Law & Justice

BAYONNE, NJ - Two Bayonne teens, 15 and 17, were taken into custody Tuesday after a 17-year-old male victim reported that while walking to school, he was approached from behind, pushed to the ground, and punched about the head. The attacker, the victim said, was the 15-year-old suspect.

Through the investigation it was reported that the victim received threatening phone messages from the ...

BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne residents have been warned to be wary of telephone scammers.

“In one attempted scam, fraudsters have telephoned Bayonne residents with requests for their Medicare identification numbers. Please do not give Medicare ID numbers, other personal information, or money to scammers,” Mayor Jimmy Davis warned, adding that with this information fraudsters attempt to ...

BAYONNE, NJ - As reported previously in TAPinto Bayonne, the body of a man found in a tarp near Rutkowski Park in Bayonne was that of a missing New York City man, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez confirmed Wednesday.

According to a statement, the man, found lifeless by members of the Bayonne Police Department at approximately 4:30 p.m. on April 27, has been identified as Jose ...

BAYONNE, NJ - A 36-year-old Bayonne man was arrested at his home just after 1:00 p.m. Monday and charged with sexually assaulting a 17- year-old female he interacted with earlier in the day. The arrest came after an investigation by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Bayonne Police Department

According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Roberto ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office is still seeking the public’s help in locating the whereabouts of the suspect wanted in connection with the death of a 29-year-old Bayonne man who was fatally stabbed on March 2.  

As previously reported, Elvis Santana, age 30, of Bayonne, has been charged with Murder, Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful ...

BAYONNE, NJ - A 41-year-old Bayonne man was arrested and charged with Theft by Deception after two would-be tenants reported paying the suspect more than $1000 each to sublet an apartment he advertised.

According to Captain Eric Amato, the investigation into the incidents begain on February 10 when the victims reported that they each paid Fils Kendamos the money at different ...

BAYONNE, NJ - A 63-year-old Bayonne woman has been arrested and charged with several crimes related to her alleged attempt to defraud a program established to assist tenants who have fallen behind on their rental payments.

According to Captain Eric Amato, the investigation involving Diarye Nzaken began on March 16 when a representative of the Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation ...

TRENTON, NJ - A Bayonne business owner faces charges related to the discrimination of an employee on the basis of sexual orientation, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Tuesday. 

According to Grewal, the preliminary investigation substantiated the complaints of the employee at Professional Touch Dry Cleaning & Apparel Repair who said she had to quit her job as a counter person ...

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — In what she called a “sheer betrayal and disgrace of the sacred oaths taken by those who wear a badge,” Hudson County Prosecutor Suarez has ordered an immediate internal affairs investigation into money that was recently discovered missing at the Prosecutor’s Office. 

In a statement released on Tuesday, Suarez revealed that various denominations ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ - On the Boulevard bus from Bayonne to Jersey City, a young Esther Suarez glanced out the window and saw a sign for a law firm reading “Suarez and Suarez.”  Every day, she told her mother that one day that would be her – eventually, her dreams would come true.

Suarez, now serving as the Hudson County Prosecutor, was sworn into her current position in July ...