Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Hackensack Man Convicted After Four Armed Robberies In One Night: Hudson County Prosecutor Hackensack Man Convicted After Four Armed Robberies In One Night: Hudson County Prosecutor
Hackensack Man Convicted After Four Armed Robberies In One Night: Hudson County Prosecutor A 37-year-old Hackensack man was convicted on Tuesday, Oct. 29 for his role in a string of armed robberies in Hudson County over the course of one night in April 2022, authorities said. The conviction stem from four armed robberies that were reported between the late night hours of Friday, April 29, 2022 and the early morning hours of Saturday, April 30, 2022. In each incident, Joel Krecz brandished a handgun and money was demanded from the clerk working at a business, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. A joint investigation by numerous police departments identified …

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by Sam Barron
Weehawken, NJ
Police & Fire
Grand Jury Declines To Indict Weehawken Officer Who Shot Paterson Man: Prosecutor Grand Jury Declines To Indict Weehawken Officer Who Shot Paterson Man: Prosecutor
Grand Jury Declines To Indict Weehawken Officer Who Shot Paterson Man: Prosecutor A Hudson County grand jury declined to indict a Weehawken police officer on Tuesday, Oct. 15  for shooting a Paterson man in August 2023, authorities said. Ricky Rivera, 20-year-old Paterson resident was shot by Sgt. Vincent Avoletta after hitting a police officer with a car on the early morning of Tuesday, August 1, authorities said. At 5 a.m. police were patrolling a neighborhood plagued by auto thefts, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. When police approached a suspicious vehicle parked in a driveway on Regency Place, Rivera fled the scene in the vehicle, striking an offic…

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by Sam Barron
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
14-Year-Old Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting: Prosecutor 14-Year-Old Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting: Prosecutor
14-Year-Old Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting: Prosecutor A 14-year-old Jersey City boy was arrested and charged as a juvenile with murder on Monday, Oct. 21, in connection with a shooting that killed a 19-year-old on Friday, Oct. 11. At 5 p.m., Jersey City police responded to shots fired in Garfield Avenue and found Kashyne Grant suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was transported to Jersey City Medical Center for treatment, where he was pronounced dead just after 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 14. The 14-year-old was charged with murder and multiple weapons offenses, Suarez said.

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by Sam Barron
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
19-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Jersey City: Prosecutor 19-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Jersey City: Prosecutor
19-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Jersey City: Prosecutor A 19-year-old was fatally shot in Jersey City on Friday, Oct. 11, authorities said. Around 5 p.m., Jersey City police responded to Garfield Avenue and Brown Place and found Kashyne Grant with a gunshot wound to the upper body, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Grant was transported to Jersey City Medical Center for treatment, where he was pronounced dead on Monday, October 14, Suarez said.  The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are investigating and no arrests have been made, Suarez said. Anyone with informa…

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by Sam Barron
Bayonne, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Critical After Struck In Hit, Run Crash In Bayonne: Prosecutor Man Critical After Struck In Hit, Run Crash In Bayonne: Prosecutor
Man Critical After Struck In Hit, Run Crash In Bayonne: Prosecutor A 25-year-old Bayonne man is in critical condition after he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene on the early morning of Sunday, Oct. 13, authorities said. At 12:20 a.m., Bayonne police responded to Route 440 and 22nd Street and found the man with life-threatening injuries, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The striking vehicle did not remain at the scene, Suarez said. The man was transported to Jersey City Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition, Suarez said. The incident remains under investigation, Suarez said.  Anyone with information is …

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by Sam Barron
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Teen Hid Recording Device Inside Multiple Bathrooms Including Jersey City Mall: Prosecutor Teen Hid Recording Device Inside Multiple Bathrooms Including Jersey City Mall: Prosecutor
Teen Hid Recording Device Inside Multiple Bathrooms Including Jersey City Mall: Prosecutor An 18-year-old Jersey City resident was arrested and charged on Tuesday, Oct. 1 after police found he hid a recording device inside a public restroom at a local mall, authorities said. A woman discovered the black device while using the family restroom on the first floor of JCPenney at the Newport Mall, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  The Hudson County Special Victims Unit investigated and identified Andy Cardenas as the person of interest, Suarez said. Multiple electronic/digital files were recovered from the recording device, which contained images from …

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by Sam Barron
Harrison, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Charged After Hit, Run Crash Seriously Injured Woman In Harrison: Prosecutor Man Charged After Hit, Run Crash Seriously Injured Woman In Harrison: Prosecutor
Man Charged After Hit, Run Crash Seriously Injured Woman In Harrison: Prosecutor A 52-year-old Kearny man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, Sept. 25, with striking a pedestrian in Harrison and then leaving the scene in May, authorities said. At 2 a.m. on Friday, May 17, a 66-year-old Harrison woman was struck by a vehicle at Harrison Avenue and South 5th Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The driver of the striking vehicle, Robert Marmora, did not remain at the scene, Suarez said. The woman was transported to University Hospital in Newark with serious injuries to her lower and mid-body, Suarez said. During the course of the investigation, pol…

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by Sam Barron
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Gets 16 Years For Fatal New Year's Day Jersey City Stabbing: Prosecutor Man Gets 16 Years For Fatal New Year's Day Jersey City Stabbing: Prosecutor
Man Gets 16 Years For Fatal New Year's Day Jersey City Stabbing: Prosecutor A 49-year-old Jersey City man was sentenced to 16 years in state prison on Thursday, Sept. 19 for fatally stabbing a man on New Year's Day 2021. At 2:45 a.m., Jersey City police located Tyrone Haskins, a 39-year-old Jersey City resident at 333 Ocean Ave. with a stab wound to his torso, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was transported to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at approximately 3:20 a.m. Darius Evans was sentenced after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter in May, Suarez said.

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by Sam Barron
Bayonne, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Critically Injured In Bayonne Fire: Prosecutor Man Critically Injured In Bayonne Fire: Prosecutor
Man Critically Injured In Bayonne Fire: Prosecutor A man was critically injured in a fire in Bayonne on the late afternoon of Monday, Sept. 16, authorities said. At 5:20 p.m., the Bayonne Fire Department responded to 167 West 9th St. after receiving multiple reports of a fire, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The fire was discovered in the basement, the Bayonne Office of Emergency Management said. The fire was declared under control at 5:46 p.m., OEM said. The cause and origin of the fire remain under investigation by the Hudson County Regional ArsonTask Force and the Bayonne Fire Department, Suarez said. 

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by Sam Barron
Secaucus, NJ
Police & Fire
Three Men Had More Than 150 Grams Of Cocaine: Hudson County Prosecutor Three Men Had More Than 150 Grams Of Cocaine: Hudson County Prosecutor
Three Men Had More Than 150 Grams Of Cocaine: Hudson County Prosecutor Three men were recently arrested and charged after a narcotics investigation in Secaucus resulted in the recovery of over 150 grams of cocaine and approximately 20 grams of MDMA, authorities said. Nelson Villegas-Rios, a 33-year-old Lyndhurst resident and Sebastian Ospina Osorio, a 34-year-old New York resident were arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 7 and charged with distributing cocaine and ecstasy, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. They were arrested on Plaza Drive in Secaucus. Larry Marin, a 27-year-old Lodi resident was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday,…

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by Sam Barron
Kearny, NJ
Police & Fire
SWAT Standoff Ends After 10 Hours In Kearny: Police SWAT Standoff Ends After 10 Hours In Kearny: Police
SWAT Standoff Ends After 10 Hours In Kearny: Police A man armed with a knife barricaded himself at a building in Kearny on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 3, authorities said. At 9:27 a.m., a woman contacted the police department and said her life had been threatened by a man with whom she lives with and that he was armed with a knife, authorities said, Kearny police said. Officers removed the woman and her child but the man barricaded himself inside the residence and made statements suggesting he was experiencing a mental health crisis, police said. The Kearny Police Department, Hudson County Sheriff’s Office, Hudson County Prosecutor’s Offi…

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by Sam Barron
West New York, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Critical After Hit By Motorcycle in West New York That Fled Scene: Prosecutor Man Critical After Hit By Motorcycle in West New York That Fled Scene: Prosecutor
Man Critical After Hit By Motorcycle in West New York That Fled Scene: Prosecutor A 54-year-old Union City man is in critical condition after he was struck a motorcycle in a hit and run crash in West New York on Saturday, Aug. 17, authorities said. At 3:40 p.m., West New York police responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a motorcycle on Bergenline Avenue and 57th Street and found the victim with life-threatening injurie, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  The occupant of the motorcycle fled the scene on foot, Suarez said.  The victim was transported to a nearby hospital where he remains in critical condition, Suarez said. The…

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