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A North Bergen man was arrested this week on accusations he killed his 4-month-old daughter, who died from traumatic brain injuries in March 2018.
A Hudson County Grand Jury handed up an indictment of Raul Torres on Dec. 17, charging him with murder and endangering the welfare of a child, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
Torres, age 27, was arrested Tuesday evening on Sedore Avenue after a traffic stop, and was processed on the homicide warrant issued following the indictment, Suarez said.
On Feb. 13, 2018, a Jersey City police officer station at the Jersey City Medical Center contacted the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit to report a 4-month-old girl, who was unresponsive and not breathing, had been taken to the hospital by ambulance, the prosecutor said.
UpdatedWed, Dec 23, 2020 at 5:34 pm ET
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Raul Torres, 27, of North Bergen was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 4-month-old daughter in 2018. She was brought to the hospital in February of that year and died three weeks later. (Hudson County Prosecutor s Office)
NORTH BERGEN, NJ Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced Wednesday that a North Bergen man was charged this week with first-degree murder following a grand jury indictment for his role in the death of his 4-month-old daughter, who died from traumatic brain injuries in March, 2018.
Raul Torres, 27, was pulled over in North Bergen on Tuesday and arrested, the prosecutor said.
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Raul Torres. Photo courtesy of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
On December 17th, a Hudson County grand jury handed up an indictment of Raul Torres
and charged him with murder and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Suarez said in a statement.
Torres, 27, was arrested at approximately 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, December 22nd, on
Sedore Avenue by North Bergen police after a traffic stop and was processed on the homicide warrant that was issued following the indictment.
On February 13th, 2018, at approximately 8:45 a.m., a Jersey City police officer stationed at the Jersey City Medical Center contacted the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit to report a four-month old child had been transported to the hospital by ambulance unresponsive and not breathing.
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Aiesha McFadden, a 36- year-old mother of four, was shot and killed on Dec. 4.
The Jersey City community is rallying to support the loved ones of a local mother who was shot and killed while walking home earlier this month.
On Dec. 4 Jersey City Public School worker and mother of four Aieshia McFadden was assaulted and shot and killed in front of her daughter on Martin Luther King Junior Drive.
She was 36 years old.
Now, an online Facebook fundraiser, started by Tiffany Critten, has circulated throughout the community successfully raising more than $20,000 of the $50,000 goal through the donations of 429 people this week.
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Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop wished everyone a Happy Hanukkah at the city s 40th Menorah lighting at City Hall this week.
Jersey City fatal shooting under investigation
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit is investigating a Dec. 10 fatal shooting.
On Dec. 10, Jersey City police officers responded to the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Wilkinson Ave., where they found an unconscious 35-year-old Jersey City man, later identified as Niles Holmes, with apparent multiple gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m.
A Jersey city man, 24, sustained two graze wounds to the arm.
No arrests have been made at this time.