Jersey City Crime and Safety

A 15-year-old youth was shot and killed this morning in Greenville. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, at approximately 4:20 a.m. today, the police received a 911 call reporting a shooting at 124 Wilkinson Avenue. There responding officers found Tyshawn Smith, 15, of Jersey City with an apparent gunshot wound. Smith was pronounced dead […]

Note: This story has been updated here. A Wilkinson Avenue home remained cordoned off with yellow police tape this morning following reports of an early morning shooting. A police cruiser parked against the traffic remained posted in front. A detective standing with four patrol officers next to the crime scene, 124 Wilkinson Ave., declined to […]

Five members and associates of a Greenville street gang have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a gang-related stabbing. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that Yahsier Brown, 21, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison. Jaylen Boone, 22, was sentenced on May 2, 2023, to 56 months in prison. Jamil […]

Authorities are disclosing more details surrounding yesterday’s deadly Greenville car crash. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Desiree Milow, 36, of Jersey City, died at the scene after colliding with six vehicles along Garfield Avenue between Danforth Avenue and Wegman Parkway. A video of a police officer unsuccessfully attempting to administer CPR to Milow […]

Go here for an update to this article. Roadblocks have been set up along Garfield Avenue following a multi-vehicle crash that left one person dead. According to radio reports, at approximately noon today, a tan Chevrolet Tahoe struck several vehicles along Garfield Avenue between Stegman Street and Bayview Avenue and then flipped over. The female […]

A Jersey City man has admitted to stabbing a rival gang member with a knife in 2020. According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, on Thursday Sheldon Mays, aka “Thottie,” 23, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark federal court to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon – a knife […]