Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners
Husband, Pregnant Wife Dead In Jersey City Murder-Suicide Were Dedicated Restaurant Owners UPDATE: The 35-year-old Jersey City restaurateur killed in an apparent murder-suicide Sunday morning was five months pregnant, and her death was ruled a homicide, authorities announced Monday.  ** ORIGINAL STORY BELOW ** She was a talented chef, dedicated to her profession. He was an intelligent graduate of India Institute of Technology, who came to the U.S. to pursue his master's degree. Together, Garima Kothari and Manmohan Mall were a happy couple, and owners of Nukkad, an Indian restaurant a few blocks from their Jersey City high-rise apartment, relatives say.  Both were fou…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61 Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61
Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61 A 38-year-old North Bergen recycling plant trolly cart operator was charged in the death of his 61-year-old coworker, authorities said. Santiago Ventura Blanco was operating a bulldozer and pushing a concrete dumpster at Lincoln Recycling on Dell Avenue when Horacio Juarez Diaz was pinned between the dumpster and a wall Thursday afternoon, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Diaz of Union City was found lifeless by responding police officers and pronounced dead at the scene around 3:20 p.m., Suarez said. Blanco of East Newark was arrested at the scene at 4 p.m., and char…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Man Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting, Woman Accused Of Hindering Investigation Prosecutor: Man Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting, Woman Accused Of Hindering Investigation
Prosecutor: Man Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting, Woman Accused Of Hindering Investigation A Jersey City man being held in the Hudson County Jail on drug offenses was charged in the fatal shooting of a fellow resident, while a woman was accused of hindering the homicide investigation, authorities said. Police responding to a report of shots fired on Fulton Avenue found Jason Dunbar, 35, unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds around 11:45 p.m. Aug. 27, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced. Dunbar was transported to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead around 12:30 a.m., the following day, authorities said. Darius Bolden, 33, was arrested a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
News
Services Set For North Bergen Nurse Adriana Riano, 32, Killed In Crash Services Set For North Bergen Nurse Adriana Riano, 32, Killed In Crash
Services Set For North Bergen Nurse Adriana Riano, 32, Killed In Crash Humble, helpful and kind. These are only some of the words used to remember Adriana Riano, 32 of North Bergen -- a nurse at Hackensack University Medical Center -- who was killed in a head-on Jersey City collision Sunday. Visitation for Riano will be on Friday, May 10 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Vainieri Funeral Home, 5923 Kennedy Blvd., in North Bergen, with a funeral service scheduled for 8 p.m. Riano was behind the wheel of a 2008 Ford Edge that collided with a 2015 Dodge Charger at the intersection of Congress Street and Paterson Plank Road around 7:15 a.m. Sunday, Hudson County Pros…

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by Cecilia Levine