Andrew. "[Otundo] strived to educate and mold younger officers to be great at every turn," Ramirez writes. "Morton was a phenomenal…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Feds Charge Reputed Jersey City Gang Member With Gunning Down Rival Feds Charge Reputed Jersey City Gang Member With Gunning Down Rival
Feds Charge Reputed Jersey City Gang Member With Gunning Down Rival Federal authorities have charged a reputed gang member from Jersey City with murder in the shooting death of a rival during a running feud between allied crews. Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced Tuesday that her office has taken over the prosecution of Phillip Wiggins Jr. of Newark for the March 31, 2020 slaying of Damone “Munch” Smith. Wiggins, 24, who investigators say belongs to the Wilkinson Avenue gang, shot Smith in the chest near the corner of Rose and Cator avenues.  Smith, 25, was brought by private vehicle to Jersey City Medical Center, where he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Lured, Sexually Assaulted Jersey City Girl, Prosecutor Says Long Island Man Lured, Sexually Assaulted Jersey City Girl, Prosecutor Says
Long Island Man Lured, Sexually Assaulted Jersey City Girl, Prosecutor Says A Long Island man was arrested for luring and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in Jersey City, authorities said Thursday. Cecilio Viera-Viera, 21, of Freeport, NY, met the girl on social media and lured her through conversations and interactions to meet him in-person on June 4, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Viera-Viera met the girl in Jersey City and lured her into his car, where he sexually assaulted her, authorities said. Viera-Viera was arrested Wednesday at his home just after 5 p.m. without incident on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by c…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Jersey City Mall Shooter Gets 6 Years Behind Bars Prosecutor: Jersey City Mall Shooter Gets 6 Years Behind Bars
Prosecutor: Jersey City Mall Shooter Gets 6 Years Behind Bars A 26-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced to six years in New Jersey State Prison for a shooting at the Newport Centre Mall that injured two people in 2019, authorities said Tuesday. Ahmad Broadway was sentenced by Superior Court Judge John A. Young, Jr., on Monday to five years for second-degree possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and one year for fourth-degree risking widespread injury or damage, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Broadway's sentences must run consecutively, and he must serve three and a half years for the weapons offense before he's eligible for…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
LAWSUIT: Jersey City Men Shot By Police In Fireworks Incident File Federal Suit LAWSUIT: Jersey City Men Shot By Police In Fireworks Incident File Federal Suit
Lawsuit: Jersey City Men Shot By Police In Fireworks Incident File Federal Suit A pair of men shot by police in a 2019 fireworks incident have filed a federal suit against Jersey City and some of its officials. Devonte Moore and Shaquan Rush were in a group of young men shooting Roman Candles at each other in the Arlington Gardens Public housing complex on July 1, 2019, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. Three police officers fired 22 rounds into the group, thinking the fireworks were guns after Moore pointed a candle at the officers, the HCPO said. Both Moore and Rush were hospitalized.  The pair have filed a federal suit that names the officers, forme…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hudson County Grand Jury Indictment Charges Dad With Murder In Infant Daughter's Death Hudson County Grand Jury Indictment Charges Dad With Murder In Infant Daughter's Death
Hudson County Grand Jury Indictment Charges Dad With Murder In Infant Daughter's Death A North Bergen man was arrested this week on accusations he killed his 4-month-old daughter, who died from traumatic brain injuries in March 2018. A Hudson County Grand Jury handed up an indictment of Raul Torres on Dec. 17, charging him with murder and endangering the welfare of a child, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Torres, age 27, was arrested Tuesday evening on Sedore Avenue after a traffic stop, and was processed on the homicide warrant issued following the indictment, Suarez said. On Feb. 13, 2018, a Jersey City police officer station at the Jersey City Medical Ce…

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by Cecilia Levine