On Friday, June 19, 2020, shortly after 11:00 p..m., members of the Jersey City Police Department responded to Paterson Plank Road, south of the Congress Street intersection, on a report of a motorcycle crash with injuries. Upon arrival, responding officers found a motorcyclist with serious...
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are investigating the death of a 34-year-old man who was shot early Saturday morning in Jersey City. Four other men were also shot during the incident. ...
On June 15, 2020, members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit arrested Esteban Ruiz, age 21, of Kearny, on charges that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old female in April 2018. Ruiz met the victim in his capacity as a youth leader at...
A Bayonne man has been arrested and charged with causing serious bodily injury while driving with a suspended license for his involvement in a crash last week at the intersection of Route 440 and Route 185 in Jersey City....
The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit is investigating a motor vehicle collision that resulted in the death of a Bayonne man riding a hoverboard in Bayonne Sunday afternoon....
The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit is investigating a serious motor vehicle crash involving two cars that occurred Thursday morning at approximately 6:30 am on Route 440 South in Jersey City at the intersection with Route 185 South in which one of the drivers...
With school children throughout the county at home and learning through online instruction as a result of the COVID19 public health emergency, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office launched in March a creativity contest for students to submit artwork, videos and poetry. With dozens of entries submitted,...
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Public Integrity Unit, Special Investigations Section in conjunction with the Special Investigations Unit of the Bayonne Police Department, arrested and charged Hudson County roads inspector Barry Smith with bribery, theft by extortion and official misconduct charges following an investigation....
The initial investigation by the Hudson County Regional Arson Task Force has determined that the fire that claimed the life of a 98-year-old Bayonne woman Sunday night does not appear suspicious at this time, however, the cause remains under investigation. ...
On Friday, May 8, 2020, at approximately 9:50 p.m., Tyree Witherspoon, age 28, of Jersey City, was arrested by the Jersey City Police Department Street Crimes Unit in connection with the shooting death of 21-year-old Akim Ward on April 4, 2020 in Jersey City. Witherspoon...