A Jersey City property manager has admitted to conspiring with two others in a kickback scheme to defraud Canco Lofts, a condominium complex in Jersey City, of $470,000. According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, Ranaldo Bennett, 56, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Karen M. Williams today in Camden federal […]
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Ruling Expected in Jersey City’s Federal Lawsuit to Keep Cops from Cannabis
A federal judge could decide as early as Monday whether to dismiss a lawsuit Jersey City filed against the state over claims that state officials are forcing the city to violate federal law by allowing police officers to use cannabis off duty. The city has been fighting the state in federal court since the state Civil Service Commission […]
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Drivers Beware: Sheriff Setting up DWI Checkpoint Friday
Jersey City drivers best watch their alcohol intake on Friday, especially if they plan on driving anywhere near John F. Kennedy Boulevard. According to Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari, officers will be setting up a DWI checkpoint in the area of John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Manhattan Avenue on Friday, March 29. The primary purpose […]
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Two Men are Charged in Fatal McGinley Square Shooting
Two men have been charged in the McGinley Square shooting that took the life of one man and wounded two others earlier this month. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit arrested 36-year-old Joseph Del Valle, of Hoboken, yesterday, and charged him with the shooting, which […]
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Op-Ed: Achieving Vision Zero in All of Jersey City
There is growing national awareness of the scourge of deadly traffic crashes and recognition that these serious injuries and deaths are not simply accidents and are in fact preventable through traffic calming. Since Jersey City adopted Vision Zero in 2018, it has made rapid, transformational improvements to the safety of many roadways through evidence measures […]
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Video Shows Arrest of Man Apparently Armed with Long Gun Outside Newport Centre Mall Entrance
Employees of the Newport Centre Mall have been on edge since a man apparently armed with a long gun was taken into custody outside a mall entrance. The incident reportedly took place on the afternoon of March 3. A grainy video obtained by the Jersey City Times shows police taking the man into custody on […]
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Authorities Release More Information On McGinley Square Homicide
Authorities have released additional information on the early morning McGinley Square shooting that killed one person and left two others wounded. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, the shooting took place just before 6:30 a.m., when the Jersey City Police Department was notified of shots fired on Jordan Avenue. Responding officers were led to […]
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Shooting Leaves one Dead and Two Wounded in McGinley Square Area
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office and Jersey City Police Department are investigating a shooting that killed one person and left another wounded. The incident reportedly took place at the corner of Jordan Avenue and Mercer Street, near the Jersey City Armory in the McGinley Square area. The killing would represent the first reported homicide of […]
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How the Mayor Fooled the Media on Crime, Again
For a journalist without a background in law, it was an easy trap to fall into. In a December press conference, Mayor Fulop and Director of Public Safety James Shea brought out charts and made statements suggesting that violent crime in Jersey City had gone down. A press release from the mayor spoke of “historic […]
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Port Authority Vague on Saturday’s Grove Street PATH Train Death
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has declined to answer questions about Saturday’s incident at the Grove Street PATH station in which a man was hit by a train. Asked for an update and for key details today, a spokesperson for the Port Authority provided the following: “At 2:45 pm Saturday, March […]