Man shot dead in Jersey City; it’s 11th homicide in Hudson this year
Updated May 04, 2021;
This story was update with new information at 10:45 a.m.
A 23-year-old man was fatally shot in Jersey City late Monday night, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said Tuesday morning.
Emmanuel Garcia of Jersey City was pronounced dead at the Jersey City Medical Center after the shooting that occurred on Princeton Avenue near Brown Place just before 11 p.m.
It is the eighth homicide in Jersey City and the 11th in Hudson County in 2021. There are also one death under investigation that has been deemed suspicious.
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Authorities still looking for suspect in fatal Bayonne stabbing
Mathew Mortimer of Bayonne was killed on Avenue C ×
Elvis Santana. Photo via Hudson County Prosecutor s Office
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office is still seeking the public’s help in locating the whereabouts of a suspect wanted in connection with the death of a Bayonne man, 29, who was fatally stabbed in March.
Elvis Santana, 30, of Bayonne, was charged in March in relation to the death of Mathew Mortimer who was found with multiple stab wounds to his body in the vestibule of 1095 Avenue C in Bayonne. Authorities believe that Santana is in the New York-New Jersey metro area.
Public’s help sought in tracking down accused Bayonne killer
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
Elvis Santana, 30, of Bayonne is wanted for the March 2, 2021 murder of Mathew Mortimer in Bayonne, authorities said.Courtesy of the HCPO
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A Bayonne man accused of fatally stabbing a man has evaded authorities for nearly two months, and now the public’s help is being sought.
Authorities say Elvis Santana, 30, stabbed 29-year-old Mathew Mortimer to death in the vestibule of a Bayonne apartment building on Avenue C near 54th Street on March 2.
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office believes Santana is still in the metro New Jersey/New York area.
April 27, 2021 at 4:39 PM
JERSEY CITY, NJ - The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department are investigating the death of a 40-year-old Jersey City man who was found dead in his Storms Avenue apartment in Jersey City.
In a statement Hudson County Prosecutor Ester Suarez reported that just after 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday members of the Jersey City Police Department responded on a welfare check to an apartment at 44 Storms Avenue, between Howard Place and Monticello Avenue. Responding officers found a lifeless 40-year-old male victim, later identified as Benjamin Stone, who was pronounced deceased at 2:01 a.m.
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A 44-year-old Union City man was arrested and charged with the kidnap and sexual assault of a 26-year-old woman resting in her car earlier this week, authorities said Thursday.
The woman parked her car and left it running in the midtown area of Kennedy Boulevard in Union City when Juan Gonzalez-Fuentes got inside and drove her to a nearby location around around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
Gonzalez-Fuentes drove the woman to a downtown area of North Bergen, and woke her up by sexually assaulting her, Suarez said.
Gonzalez-Fuentes fled the scene but was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City just after 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday.