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‘Stolen Valor’: Former NJ EMT Who Fabricated 9/11 Involvement Smoked Out On Social Media ‘Stolen Valor’: Former NJ EMT Who Fabricated 9/11 Involvement Smoked Out On Social Media
‘Stolen Valor’: Former NJ EMT Who Fabricated 9/11 Involvement Smoked Out On Social Media A former North Bergen and Jersey City Medical Center EMT was removed as a guest speaker at a 9/11 memorial event amid a social media uproar over bogus claims that he’d been at Ground Zero as a New York City firefighter. August Johansen, 45, had his photo published along with a story about his participation in a 9/11 fundraiser in a Tennessee town that’s coincidentally named Union City. In the photo, Johansen is wearing an FDNY patch on his polo shirt. Johansen was outed by NYC Fire Wire, an online news service that also participates in fundraisers and assistance efforts for emergency respo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Five Charged With Murder Of Rival Gang Member, Innocent Teen NJ Five Charged With Murder Of Rival Gang Member, Innocent Teen
NJ Five Charged With Murder Of Rival Gang Member, Innocent Teen Five reputed members of a Jersey City street gang were charged federally with murder in the shooting deaths the same week of a rival and a 17-year-old female bystander. Shaquan "Nut" Rush and Darby "GoHard" Shirden, both 21, and Jeremy "Smoov" Perez, 23, opened fire on a group of people outside the Salem Lafayette Apartments on April 1, 2020 in retaliation for the killing the day before of a high-ranking member of their Rutgers Avenue gang, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Two people were wounded, one of them an 18-year-old associate of the Salem Lafayette gang who survived the shoo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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13-Year-Old Girl Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of NJ Man 13-Year-Old Girl Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of NJ Man
13-Year-Old Girl Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of NJ Man A 13-year-old girl was charged with murder in the shooting death of a 35-year-old man in Jersey City earlier this month, authorities said. The teen was apprehended and arrested by Jersey City police just before 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve, near Union Street and MLK Drive, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. It was not clear how Holmes, of Jersey City, and the teen knew each other. The girl is also facing weapons and assault charges in connection with the death of Niles Holmes, who was sho multiple times on MLK Drive  near Wilkinson Avenue around 4:15 p.m. on Dec. 10, Suarez said.…

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by Cecilia Levine