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Jersey City, NJ
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Man Accused Of Shooting At Bicyclist Nabbed By Hudson SWAT Team, Charged With Attempted Murder
A Hoboken man accused of shooting at a bicyclist in Union City last month was arrested Friday with help from the Hudson County SWAT Team, authorities said. Terrence Torres, 19, is accused of firing a gun at two cars and nearly hitting a bicyclist on Third Street and Bergenline Avenue around midnight on Aug. 26, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Responding officers found shell casings at the scene, and a victim told police he was shot at while riding a bicycle but not injured, Suarez said. Acting on a search warrant, Hudson County Regional SWAT Team officers recovered a firearm f…
Jersey City, NJ
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? Woman, 22, Shot Dead In Jersey City Apartment
Authorities are seeking the public's help in the investigation of a Jersey City shooting that killed a 22-year-old woman. Francis Villa was found lifeless with a gunshot wound in a Forrest Street apartment between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Ocean Avenue around 6 p.m. Monday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Villa was pronounced dead at the scene by a Jersey City Medical Center doctor minutes later, Suarez said. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the upper body and the manner of death remains pending with the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office,…
Elizabeth, NJ
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? Jersey Shore Man Killed In Elizabeth Shooting
A 36-year-old Jersey Shore man died two days after being shot in Elizabeth, authorities said. Jermaine Lewis of Barnegat was shot on the 600 block of Marshall Street around 11 p.m. Tuesday evening, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Department Chief Giacomo Sacca and Director Earl Graves said Friday. Lewis was transported to University Hospital in Newark for emergency treatment, where he died two days later, authorities said. The incident is being investigated by the Union County Homicide Task Force and assisted by members of the Elizabet…
Bergenfield, NJ
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'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue
While county and shelter officials on Friday morning said a dying dog's owner reclaimed him days after surrendering him, they later revealed there is more to the story. Rocco, a 7-year-old pit bull terrier, limped into the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro on a deformed hind, right leg alongside his owner Sept. 1, the shelter said in a Facebook post. A full medical workup showed Rocco was suffering from terminal cancer. The dog had been limping on the deformed leg for five months, and his family couldn't afford treatment, according to Brick City Rescue Co-Founder Stephanie DeViv…
Hamilton Township, NJ
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: Authorities Release Videos Of Man Apparently Overdosing, Dying In Trenton PD Custody
Newly released bodycam and dashcam footage shows Trenton police struggling to safely arrest then desperately revive a Pennsylvania man who became unresponsive in their custody and later died. Police were called to the area near St. Francis Medical Center around 11:45 a.m. April 3, where a man later identified as Stephen A. Dolceamore, 29, was walking into traffic and acting erratically, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Officers forced Dolceamore to the ground after he tried running away, but became unresponsive while he was on the ground, Grewal said. An officer can be he…
Bergenfield, NJ
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'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue
While county and shelter officials on Friday morning said a dying dog's owner reclaimed him days after surrendering him, they later revealed there is more to the story. Rocco, a 7-year-old pit bull terrier, limped into the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro on a deformed hind, right leg alongside his owner Sept. 1, the shelter said in a Facebook post. A full medical workup showed Rocco was suffering from terminal cancer. The dog had been limping on the deformed leg for five months, and his family couldn't afford treatment, according to Brick City Rescue Co-Foun…
Middletown, NJ
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AG: Jersey Shore Correctional Officer Pepper Sprayed Inmate Unjustly, Lied About It Twice
A senior correctional officer from the Jersey Shore is accused of pepper spraying an inmate unjustly and then falsifying two reports about the incident, state authorities said. Jovanny Galindo, 32, of Neptune City filed a "special custody" and "use of force" report, saying the inmate was sitting down at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Wrightstown when the incident occurred. Galindo reported that the inmate ignored an order and threatened him -- prompting Galindo to use the pepper-spray on June 16, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said on Thursday. An investigation f…
Newark, NJ
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Cause Of Death Revealed For Newark Education Advocate, 1 Charged With Murder
A Newark man has been charged with murder after a Newark education activist was found dead in his home last month, authorities said. Johnnie Lattner, 55 -- the co-founder of PULSE (Parents Unified for Local School Education) -- was found unresponsive at a Mount Pleasant Avenue home Aug. 17, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The death was considered suspicious and ruled a homicide following an autopsy, Ambrose and Stephens said. The cause of death was sharp force injuries, an ECPO spokeswoman said. …
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
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State Suspends Liquor License Of NJ Bar Accused Of Twice Violating
Covid-
19 Orders
A Burlington County restaurant facing charges for a 500-person "quarantine release party" in violation of COVID-19 orders later allowed patrons to drink inside, said state officials who had the bar's liquor license and alcohol permits revoked. Il Portico Ristorante on Route 30 in Burlington was charged with numerous Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) violations for the "Quarantine Release Party," that began July 3 and lasted into the early-morning hours of July 4 -- bringing multiple law enforcement agencies to the scene, State Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The charges issued July 3…
Newark, NJ
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Montclair Principal Replaced After Showing Video Of Black Man Deemed Offensive
The principal of a Montclair middle school was ousted from his role after showing what his colleagues called an offensive video of a black man during a staff convocation, reports say. Renaissance at Rand Principal John Putrino showed the video of a man yelling about the tribulations that remote learning posed for children during a "welcome back" event over Zoom, Baristanet reports. Superintendent Dr. Jonathan Ponds had the tech team stop the video as the Zoom comment section became flooded with comments from staff calling the video offensive, the outlet said. Ponds subsequently emailed an …
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