October 19 Evening News
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED A WOMAN MANAGED TO ESCAPE HER KIDNAPPER AFTER A SEVEN HOUR ABDUCTION IN THE 2ND WARD SUNDAY OCTOBER 18. POLICE SAID THE WOMAN WAS FOUND AT ABOUT 11:37 P.M. ON OCT. 18 IN THE AREA AROUND SHERWOOD AND CHAMBERLAIN AVENUES. ACCORDING TO POLICE SOURCES, THE VICTIM TOLD AUTHORITIES SHE HAD BEEN ABDUCTED IN HER OWN VEHICLE EARLIER THAT DAY. SHE TOLD INVESTIGATORS SHE WAS ASSAULTED BEFORE ESCAPING FROM HER CAPTOR. THE SUSPECT THEN FLED IN HER VEHICLE, WHERE HE WAS FOUND A SHORT TIME LATER IN A DIFFERENT SECTION OF PATERSON. BECAUSE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONFIDENTIALITY TERMS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE RELEASED VERY LIMITED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRIME. THE CHARGES AGAINST THE MAN ARE SIMPLE ASSAULT, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS, AND CONTEMPT OF A COURT ORDER. THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES GATHERED SUNDAY AT THE NOW CLOSED 23 SKIDOO CAFÉ IN BLOOMFIELD, FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE OF THE WATSESSING NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING CONCERNS OVER A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT NEXT DOOR. THE MEETING BROUGHT TOGETHER RESIDENTS, CAFE OWNER HODGE HALILI AND THE OWNERS OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, WHO SAID THEY WANTED TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND CLARIFY THEIR PLANS. HALILI SAID THEY WANTED TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND CLARIFY THEIR PLANS. HALILI SAID HE WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE SUPPORT SHOWN BY RESIDENTS, ADDING THAT THE CAFE HAD BEEN HIS WAY OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. RESIDENTS SAID THEY HOPE THE TOWN HALL WILL MOVE THE CONVERSATION FORWARD AND ENSURE THEIR CONCERNS ARE CONSIDERED AS DECISIONS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD’S FUTURE ARE MADE.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT HOBOKEN MAYOR EMILY JABBOUR SAYS SHE PLANS TO INTRODUCE NEW REGULATIONS FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS, AFTER POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A DISTURBANCE SUNDAY MORNING ON GARDEN STREET. POLICE RESPONDED AROUND 9 A.M TO THE 500 BLOCK OF GARDEN STREET AND ASKED RESIDENTS TO AVOID THE AREA. THE POLICE SAID THERE WAS NO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC IN REGARDS TO THE INCIDENT. IN A STATEMENT SUNDAY, JABBOUR SAID THE HUDSON COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE WAS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION. SHE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED RESIDENTS' FRUSTRATION OVER THE LIMITED INFORMATION RELEASED ABOUT THE INCIDENT. THE MAYOR SAID SHE HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EMPHASIZED THAT PUBLIC SAFETY REMAINS A PRIORITY. AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT RELEASED FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE DISTURBANCE