Jersey City, NJ
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Jersey City Man Admits Killing Roommate: Prosecutor Jersey City Man Admits Killing Roommate: Prosecutor
Jersey City Man Admits Killing Roommate: Prosecutor A 28-year-old man admitted stabbing his roommate dead in their Jersey City apartment in 2020, authorities said. Tong Cheng pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated manslaughter in the death of Yuting Ge, 23, in connection with the Aug. 8, 2020 incident in their New York Avenue apartment, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Ge's lifeless body covered in gashes around 12:30 p.m., Suarez said. He was pronounced dead less than half an hour later..  Cheng graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology Graduate School, and Ge was a graduate student at Stevens. Sentencing…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Bergen Man With Rap Sheet Arrested In Hudson Armed Robbery Spree, Prosecutor Says GOTCHA! Bergen Man With Rap Sheet Arrested In Hudson Armed Robbery Spree, Prosecutor Says
Gotcha! Bergen Man With Rap Sheet Arrested In Hudson Armed Robbery Spree, Prosecutor Says A Hackensack man who in 2016 led a wild police pursuit in Jersey City was charged in May 2022 for a string of armed robberies across Hudson County, authorities announced. Joel Krecz, 35, set out the evening of Friday, April 29 holding up five stores in Jersey City, Secaucus, Union City and Hoboken, and didn't stop until the end of the following day, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Krecz has been charged with multiple counts of robbery and various weapons and theft, Suarez said. He was accused in the following incidents, according to Suarez: The robbery of a store o…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
News
Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave
Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave A 13-year Port Authority police veteran illegally milked a paid medical leave by submitting bogus records, authorities charged. Marie Paz, 43, was charged with two counts of forgery before being released pending a May 13 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Paz, of Woodhaven, Queens, "submitted falsified medical records to her employer to receive additional paid medical leave," Suarez said on Friday, April 29. The prosecutor credited her office's Public Integrity Unit and the Port Authority of New York and New Je…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Hudson Man Convicted Of One Pool Child Sex Assault But Not The Other, Authorities Say Hudson Man Convicted Of One Pool Child Sex Assault But Not The Other, Authorities Say
Hudson Man Convicted Of One Pool Child Sex Assault But Not The Other, Authorities Say A 22-year-old man was found guilty by a Hudson County Grand Jury of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy at a public pool, but not guilty of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old on the same day in 2019, authorities announced. Angel Rosario-Sanchez, of Union City, was found guilty of sex assault and child endangerment charges following a five-day trial on Thursday, April 14, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez. The verdict was delivered before the Superior Court Judge Nesle A. Rodriguez. Rosario-Sanchez committed the sex crime on the 8-year-old boy, whom he did not know, while at the …

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Critically Burned In Secaucus Fire Man Critically Burned In Secaucus Fire
Man Critically Burned In Secaucus Fire A 56-year-old man was left critically burned in a Secaucus high-rise fire Friday, April 8, authorities said. Multiple smoke detector notifications brought police and firefighters to The Elms on Fifth Street around 2:35 p.m., where heavy smoke was coming from unit 406, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The 56-year-old man inside the unit was found with life-threatening injuries. He was transported to Hudson Regional Hospital and then transferred to the West Chester Medical Center Burn Unit where he remains in critical condition. The fire was contained to the single unit and …

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Town Hall Employee Secretly Taped Coworkers' Conversations: Prosecutor NJ Town Hall Employee Secretly Taped Coworkers' Conversations: Prosecutor
NJ Town Hall Employee Secretly Taped Coworkers' Conversations: Prosecutor A 24-year-old NJ town hall employee secretly taped her coworkers' conversations, authorities said. Jennifer Jimenez, of North Bergen, was charged with illegally tape recording conversations, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. She was arrested without incident Friday, April 8 at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office in Jersey City and released on a summons. "The investigation revealed the recordings were done as a result of an ongoing personal dispute and did not pertain to any official government business, operation, or function," Suarez said. Jimenez is sche…

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by Nicole Acosta
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Jersey City Officer Who Struck Bicyclist During 'Reckless' Pursuit Pleads Guilty: Prosecutor Jersey City Officer Who Struck Bicyclist During 'Reckless' Pursuit Pleads Guilty: Prosecutor
Jersey City Officer Who Struck Bicyclist During 'Reckless' Pursuit Pleads Guilty: Prosecutor A Jersey City police officer admitted to charges he faced after hitting a bicyclist in a marked police car in 2020, authorities announced. Christopher Hill, 27, was driving recklessly while in pursuit of a bicycle on Ravine Avenue when he hit the bicyclist on Sept. 20, 2020, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The bicyclist was injured as a result of the crash, and Hill was charged with assault by auto and served a disorderly person's offense before Superior Court Judge Carlo Abad. As part of his plea, Hill will forfeit all present and future employment in law enforcemen…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Police ID Man Killed In Jersey City Shooting Police ID Man Killed In Jersey City Shooting
Police ID Man Killed In Jersey City Shooting A 49-year-old man was shot and killed in Jersey City Tuesday, April 5, authorities said. Juan Rodriguez was found with gunshot wounds to his upper body near 1922 Kennedy Blvd., around 8:30 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was taken by Emergency Medical Services to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at around 8:55 p.m. The Cause and Manner of death are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are actively investigating this…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor
Bayonne Man Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl, Gave Her Drugs: Prosecutor A 29-year-old Bayonne man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and giving her marijuana over the course of one year, authorities said. Stanley Feliz was arrested at his home on a warrant on Wednesday, March 23, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He is accused of sexually assaulting the girl, now 17, and providing her with marijuana on multiple occasions between June 2019 and June 2020, Suarez said. Following his arrest, the Bayonne Police Department conducted a court-authorized search of his home in connection with an unrelated drug investigation, the…

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by Daily Voice
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Body Found In Passaic River Body Found In Passaic River
Body Found In Passaic River A man's body has been recovered from the Passaic River, authorities in Hudson County said. The unidentified man was found floating in the river near Passaic Avenue and the Belleville Turnpike in Kearny around 6:20 p.m. Thursday, March 10, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The Kearny Police Department and the Kearny Fire Department recovered the body, and pronounced the man dead at the scene. The Cause and Manner of death of are pending the findings of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.  The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Kearny P…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Details Released In Bayonne Homicide That Brought SWAT Team To Scene Details Released In Bayonne Homicide That Brought SWAT Team To Scene
Details Released In Bayonne Homicide That Brought SWAT Team To Scene Authorities have released details and made one arrest in connection with a stabbing in Bayonne that brought the Hudson County SWAT Team to the scene. Peter Revelo, 32, has been charged with murder after stabbing 33-year-old Mely Vanessa Tafoya Mendoza dead at a home at 105 North St., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Police responding to a 911 call found Mendoza with a stab wound to her torso around noon. She was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 12:36 p.m.  Revelo was taken into custody at the scene and charged at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in J…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Jersey City Man, 64, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Stepdaughter: Prosecutor Jersey City Man, 64, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Stepdaughter: Prosecutor
Jersey City Man, 64, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Stepdaughter: Prosecutor A 64-year-old Jersey City man was arrested on accusations he sexually assaulted his teen stepdaughter, authorities said. The man, who was not identified out of respect for the 17-year-old victim, was arrested on Monday, Feb. 28 on charges relating to the Feb. 20 crime, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The incident occurred inside of a Jersey City home, she said. Suarez credited the Special Victims Unit with the investigation and arrest. Anyone wishing to report a sex crime should call the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit (SVU) at 201-915-1234. 

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by Cecilia Levine