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Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Jersey City Man Pleads Guilty In 2019 Deadly Shooting
A Jersey City man entered a guilty plea in connection with a deadly shooting in 2019, authorities announced. Victor Lopez, 54, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter related to the killing of Brandon Magwood, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Superior Court Judge Vincent Militello presided over the plea hearing, which was attended by Magwood's family. The State is recommending a sentence of 16 years in New Jersey State Prison subject to the No Early Release Act. More than $2,600 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Magwood's family …
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Jersey City Pastor Gets 15 Years For Sexually Assaulting Two Girls At Church
A Jersey City pastor was sentenced to 15 years in New Jersey State Prison for the sexual assault of two different girls he taught at the church he worked at, authorities said. Josue Rodriguez, 62, was a pastor and taught religion to children at Temple Refugio, a church at 322 3rd St. in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Rodriguez taught both victims at the church, one of whom was between ages 6 and 9, and the other between 8 and 15, the prosecutor said. One of the victim's moms reported the alleged crime that happened at the church to Jersey City police on April 30,…
Jersey City, NJ
News
DWI Union City Driver Gets 9 Years For Head-On Crash That Killed
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A Union City driver was sentenced to a plea-bargained nine years in state prison for a DWI crash that killed a popular Hackensack University Medical Center nurse in Jersey City last year, authorities said Thursday. Jonathan Ortiz-Guananga, 27, previously struck a deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to death by auto and assault by auto rather than go to trial for the early-morning May 5, 2019 crash on Paterson Plank Road that killed Adriana Riano of North Bergen. He was sentenced Thursday by Superior Court Judge Judge Patrick J. Arre to eight years in New Jersey state prison for one char…
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
17-Year-Old Gets Four Years In State Prison For Role In Brick High School Shooting
A teenager from Brick Township was sentenced to four years in state prison on Friday for his role in a shooting outside an Ocean County high school, authorities said. Luis Rivas, 17, pleaded guilty in March to the charge of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Rivas must serve 85 percent of the four-year sentence before being eligible for parole under the terms of the No Early Release Act, Rivas entered his guilty plea on March 6 before Judge Wendel E. Daniels. Rivas' voluntary waiver of Family Court jurisd…
Jersey City, NJ
News
DWI Union City Driver Gets 9 Years For Head-On Crash That Killed
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Nurse
A Union City driver was sentenced to a plea-bargained nine years in state prison for a DWI crash that killed a popular Hackensack University Medical Center nurse in Jersey City last year, authorities said Thursday. Jonathan Ortiz-Guananga, 27, struck a deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to death by auto and assault by auto rather than go to trial for the early-morning May 5, 2019 crash on Paterson Plank Road that killed Adriana Riano of North Bergen. He was sentenced Thursday by Superior Court Judge Judge Patrick J. Arre to eight years in New Jersey state prison for one charge of secon…
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes
A retired Toms River Regional school district employee has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison for sex crimes against two children, authorities said. William J. Herflicker, III, 57, was sentenced on Monday for crimes committed between 2005 and 2010, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Herflicker was convicted on Jan. 22 after a jury trial, the prosecutor said. Herflicker was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault, Billhimer said. Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski sentenced Herflicker to 15 years in state prison on each count to…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
70-Year-Old Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Wayne, Pequannock Holdups
A 70-year-old confessed bank robber from Little Falls was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for holding up banks four days apart in Wayne and Pequannock. Wayne detectives, with help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, captured Philip N. McGrantham as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used earlier that day in the Sept. 30 robbery last year of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. He was carrying the proceeds of the holdup at the time, authorities said. McGrantham struck a deal with prosecutors and admitted t…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Morris County Sex Offender Previously Convicted Of Assaulting Boys Gets 10 Years For Child Porn
A registered sex offender from Morris County who served time for sexually assaulting two boys is headed back to prison for uploading child porn. Under New Jersey’s No Early Release Act, Alexander Willadsen, 31, must serve 8½ years of a 10-year state prison sentence handed down Friday by Superior Court Judge David H. Ironson in Morristown before he'll be eligible for parole. Willadsen, who pleaded guilty last year to possessing child pornography, also will be subject to lifelong parole supervision and Megan’s Law registration. Willadsen, of Rockaway, previous served time…
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Manchester Teenager Gets 18 Years In Prison For Killing His Mom
An 18-year-old from Ocean County was sentenced to 18 years in state prison for killing his mother, authorities said. Edgar Diaz of Manchester previously pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in Margarita Diaz's death last August, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. On Aug. 7, 2019, Toms River police were called to Deer Chase Professional Park for reports of an assault. Police arrived found an unresponsive female. Despite lifesaving efforts by first responders, the victim was pronounced dead at Community Medical Center, police said. Subsequent i…
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Toms River Teen Admits Killing Mom In Front Of Younger Brother
UPDATE: A Toms River man admitted Friday that he killed his mother in front of his younger brother late last summer. Edgar Diaz, 18, of Manchester, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in Superior Court in Toms River in exchange for a 20-year prison term at a scheduled March 6 sentencing. He'll have to serve 17 years of that sentence before he'll be eligible for parole under New Jersey's No Early Release Act. Diaz stabbed Margarita Diaz with a knife and slammed her head into the pavement outside their parked vehicle in a medical office park last Aug. 7, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Report: DWI Passaic County Driver Admits Running Over Friend At Strip Club
A 22-year-old woman from Pompton Lakes admitted that she ran over her friend in a Sussex County strip club parking lot, according to a published report. Jacqueline Lowe reportedly had a blood-alcohol level of .14 when she was arrested last October following the incident outside of the Bare Den on Route 206. Lowe pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court in Newton to second-degree aggravated assault and second-offense DWI, the NJHerald reports. In exchange, Lowe accepted what could be a maximum prison sentence of eight years -- in which case she wouldn't be eligible for parole for six years a…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Jersey City Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Fatal Shooting
A Jersey City man who was previously found guilty of gunning down another city resident was sentenced to life in prison, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Monday. Marquise Brown, 26, will be about 90 years old when he's eligible for parole under the No Early Release Act, which requires him to serve a minimum of 85 percent of his sentence. Brown was previously found guilty of killing Amir Pleasant, 20, on April 29, 2017. Pleasant was sitting in his parked car on Dwight Street when Brown approached and opened fire. Pleasant drove off and crashed a few blocks away, where p…
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