Barricaded Jersey City Woman Charged With Hiding Mom's Remains Barricaded Jersey City Woman Charged With Hiding Mom's Remains
Barricaded Jersey City Woman Charged With Hiding Mom's Remains A Jersey City woman was charged with hiding the remains of her mother after a SWAT standoff that lasted several hours over the weekend, authorities announced Monday. Cheryl Gatling, 53, refused to let police inside of an Arlington Avenue apartment for more than three hours Saturday evening, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. When she finally did, authorities found the deteriorated body of her 78-year-old mother, Dorothy Gatling, Suarez said. The elder Gatling was pronounced deceased at 11:47 p.m. and is believed to have been dead for an extended period of time, authorities s…
Jersey City Police Find Elderly Woman's Corpse After Three-Hour Standoff With Barricaded Tenant Jersey City Police Find Elderly Woman's Corpse After Three-Hour Standoff With Barricaded Tenant
Jersey City Police Find Elderly Woman's Corpse After Three-Hour Standoff With Barricaded Tenant Jersey City police who were held at bay for three hours by a barricaded city tenant found the deteriorated corpse of a 78-year-old woman when she finally let them in, authorities confirmed Sunday. Police went to the fourth-floor apartment at the corner of Arlington Avenue and Harmon Street on a welfare check shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. However, a 53-year-old woman living there barricaded herself in the unit and refused to let them in, the prosecutor said. About an hour into the standoff, officers detected what was described as a foul odor…
SEEN HER? Jersey City Woman Wanted In Arson Fire That Displaced 33 SEEN HER? Jersey City Woman Wanted In Arson Fire That Displaced 33
Seen HER? Jersey City Woman Wanted In Arson Fire That Displaced 33 A 62-year-old woman is wanted for torching a Jersey City building that left 33 people homeless last week, authorities said. An arrest warrant has been issued for Diane Stiles, of Jersey City, on charges of aggravated arson and causing widespread damage in connection with the June 17 blaze on Neptune Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Crews arrived to the six-family home at 124 Neptune Ave., just before 10 p.m. where flames climbed the exterior of the building, Suarez said. Buildings at 122 Neptune Ave., also a six-family house, and 118 Neptune Ave. were also dam…
Second Arrest Made In Double Jersey City Shooting That Killed Man Second Arrest Made In Double Jersey City Shooting That Killed Man
Second Arrest Made In Double Jersey City Shooting That Killed Man A second arrest has been made in a deadly shooting last April in Jersey City. City resident Naseem Rourk, 20, is facing several murder charges in connection with the April 13 shooting death of 21-year-old Rodney Wallace, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. A 16-year-old was also recently charged in the incident, which happened inside of a store at 245 Old Bergen Road around 11 p.m. Wallace was found with gunshot wounds to the upper body around 11 p.m. April 13. He was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m. A second victim, a 22-y…
Man, 22, Shot Dead In Jersey City Man, 22, Shot Dead In Jersey City
Man, 22, Shot Dead In Jersey City A 22-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday night in Jersey City. Ahmad McPherson was rushed to Jersey City Medical Center after being shot near Stegman Street and Martin Luther King Drive around 10 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was pronounced dead at the hospital at approximately 10:40 p.m. The Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are investigating the incident.
Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Wanted On Murder Charges Captured In PA Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Wanted On Murder Charges Captured In PA
Prosecutor: Jersey City Man Wanted On Murder Charges Captured In PA A 19-year-old man wanted on murder charges in connection with the killing of 23-year-old Emmanuel Garcia in Jersey City was captured in Allentown, Pennsylvania, authorities said. Omire Rios-Williams had been facing various murder charges and weapons offenses stemming from the May 3 shooting death of Emmanuel Garcia, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force, Allentown Police Department, and Jersey City Police Department found him at a home on the 100 block of W. Green Street in Allentown, Suarez said. He was being held in Pen…
Authorities Release Details, Announce Arrest In Hudson County Hostage Situation Authorities Release Details, Announce Arrest In Hudson County Hostage Situation
Authorities Release Details, Announce Arrest In Hudson County Hostage Situation A 21-year-old Staten Island man was arrested after holding a woman and her two children hostage in North Bergen Tuesday, authorities announced. Divine Torres was holding the woman and her two kids -- ages 2 years old and 3 months -- hostage at a Days Inn at 2600 Tonnelle Avenue around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. North Bergen police were notified by the NYPD, and responded to the scene, along with the Hudson County Regional SWAT Team. Crisis and hostage negotiators were able to make contact with Torres, and safely and peacefully negotiate his surrender…
Authorities ID 2 Dead In Jersey City Shooting That Left 4 Hurt Authorities ID 2 Dead In Jersey City Shooting That Left 4 Hurt
Authorities ID 2 Dead In Jersey City Shooting That Left 4 Hurt Authorities have identified the two people who died in Friday night's Jersey City shooting, in which four others were injured. Randolph Black Jr., 25, and Jason Crutcher, 26, both died as a result of the shooting on Brinkerhoff Street just before 11 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Among those injured were three men, ages 25, 26, and 35, and a 20-year-old woman, Suarez's office said. Police responding to reports of gunshots just before 11 p.m. found Black unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the torso in a vehicle near Crescent Avenue, authorities said. He was rushed to J…
Man, 29, Throws 60-Year-Old Mom Off Jersey City Balcony, Killing Her, Prosecutor Says Man, 29, Throws 60-Year-Old Mom Off Jersey City Balcony, Killing Her, Prosecutor Says
Man, 29, Throws 60-Year-Old Mom Off Jersey City Balcony, Killing Her, Prosecutor Says A 29-year-old man was charged with homicide after throwing his 60-year-old mom off of a Jersey City balcony during a fire early Thursday morning. Jacqueline Nelson was found on the first floor of 18 Virginia Ave. in critical condition by firefighters and police officers responding to reports of a disturbance just before 1 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Nelson was rushed to the hospital and was pronounced dead at 4:14 a.m., Suarez said. Meanwhile, her son, Terrence Nelson, was charged with murder and remained at large as of 3 p.m. Thursday, the prosecutor's office said. …
Man, 29, Throws 60-Year-Old Mom Off Jersey City Balcony, Killing Her, Prosecutor Says Man, 29, Throws 60-Year-Old Mom Off Jersey City Balcony, Killing Her, Prosecutor Says
Man, 29, Throws 60-Year-Old Mom Off Jersey City Balcony, Killing Her, Prosecutor Says A 29-year-old man was charged with homicide after throwing his 60-year-old mom off of a Jersey City balcony during a fire early Thursday morning. Jacqueline Nelson was found on the first floor of 18 Virginia Ave. in critical condition by firefighters and police officers responding to reports of a disturbance just before 1 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Nelson was rushed to the hospital and was pronounced dead at 4:14 a.m., Suarez said. Meanwhile, her son, Terrence Nelson, was charged with murder and remained at large as of 3 p.m. Thursday, the prosecutor's office said. …
Authorities Still Seeking Man Wanted In Deadly Bayonne Stabbing Nearly 2 Months Later Authorities Still Seeking Man Wanted In Deadly Bayonne Stabbing Nearly 2 Months Later
Authorities Still Seeking Man Wanted In Deadly Bayonne Stabbing Nearly 2 Months Later A 32-year-old man wanted in the murder of a Bayonne man was arrested on an unrelated theft charge in Miami, authorities announced Monday, June 6. Elvis Santana, 32, had been on the run since  the stabbing death of 29-year-old Mathew Mortimer in March 2021, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Santana was arrested Wednesday, May 25 and being held at the Miami-Dade County Turner-Knight Guilford Correctional Facility while awaiting extradition to New Jersey.  Mortimer was stabbed dead in the vestibule of 1095 Avenue C just before 3:30 p.m. March 2, Suarez said.&nb…
Union County Con Who Had Jersey City Murder Conviction Overturned Pleads Guilty To Lesser Count Union County Con Who Had Jersey City Murder Conviction Overturned Pleads Guilty To Lesser Count
Union County Con Who Had Jersey City Murder Conviction Overturned Pleads Guilty To Lesser Count A convict from Union County who's spent the past 13 years behind bars will be eligible for release in four years after pleading guilty to a lesser charge for killing a Jersey City man. Zia Berisha, 46, of Linden, had his murder conviction for the Nov. 6, 2007 shooting and beating death of Michael Marro Jr. of Jersey City in a downtown high-rise killing overturned in 2019 by a state appeals court that sent the case back to Hudson County for a do-over. Jurors found in 2010 that Berisha killed Marro, 39, during a robbery at his Portside Tower home that involved high-grade marijuana. In addit…