September 28 Evening News
RLS MEDIA REPORTED THAT A SUSPECT IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A NEWARK TEENAGER, HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN NORTH CAROLINA. U.S. MARSHALS ARRESTED 22 YEAR OLD JERRY GELIN IN RALEIGH ON SEPTEMBER 25TH. THE ARREST IS CONNECTED TO THE JUNE 20TH SHOOTING OF 19 YEAR OLD ISMAEL MUHAMMAD IN NEWARK. IT TOOK PLACE AROUND MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 20TH AROUND MUHAMMADS HOUSE. HE WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AFTER HE WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE HE DIED. HE HAD RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM NEWARK STREET ACADEMY WHERE HIS FAMILY REMEMBERS HIM AS GENEROUS AND EAGER TO HELP OTHERS. GELIN FACES A HOMICIDE-RELATED CHARGE CONNECTED TO THE ESSEX COUNTY CASE. THE CHARGE IS AN ACCUSATION, AND HE IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNLESS AND UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN COURT.
DAILY VOICE REPORTED SADDLE BROOK DETECTIVES BEGAN INVESTIGATING SUSPECTED NARCOTICS ACTIVITY IN AUGUST AND DETERMINED THE RESIDENT WAS INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY. DETECTIVES EXECUTED A COURT AUTHORIZES SEARCH WARRANT AT THE RESIDENCES ON SEPTEMBER 25TH WITH BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE, NARCOTIC TASK FORCE, BERGEN COUNTY REGIONAL SWAT, AND BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. INVESTIGATORS SEIZED 90 MARIJUANA PLANTS ALONG WITH ITEMS USED TO MAINTAIN A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE FACILITY POLICE SAID. DANIEL J. LOUSADA WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MAINTAINING AND OPERATING A CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE FACILITY, FIRST DEGREE MANUFACTURING MARIJUANA AND SECOND DEGREE ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD ACCORDING TO POLICE.LOUSADA WAS TAKEN TO BERGEN COUNTY JAIL PENDING HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN BERGEN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT.
NJ.COM REPORTED A MOTHER IS SUING A NEW JERSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER HER CHILD SUFFERS A BROKEN ARM IN AN ALLEGED ATTACK. THE MOTHER OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT IN BERGEN COUNTY HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CLIFFSIDE PARK BOARD OF EDUCATION, CLAIMING HER SON SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM WHEN HE WAS ASSAULTED BY ANOTHER STUDENT. THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT FILED IN NEW JERSEY SUPERIOR COURT COURT ON SEPTEMBER 23RD. THE CHILD WAS PARTICIPATING IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ON MAY 20, 2025, AT CLIFFSIDE PARK SCHOOL 6 WHEN HE WAS ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED BY ANOTHER CHILD. THE LAWSUIT STATED AS A RESULT OF THE ASSAULT, THE STUDENT FELL AND SUSTAINED FRACTURES TO THE RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS AND ULNA, BOTH OF WHICH REQUIRED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT.
WILLIAM PATERSON’S NEWSPAPER, THE BEACON, REPORTED THAT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PRESIDENT LUIS ABINADER VISITED WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY FRIDAY MORNING AND RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT'S MEDALLION FROM UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT RICHARD J. HELLDOBLER. HE FIRST WENT TO HOBART MANOR, WHERE HE MET WITH LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE WILLIAM PATERSON ADMINISTRATION. THERE HE RECEIVED THE PRESIDENT'S MEDALLION, WHICH IS THE UNIVERSITY'S HIGHEST HONOR FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND PROGRESS FOR THE DOMINICAN PEOPLE. PRESIDENT ABINADER THEN MOVED TO THE UNIVERSITY BALLROOMS FOR A PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT THE DOMINICAN PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES, AND HIGHLIGHTED PATERSON AS THE SECOND-LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF DOMINICANS OUTSIDE OF DR. DOMINICAN POLITICIAN JOSE FRANCISCO PEÑA GÓMEZ WAS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED AT THE EVENT AND PRAISED BY PRESIDENT ABINADER FOR HIS LEGACY IN POLITICS AND HIS LASTING IMPACT ON THE DOMINICAN PEOPLE. ABINADER’S FINAL REMARK ENSURED HIS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY AND ITS DEMOCRACY, SHARING THE EXAMPLE SET FOR DOMINICAN YOUTH AND PERSONAL PROGRESS.