Man who died in fiery Jersey City crash had been charged with allowing 3-year-old to OD last year
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
Robert Delgado Gonzalez, 44, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after authorities say they found methadone in his 3-year-old son s system. (HCPO photo)HCPO
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The man who died in a Jersey City car fire last month has been identified as the Guttenberg man awaiting trial on charges that he allowed a 3-year-old in his care to overdose on methadone.
Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said Wednesday that the driver pulled from the vehicle after a fiery crash at Hutton Street and New York Avenue on Jan. 27 is Roberto Delgado-Gonzalez, 45, of Guttenberg.
Retired police officer, 84, dies in Jersey City fire
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
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A retired Jersey City police officer who helped pave the way for Black officers in the department died in a two-alarm fire Thursday.
Dorothy Bellinger, 84, was found in a second floor bedroom when firefighters responded to the two-story home at 270 Clerk Street at 10:45 a.m. and were met with heavy fire and smoke conditions on the second floor. She was pronounced dead at 11:44 a.m.
A fire captain suffered minor injuries in the blaze, which is the second fatal home fire in the city in the past nine days. On Feb. 10, a fire at 470 Martin Luther King Drive killed an 11-year-old girl and her 8-month-old brother.
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Jersey City residents indicted in connection with murder of local teen ×
Jahquell Carter, Izmae Tinker-Trent, and Heavenley Cherry face various charges related to the murder of Tyeah Garner.
On February 11, a Grand Jury in Hudson County handed up an indictment of three codefendants for the July 6, 2020, fatal shooting of 17-year-old Tyeah Garner on Rutgers Avenue in Jersey City.
According to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, the indictment charges Heavenley Cherry, 19, of Jersey City, with Murder, a crime of the first-degree; Conspiracy to Commit, a crime of the first-degree; Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purposes, a crime of the second-degree; and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon, a crime of the second degree.
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Drugs allegedly distributed in Hudson County
Three New Yorkers face 10 years in prison if convicted ×
Law enforcement recovered $700,000 worth of drugs, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office.
Three New York men have been charged in connection with a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine in Hudson County from locations in Manhattan.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Juan Carlos Merced Moreno, aka “Samuel,” 43; Antonio Hidalgo, aka “Cacona,” 43; and Jose Miguel Abreu, aka “Pelu,” 26, all from Manhattan, are charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of suspected fentanyl, 500 grams or more of suspected methamphetamine, and 500 grams or more of suspected cocaine.