Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Transit PD: Serial Sex Offender Assaults Train Passenger Days After Jail Release NJ Transit PD: Serial Sex Offender Assaults Train Passenger Days After Jail Release
NJ Transit PD: Serial Sex Offender Assaults Train Passenger Days After Jail Release A Jersey City man had only been out of jail for a few days when he sexually assaulted a female train passenger earlier this week, NJ Transit officials said. Darrell Jordan, 25 -- who has been arrested 14 times by the NJ Transit police since 2019 -- slapped the buttock of a woman on a northbound Hudson-Bergen Light Rail train near the Port Imperial station in Weehawken then fled the scene Tuesday, NJTPD Police Chief Christopher Trucillo said. NJTPD officers responded and searched the area, and found Jordan shortly after the incident, the chief said. Since January 2019, J…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Law Enforcement Partnership Puts Jersey City Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun In Feds' Hands Law Enforcement Partnership Puts Jersey City Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun In Feds' Hands
Law Enforcement Partnership Puts Jersey City Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun In Feds' Hands A Jersey City ex-con caught with a gun remained in federal custody thanks to a unique partnership of law enforcement agencies, authorities said. Malik Holloway, 28, was brought before a federal magistrate judge via teleconference Friday. City police had seen him take the gun from another person the night of July 13, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. A short time later, Holloway tipped away from a group of people with the weapon in his waistband as police approached on Neptune Avenue, he said. An officer stopped Holloway, who smelled of marijuana, patted him down and found a .9mm Glock M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Charges Upgraded For Drunken Newark Driver, 53, In Fatal Head-On Kearny Crash Charges Upgraded For Drunken Newark Driver, 53, In Fatal Head-On Kearny Crash
Charges Upgraded For Drunken Newark Driver, 53, In Fatal Head-On Kearny Crash Charges against the drunken driver in a Kearny crash that killed a 26-year-old man last March were upgrade after an investigation found he was driving above the speed limit,  had a BAC over the legal limit and crossed into another lane of traffic, authorities said Thursday. William Frazier, 53, of Newark, had initially been charged with causing death while driving with a suspended license and driving while intoxicated after the March 13 crash on Harrison Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Frazier was arrested Thursday at the Hudson County Jail, where he…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Who Made Bogus Hospital Bomb Threat Arrested Within Hours Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Who Made Bogus Hospital Bomb Threat Arrested Within Hours
Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Who Made Bogus Hospital Bomb Threat Arrested Within Hours A Jersey City man was arrested less than a day after phoning in bogus bomb threats that put Hoboken University Medical Center in lockdown mode, authorities charged. Eliezer Ocasio, 39, called 911 from a payphone saying he placed a bomb inside of HUMC around 1:25 Sunday afternoon, Hoboken police Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. The threat was deemed unfounded three hours later, after a search involving several law enforcement agencies, Cabrera said. A subsequent investigation led police to a payphone at 400 Newark St., where detectives were able to identify Ocasio as the caller, police sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
News
Secaucus Police Bust Naked Motel Masturbator Secaucus Police Bust Naked Motel Masturbator
Secaucus Police Bust Naked Motel Masturbator A New York man was being held in the Hudson County Jail after he was caught masturbating in plain sight at a Secaucus motel, authorities charged. Another hotel guest called police after seeing Bayle Ndiaye completely naked and masturbating in the doorway of his hotel room at the Red Roof Inn on the Meadowlands Parkway around 6:50 July 14, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Ndiaye, 35, was arrested and charged with lewdness, they said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Who Made Bogus Hospital Bomb Threat Arrested Within Hours Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Who Made Bogus Hospital Bomb Threat Arrested Within Hours
Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Who Made Bogus Hospital Bomb Threat Arrested Within Hours A Jersey City man was arrested less than a day after phoning in bogus bomb threats that put Hoboken University Medical Center in lockdown, authorities charged. Eliezer Ocasio, 39, called 911 from a payphone saying he placed a bomb inside of HUMC around 1:25 Sunday afternoon, Hoboken police Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. The threat was deemed unfounded three hours later, after a search involving several law enforcement agencies, Cabrera said. A subsequent investigation led police to a payphone at 400 Newark St., where detectives were able to identify Ocasio as the caller, police said. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Man Wildly Swings Machete Walking Hoboken Streets, Police Say Newark Man Wildly Swings Machete Walking Hoboken Streets, Police Say
Newark Man Wildly Swings Machete Walking Hoboken Streets, Police Say A man from Newark was arrested after police found him swinging a machete over his head while walking Hoboken streets, authorities said. A 911 caller reported a man, later identified as Razhem Smith, 36, who brandished the weapon near the PATH Station and Hudson Place around 3 p.m. Sunday, Hoboken police said. Another call came in about 15 minutes later for a man matching the same description using a machete to chop a tree near Third Avenue and Washington Street, police said. A third call came in minutes later for a man swinging a machete in the air on Newark Street near New York Sports Clu…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Who Led Police On High-Speed Hudson County Chase Facing Drug Charges Driver Who Led Police On High-Speed Hudson County Chase Facing Drug Charges
Driver Who Led Police On High-Speed Hudson County Chase Facing Drug Charges A 22-year-old driver who led police on a high-speed chase through Hudson County is facing numerous drug charges, authorities said. Zachary H. Nemiri of Bayonne was driving a 2003 Acura in the area of Kennedy Boulevard and 47th Street around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, Bayonne police Capt. Eric Amato said. Nemiri sped away as Bayonne Police attempted to initiate a traffic stop, traveling into Jersey City and eventually coming to a stop in the area of Seaview Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard, Amato said. More than 50 grams of marijuana, as well as THC candies and narcotic paraphernalia, were found in Ne…

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by Valerie Musson
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes
Feds: Out-Of-State Ex-Con Ran Guns Used In Jersey City Crimes ATF agents busted a convicted felon who they said trafficked guns to Jersey City that were used in crimes, including at least one shooting. A federal judge in Georgia ordered Jonathan Brown, 26, held Wednesday pending a detention hearing this Friday after special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested him on gun trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. As an ex-con with several previous convictions, Brown, of Covington, GA, couldn’t buy the firearms himself, so he used straw purchasers in and around Georgia, then trafficked …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
News
Hudson County Jail Nurse Dies Of Coronavirus Hudson County Jail Nurse Dies Of Coronavirus
Hudson County Jail Nurse Dies Of Coronavirus Daisy Doronilla, a Hudson County Jail nurse from Nutley, has died of coronavirus.  Doronilla was diagnosed with strep throat on March 16 by her private doctor -- on her second day out of work, her daughter said in a Facebook post.  Eight days later, she was on a ventilator at Mountainside Medical Center, NJ.com reports. The jail went into lockdown on March 20 and, three days later, began releasing low-risk inmates to stop the coronavirus spread.

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
News
LOCKDOWN: Two Inmates At Hudson Lockup Test Positive For COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: Two Inmates At Hudson Lockup Test Positive For COVID-19
Lockdown: Two Inmates At Hudson Lockup Test Positive For Covid-19 The Hudson County Jail went into lockdown Sunday after two inmates tested positive for coronavirus, officials said. The inmates were quarantined in the hospital's rehabilitation center and will be treated according to guidelines established March 13, Hudson County spokesperson James Kennelly told NorthJersey.com. None of the immigration detainees being held at the Kearny jail or staff tested positive for COVID-19, Kennelly said. The news comes days after a corrections officer at the Bergen County Jail tested positive for COVID-19, prompting seven co-workers to self-quarantine as well.…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Schools
Jersey City Gym Teacher Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen Student Jersey City Gym Teacher Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen Student
Jersey City Gym Teacher Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen Student A 43-year-old teacher at a Jersey City high school is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female student, authorities said. Francisco Realpe was arrested Wednesday at his Hoboken home on accusations he assaulted a William L. Dickinson High School student, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The assault was first reported to the prosecutor's office on Jan. 31, by the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP). Realpe's LinkedIn profile says he is a health and physical education teacher at the school with nearly 14 years of experience. Realpe's LinkedIn profile…

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by Cecilia Levine