Hudson County News

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Robbery suspect had been free on bail A Jersey City felon charged in Wednesday's armed robbery of a city gas station got out of prison earlier this year after serving a three-year prison term for death by auto, officials said.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Arrest suspect in June slaying at playground Dogged detective work is being credited for the arrest of a Jersey City felon charged with murdering a man in a city playground in June.

Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell comes out of the Federal Court House in Newark after being arrested in the massive corruption bust in July.

Anthony Rose has been charged with the murder of Jersey City resident Darius Burgess.

Ron Chambers is enjoying a cigarette in Downtown Jersey City. Hudson County is participating in the Great American Smokeout Challenge , a national initiative to persuade smokers to quit the unhealthy habit.

She sued him for palimony, based on their living together for over 10 years and having 2 children together.

The father of the 13-year-old boy who accused pop legend Michael Jackson of molesting him in the early 1990s was found dead in his Jersey City home earlier this month -- an apparent suicide -- authorities said today.

Councilman Gary La Pelusa speaks during a flag raising at the park at 52nd and Avenue C in Bayonne on Saturday.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> VICTIM WAS WOMAN, 69 'Not guilty' in slash murder - Bayonne man will go free The Bayonne man who left bloody footprints in the home of a murdered 69-year-old woman in 2005 has been found not guilty of the slaying.

From left, County Executive Tom DeGise, Susan Mearns, Carol Ann Wilson, Kymberli Morris, Matt Hazuda, Ben Dineen and Gustavo Taborda at the groundbreaking ceremony.

Jose Avila, with his lawyer Hope Mitchell, right, is re-sentenced for armed robbery by Superior Court Judge Fred Theemling.

Hudson County Corrections Officer Lillian Whitted cares for her son, Kenneth Black, at University Hospital in Newark.

Although the New Jersey divorce judge was correct in finding a net credit of $36,062.38, it was error to order the credit to be paid from a jointescrow account.

Hudson County firefighters responded to the most calls in 2008, according to a state report released this week.

An assistant comptroller for Jersey City has been arrested in connection with a multi-county sting operation for trying to 'chat' with police posing as young girls in an online chat room, according to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.

PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Murder suspect says he'll fight extradition to Massachusetts By MICHAELANGELO CONTE KW STAFF WRITER A man arrested in Harrison in connection with a Massachusetts murder said he will fight extradition back to New England where he is accused of gunning down his roommate during an alcohol-fueled argument over a soccer game, ...

A body was found floating in the Hudson River off the shore of West New York today.

A 29-year-old Jersey City man died in the hospital after being shot in the thigh outside a tavern early Saturday morning, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said today.

An employee of Provident Bank in Jersey City has been charged with using her bank access to steal more than $100,000 from the accounts of senior citizens and bank customers who had recently died, officials said.

The murder trial of the Bayonne man accused of stabbing and strangling a 69-year-old Bayonne woman to death during a burglary of her home in 2005 will start today, according to today's Jersey Journal.