A man who admitted to stabbing his girlfriend repeatedly — leaving her body to be found by her teen daughter — has been sent to state prison for 35 years, with no parole.
The 20-year-old driver, Ricky Rivera, was then shot and wounded when a second officer fired at the fleeing vehicle, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez.
A man charged in connection with stolen cooking oil urinated and spit in the back of a police vehicle and threatened to kill the officer who stopped him.
Michael J. Goodwin was convicted of drug and weapons offenses after an encounter with Paterson police in 2017. He was sentenced to 20 years in state prison.