Deal to bring Mercer inmates to Hudson County jail could spell end of ICE contract, freeholder says
The plan would help Hudson County offset the money it receives from the federal government to house ICE detainees.
Testifying as part of plea deal, witness describes night of fatal Jersey City shooting
The state’s cooperating witness testified against his co-defendants, who are charged with the 2017 murder of Amir Pleasant.
4 cops charged in 2017 fiery crash lose their jobs, but will likely avoid jail time
They were terminated from the police department as of Tuesday’s hearing in Hudson County Superior Court.
JCPD seized seven handguns in last 10 days and made 11 related arrests
All 11 people who were arrested were charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapons for an unlawful purpose.
Murder trial underway: Victim died for being on someone else’s turf, prosecutors say
The trial of three men accused of murdering a Jersey City man for being in the wrong neighborhood got underway Monday.
Cop who stopped armed felon from entering precinct: ‘I never had an adrenaline rush like that’
A felon charge with trying to enter a Jersey City police station with a gun hidden behind his back was saying he was doing it for the “street credit” before numerous officers arrested him, a prosecutor said at his detention hearing Friday.
Driver error caused Union City DPW truck to crash, plunge onto Route 495, investigation finds
The Union City DPW truck that plunged from an overpass onto Rt. 495 sending 12 people to hospitals was at full throttle at the time and the brakes were not being applied, according to an investigation by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office which said driver error caused the crash.
3 charged in murder of 21-year-old Jersey City man gunned down in street
Three people have been arrested and charged in connection to the murder of a 21-year-old Jersey City man who was fatally shot in July blocks from where his father was gunned down in 2013, officials said Wednesday.
Hudson store owners, e-cig smoker react to possible ban on tobacco-less smoking products
New Jersey state Senate President Stephen Sweeney said Wednesday that he is considering a statewide ban on e-cigarettes and on the same day, President Donald Trump said his administration will roll out new rules banning thousands of e-cigarette flavors.
Jersey City substitute teacher was confronted by her children over sex with boy their own age: complaint
The investigation into a Jersey City substitute teacher charged with sexually assault a student when he was 13 and 14 years old began when the teacher’s biological children confronted her a said they were disgusted by her alleged relationship with a minor.
Trial starting for 3 charged in fatal shooting of man who died driving himself to hospital
Jury selection will begin Tuesday for the murder trial of three Jersey City man charged in a 2017 fatal shooting.
18-year-old Republican running for county executive in Hudson: Enough of patronage, corruption
An 18-year-old Union City resident born of parents who fled Cuba has foisted himself into the profoundly Democratic world of Hudson County politics and will take a stab at dethroning longtime County Executive Tom DeGise in the November election.