Officers patrolling North Hudson county park make nightly rounds to check on homeless, sheriff says
Updated Feb 10, 2021;
Posted Feb 10, 2021
James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park in North Bergen on Feb. 10, 2021. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal) Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey JournalReena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey
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The death of a homeless person in the snow at James J. Braddock North Hudson Park occurred despite the best efforts of Hudson County sheriff’s officers, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office said.
Sheriff’s officers, who patrol all county parks, make multiple rounds every night in areas of the North Bergen park where homeless are known to congregate and find shelter, sheriff’s office spokesman J.P. Escobar said.
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Kai Robinson. Photo courtesy of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Yesterday, Hudson County Superior Court Patrick J. Arre sentenced Omar Williams,
23, of Jersey City, to 10 years in New Jersey state prison for his role in the death of Kamal
McCord, 19, of Jersey City – which occurred on May 2, 2018 in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.
Arre also sentenced one of Williams’ co-defendants, Kai Robinson, 23, of Jersey City, to a term of five years in New Jersey state prison.
Both men pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter, with Robinson’s plea having the charge treated as second degree at sentencing.
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Charges have been upgraded for a 33-year-old West New York man arrested in connection with his 62-year-old mother s death, authorities said Sunday.
Emmanuel Gonzalez was initially charged with aggravated assault after his mom, Irma L. Pons, was found unresponsive in a bedroom and pronounced dead Thursday afternoon, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
Members of the West New York Police Department responded to 439 66th St., unit 2 on reports of an unresponsive woman around 1:30 p.m. Jan. 14, Suarez said. Pons was pronounced dead 15 minutes later, the prosecutor said.
The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma and the manner of death to be homicide, Suarez said.