Jersey City

A Good Samaritan flagged down a Jersey City police officer about a 3-year-old boy alone in the area of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Virginia Avenue Thursday afternoon.

A Bayonne man who hit a 2-year-old girl so hard that her liver split open claims he thought a plea deal would net him three years in prison instead of the 30-year sentence he received.

Leiner Miranda Lopez has been a fugitive since February when Cesar Santana was arrested. Both men are accused of killing the Jersey City mother, burying her in Kearny.

A video clip of what appears to be teens and police officers brawling at the Newport Centre Mall has made the rounds on Twitter.

Last year, the average residential bill reached $9,490, up 2.1% from 2021, according to data released by the Department of Community Affairs.

Tyreef Robinson, of Jersey City, was gunned down around 10:15 PM, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.

Two hitmen in a 2014 Jersey City murder-for-hire plot, George Bratsenis and Bomani Africa, were sentenced Thursday for the killing of Michael Galdieri.

The killing of Luz Hernandez was being investigated as a domestic violence case, the Hudson County prosecutor said. A second Jersey City man was still a fugitive in connection with the victim's burial.

The widow of a man shot by police during an incident last year claims her husband was killed because cops did not follow state guidelines before opening fire, according to a lawsuit.

Luz Hernandez, 33, of Jersey City, was reported missing on Monday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Separately, a man was charged with murder in a 24-year-old woman's stabbing death in West New York.