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An internal affairs investigation has been launched at the Hudson County Prosecutor s Office after cash recovered in several different cases went missing, authorities announced Tuesday.
All of the missing cash had been recovered from scenes and was being temporarily held for safekeeping, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
The money was kept in temporary storage in locked safes at the Prosecutor’s Office with limited access by investigative staff.
The Prosecutor’s Office Public Integrity Unit, Internal Affairs Section, will be conducting the investigation.
The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General was also notified by the Prosecutor’s Office of the investigation.
Prosecutor: Firefighters discovered burned human remains at brush fire
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Apr 07, 2021, 5:25pm EDT
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the discovery of burned human remains discovered after firefighters extinguished a brush fire.
Authorities say that firefighters responded to a brush fire behind the West New York Swim Club in West New York just before 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Firefighters found the body after the fire was put out.
The person has not yet been identified. The prosecutor says that the cause and manner of the person’s death are pending the results of an autopsy.
Hudson County View
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal fire in the wooded area near 60th Street and JFK Boulevard East in West New York that occurred earlier this morning. More information to follow,” the HCPO tweeted this morning.
At 1:16 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez released more information.
This morning at approximately 1:25 a.m., members of the West New York Police Department reported a brush fire behind the West New York Swim Club in the area of
60th Street, Boulevard East and Anthony M. Defino Way, Suarez said in a statement.