Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Task Force Nabs Alleged Gang Members in Jersey City, Lyndhurst Task Force Nabs Alleged Gang Members in Jersey City, Lyndhurst
Task Force Nabs Alleged Gang Members in Jersey City, Lyndhurst Authorities in Hudson County arrested six people on drug, weapons and other offenses and issued a warrant for the arrest of a seventh suspect in a sweep that involved more than 100 law enforcement personnel, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s office said Friday. Authorities said more suspects will be named in the crackdown by agencies including the prosecutor’s office and the Jersey City Violent Crime Initiative focusing on gang activity in the city. “The primary focus of this investigation was the arrest of individuals associated with Jersey City’s most violent gangs,” said Hudson County Pros…

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by Paul Milo
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Secaucus Burglary Suspects Caught In North Bergen Following Miles-Long Chase Secaucus Burglary Suspects Caught In North Bergen Following Miles-Long Chase
Secaucus Burglary Suspects Caught In North Bergen Following Miles-Long Chase An interrupted burglary in Secaucus Wednesday afternoon launched a chase through part of Hudson County before two suspects were caught in North Bergen, authorities said. A woman called police around 1:40 p.m. and said two men were trying to break into her Moller Street house, Secaucus Police Capt. Dennis Miller said.  When they realized the woman was home, the men left the house and fled south on County Avenue in a vehicle reported stolen out of Paterson, Miller said. Secaucus Lt. Martin Moreda tried to stop the vehicle as it headed towards Exit 15X on the New Jersey Turnpike, Miller…

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by Paul Milo
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Teen Charged In Newark, East Newark Street Robberies Newark Teen Charged In Newark, East Newark Street Robberies
Newark Teen Charged In Newark, East Newark Street Robberies A 17-year-old boy from Newark was charged in two robberies occurring Sunday in Newark and East Newark, law enforcement in both communities said.  On Tuesday, Newark's Director of Public Safety Anthony Ambrose announced that the youth had been charged in a robbery on Ferry Street near Jefferson Street in which two people emerged from a car and beat a woman shortly before 7 a.m. The woman's injuries were non-life-threatening, police said.  That same day, a group of males pulled up in a car and tried to rob a man as he was walking on Central Avenue in East Newark, NJ.com reporte…

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by Paul Milo
Jersey City, NJ
Neighbors
Community Rallies For Hudson County Sheriff's Officer Battling Breast Cancer Community Rallies For Hudson County Sheriff's Officer Battling Breast Cancer
Community Rallies For Hudson County Sheriff's Officer Battling Breast Cancer A law enforcement officer and mom from North Bergen is fighting breast cancer, the disease that claimed her mother's life 12 years ago.  Cindy Molina Vazquez, 42, who has been diligent about getting breast exams in the wake of her mother's death, recently discovered she had a Stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma.  Vazquez, a Hudson County Sheriff's Officer, and her husband are to maintain a normal environment for their 7-year-old daughter as she battles her illness. Vazquez is also harvesting her eggs for future fertility treatments.  Unable to work until her health improves, the officer has…

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by Paul Milo
Jersey City, NJ
News
Arrest Made In Sex-Assault Murder Of Nanny Pulled From Jersey City Lake Arrest Made In Sex-Assault Murder Of Nanny Pulled From Jersey City Lake
Arrest Made In Sex-Assault Murder Of Nanny Pulled From Jersey City Lake A Jersey City man was charged with kidnapping, raping and killing a local nanny. Jorge Rios, 33, was arrested after the body of 45-year-old nanny Caroline Cano was pulled from a lake in Lincoln Park, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office announced Sunday morning. He's charged with murder, felony murder, kidnapping, and aggravated sexual assault, they said. Cano apparently was jogging near her home last Sunday when she was killed. Her body was retrieved from a lake in the park with strangulation marks on her neck around 7:30 a.m., authorities later said.  A Medical Examiner said …

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by Paul Milo
Lyndhurst, NJ
Police & Fire
North Arlington PD: Driver Caught With Pot For Sale, THC, $3,000 In Drug Money Fights Officers North Arlington PD: Driver Caught With Pot For Sale, THC, $3,000 In Drug Money Fights Officers
North Arlington PD: Driver Caught With Pot For Sale, THC, $3,000 In Drug Money Fights Officers A North Bergen driver fought with North Arlington police after they caught him carrying a large amount of pot for sale, along with joints, THC oils and drug cash, authorities said. An officer stopped a black SUV driven by 32-year-old Jean C. Peguero on Belleville Turnpike near Roosevelt Street for having its lights off at 2:45 a.m. Monday, Police Chief Scott M. Hedenburg said. Officers noticed a strong smell of raw marijuana coming from the vehicle, leading to a search that turned up the contraband -- including $3,000 in drug money, Hedenburg said. Peguero “physically resisted officers” wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco