Hudson County View
Josue Rodriguez. Photo courtesy of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
On Thursday, January 21st, Hudson County Superior Court Judge John A. Young sentenced Josue Rodriguez, 62, of Jersey City, to 15 years in New Jersey state prison on two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault of two different juvenile victims.
The 15-year sentence is to be served with 15 years of parole ineligibility on a Jessica Lunsford Act count to run concurrent to a 15 year sentence with 85 percent parole ineligibility pursuant to the No Early Release Act.
Rodriguez will also be subject to Megan’s Law and Parole Supervision for Life.
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Hoboken mayor applauds presidentâs commitment to Paris Agreement
The city purchases non-polluting electricity, has upgraded lighting, and is suing the major oil companies ×
In 2019 Mayro Ravi Bhalla signed an executive order adopting Hoboken s Climate Action Plan.
For a city on the Hudson River with first-hand experience fighting rising sea levels caused by global warming, Hoboken has a serious stake in the environmental policies of the Biden Administration.
For Hoboken, the nationâs change in leadership indicates a needed shift in policy, with President Joe Bidenâs decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement, one of 17 executive orders he signed after his inauguration on Jan. 20.
Appellate court reinstates retired Hoboken police chief’s lawsuit against Zimmer, city
Updated Jan 07, 2021;
Posted Jan 07, 2021
Retired Hoboken Police Chief Anthony Falco Sr. is seen being honored by officers upon his retirement in 2014. (Joutnal file photo)EJA
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The dismissal of a state lawsuit filed by retired Hoboken Police Chief Anthony Falco Sr. against a former mayor and the city has been reversed in an appellate court ruling released Thursday.
Falco, who served as police chief from 2009 until his retirement in 2014, claimed in a 2013 lawsuit that he was retaliated against by former Mayor Dawn Zimmer and then-Public Safety Director Jon Tooke for supporting Zimmer’s political opponent and testifying in a wrongful termination trial of another former city public safety director, among other things.
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Hoboken school board to pay $25,000
Settlement reached after autistic child was allegedly improperly restrained ×
A socially distant Hoboken Board of Education meeting held Dec. 8. 2020
$25,000. That’s how much the Hoboken Board of Education will pay in a settlement to an autistic child who was allegedly improperly physically restrained at Wallace Elementary School starting last year.
According to the Dec. 23 complaint to approve the infant settlement agreement, the Hoboken Board of Education “failed to provide a free appropriate education and discriminated against the minor plaintiff based on her disability.”
These alleged failures include unlawful and improper use of physical restraints; failure to implement less restrictive alternatives; failure to provide a proper Behavioral Intervention Plan and/or Functional Behavior Analysis; failure to provide for properly trained staff and aides; and failure to take proper data and provide appropr
Dad who put injured infant daughter back in crib with fractured skull is charged with murder: prosecutor
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 23, 2020
Raul Torres, now 27,, is seen at his detention hearing on Feb. 23, 2018. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal) EJAEJA
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A North Bergen man who failed to get medical care for his infant daughter after she was dropped and fractured her skull in 2018 has been charged with murder.
Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Wednesday that 27-year-old Raul Torres was indicted by a grand jury indictment on Dec. 17 in the death of Khaleesi Torres, his 4-month-old daughter who died from traumatic brain injuries in March 2018. Torres is charged with murder and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.