Jersey City cop shoots driver after being dragged during traffic stop ...
JERSEY CITY -- A police officer shot the driver of what city officials say was a stolen car early this morning when the driver attempted to flee and dragged the officer, a Jersey City spokeswoman said. Sometime after midnight, two officers pulled over a vehicle on Virginia Avenue between Martin Luther King Drive and Ocean Avenue, said a source with knowledge of the investigation. City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said the car was stolen. One officer attempted to remove the driver, but the dri..>> view originalJury begins deliberating in case of Jersey City man charged with ...
JERSEY CITY -- At about 2 p.m. today jurors began deliberating in the trial of a city felon charged with kidnapping, raping and assaulting a 28-year-old Newark woman on July 27, 2013. During the trial, the woman testified she got into Shawn Barrett's car in Newark after he offered to smoke marijuana with her. But she said he suddenly hit the gas, punched her and threatened to shoot her in the head before taking her to his Stevens Avenue apartment in Jersey City, where he repeatedly raped her a..>> view original20 percent of Jersey City students missed school Tuesday, official says
Approximately 11 percent of teachers and about 20 percent of students in Jersey City public schools were absent from class Tuesday after the district held a 90-minute delayed opening, according to a Jersey City school district spokeswoman. Maryann Dickar, who serves as the chief of staff to Superintendent Marcia Lyles, said that just over 80 percent of the roughly 28,000 children who attend Jersey City public schools showed up for class Tuesday after the district decided to hold delayed openin..>> view originalWoman stabbed with box cutter in Jersey City
JERSEY CITY -- A 19-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times with a box cutter inside a Grant Avenue apartment Monday night, according to a police report. At about 11:30 p.m., police were called to a Grant Avenue building after a woman called and said she had been stabbed, the report states. When police arrived, the Jersey City Fire Department was already on scene. Firefighters said they had pulled a yellow box cutter and blade out of the victim's hair, the report states. The woman told polic..>> view originalBlack Maria Film Festival tour to kick off in Jersey City
The 35th Annual Black Maria Film Festival is returning to New Jersey City University next Thursday. The national touring festival, named after the world's first film studio built by Thomas Edison in West Orange, showcases independent films from all over the world. Opening night will be held in the Gothic Lounge of NJCU's Hepburn Hall at 8 p.m. The free admission event will begin with an award presentation of the top Stellar-Award winning films. The festival will continue Saturday with an even..>> view originalJersey City man nabbed trying to break into eatery, police say
A Jersey City man was arrested early Tuesday morning as he was attempting to break into a Chinese restaurant on West Side Avenue, Jersey City police said. Dennis Carter, 44, of Linden Avenue, was charged with burglary after police were tipped off to a man trying to break a rear window at the eatery at 5:20 a.m. Tuesday. Police said that when they responded to the alleyway behind a small strip of businesses, Carter had his hands inside the window sill, where a vent was located, a police report ..>> view originalJersey City man charged with light rail fare evasion, resisting arrest ...
BAYONNE — A Jersey City man has been accused of evading the light rail fare and providing false information to the police, according to Bayonne police. Last Friday at around 7:48 p.m., police arrested Xavier A. Carmicheal, 18, of Grant Avenue, at the 34th Street Light Rail Station in Bayonne on the charges of theft of services, hindering apprehension and resisting arrest, police said. Earlier that evening, police issued Carmicheal a summons for fare evasion, and it was determined that he had..>> view originalSomerset woman busted for Molly during traffic stop in Jersey City ...
Verner A. Williams Jr., 33, of South Plainfield was charged with possession of marijuana following a traffic stop in Jersey City.Courtesy of Port Authority Police A Somerset County woman was arrested in Jersey City last night when she admitted to driving under the influence of the synthetic drug Molly, Port Authority police spokesman Joe Pentangelo said. Sharde S. Boyd, 30, of Franklin Park was charged with DWI (for drugs) and drug counts after an officer spotted her driving a black 2016 Mer..>> view original$700K cash only bail for 19-year-old charged in Jersey City murder
Bail was set at $700,000 Tuesday for a 19-year-old Jersey City man charged with murdering a man on Oct. 16 on the Marion Section street where they both lived, officials said. Marcus Mair, of Dales Avenue, was arrested Monday and charged with murdering Donald Gadson, who was found by police at about 11:25 p.m. outside the Marion Gardens public housing complex on Dales Avenue, officials said. Gadson suffered a gunshot wound to his upper body. He was found on the ground outside the building's ent..>> view originalSchool bus, Academy bus in accident in Jersey City
JERSEY CITY -- A school bus with students on board was struck by an Academy bus yesterday afternoon, and fortunately no one was injured, an accident report said. Just before 3:30 p.m., a Hudson County Transport bus traveling on Kennedy Boulevard stopped at the Pearsall Avenue intersection to make a left turn, the report states. As the school bus attempted the turn, the Academy bus attempted to pass the school bus on the right, but it struck the school bus' right rear bumper, the report said...>> view original
Thursday, January 28, 2016
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