Jersey City shooting victim was sitting in car with baby when killed ...
JERSEY CITY -- The man gunned down in Jersey City last night was sitting in a car with a woman and baby when he was fatally shot, a local resident says. The woman, who lives in the neighborhood in which a man was gunned down last night, said she heard multiple gunshots in the area, but didn't initially think much of it. "I heard the gunshot, but I thought it was firecrackers or something because I thought it was for the Super Bowl," she said. It was when she went downstairs that she overhear..>> view originalRenowned Jersey City jazz drummer Don Carter dies at 72
Donald Carter said he first found his rhythm beating pencils on his desk at his elementary school in Harlem. That rhythm turned him into a renowned jazz drummer and a respected member of the Jersey City community. Carter, an accomplished musician and educator, died at the age of 72 on Dec. 26 at the Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health. A memorial service for Carter will be held Wednesday at Riotto Funeral Home, 3205 Kennedy Blvd. in Jersey City. The ceremony is being organized by the J..>> view originalFatal shooting in Jersey City last night, police radio transmission
JERSEY CITY -- A person was fatally shot on Martin Luther King Drive near Oak Street yesterday evening, according to a police transmission. At about 8:10 p.m., police were called to 455 MLK Drive on reports of two shots fired, according to the transmission. When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive victim in critical condition, officers said in the transmission. The victim was was believed to have been shot once in the chest, according to the transmission. Witnesses at the scene tol..>> view originalArson investigators probe bizarre Jersey City fire where injured ...
JERSEY CITY -- Arson investigators from the city's fire department are looking into the cause of last night's fire on Fulton Avenue, where a homeless man was found injured and the front porch splattered with blood. "A boy set the curtains on fire," said a woman who popped into 214 Fulton Ave. this morning, where the front windows were smashed and the wall beneath one window was charred, as was the baseboard heater. The woman said nothing further. Firefighters responding to the 11:30 p.m. fire..>> view originalJersey City man faces 30 years after pleading guilty to killing wife ...
JERSEY CITY -- A 30-year-old Jersey City man pleaded guilty this morning to murdering his wife by strangulation and stabbing following an argument on Aug. 9, 2013, and he will face 30 years in prison with no chance of parole. "I want to see him rot in prison," said Beverly Reid, the mother of Crystal Reid, 28, who was murdered by Jermaine McFadden around 11:30 p.m. in an apartment belonging to a relative of the victim on Bergen Avenue near Bidwell Avenue, officials said. As several of Reid's r..>> view originalJersey City firetruck involved in accident, police say
JERSEY CITY -- A firetruck was sideswiped by another vehicle while traveling with its emergency lights on early this morning, according to an accident report. At about 12:15 a.m., Ladder 8 was traveling west on Armstrong Avenue near Martin Luther King Drive when a Lexus -- pulling out of a parking space -- hit the truck, according to the report. The firetruck's driver told police the Lexus tried to "speed out of the parking spot" when he hit the emergency vehicle, the report states. No one ..>> view originalHow a Jersey City school is helping those with CHARGE Syndrome
The National Junior Honor Society at School 27 in Jersey City is doing its part to raise money and spread awareness of CHARGE syndrome, a pattern of birth defects that occurs in about one in every 9-10,000 births worldwide. The school's National Junior Honor Society is leading a coin drive during the month of February to benefit the CHARGE Syndrome Foundation. Each class in the school has been provided a jar by the National Junior Honor Society to collect money. The jars will be collected by N..>> view originalEx-Jersey City top cop: don't denigrate my service | Opinion
by Robert Cowan Former chief of the Jersey City Police Department As the former chief of the Jersey City Police Department, I have remained silent over the past 19 months during a time in which Mayor Fulop through his spokesperson Jennifer Morrill has on multiple occasions slandered me by alleging my demotion on July 25, 2014 to the rank of deputy chief was the product of "poor performance." In addition I have been the target of other character assassinations, which would change whenever the F..>> view originalJersey City man charged with burglaries, Rx drug offense
A 42-year-old Jersey City felon has been charged with committing two Jersey City burglaries, as well as possessing a prescription drug prescribed for someone else. Johnny Torres, a resident of Delaware Avenue off Duncan Avenue, is charged with burglarizing a residence on the 300 block of St. Pauls Avenue yesterday, as well as a Jersey City residence burglarized prior to that, officials said. He is also charged with possession of burglary tools and possession of 89 Enalapril tablets, the crimin..>> view originalMan takes his wife hostage, shoots at Jersey City police, city ...
A man took his wife hostage, threatened to kill her and shot at Jersey City police at a Bergen Avenue apartment near Stegman Street on Saturday afternoon, city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said. Just after 12:40 p.m., police responded to the scene, with arriving officers hearing the man state that he wanted to be killed by police, Morrill said. After additional units responded, including the city's Emergency Services Unit and a hostage negotiator, the man — whose name and age haven't been re..>> view original
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