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Jersey City Teen Charged as Adult in 2024 Slaying of Bayonne
Suspect Waived Up From Juvenile Court
Journal Square, 02/10 - Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello this morning released information related to the July 21st, 2024, fatal shooting of Bayonne teenager John “Johnny” Dominguez. Another juvenile, Ramel Johnson, now 19, of Jersey City, has been waived up from juvenile court to be charged as an adult with Manslaughter, Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon. Johnson was 17 at the time of the offense.
On Sunday afternoon, July 21st, 2024, at about 2:30pm, the Bayonne Fire and Police Departments received notice of an unresponsive male, later identified as John Dominguez, in an apartment located at 124 West Third Street. The young man was transported by Emergency Medical Services to Bayonne Medical Center where he was pronounced dead shortly after 3p.m. The Cause of Death was determined by the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office to be a Gunshot Wound to the Torso, and the Manner to be Homicide.
John Dominguez was one month away from his 18th birthday at the time of his murder.
Jersey City Man Charged with January '24 Greenville Killing
Suspect Waived Up From Juvenile Court
Journal Square, 02/02 - Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello today announced that Naheim King, 18, of Jersey City, has been waived up from juvenile court and charged as an adult with Murder and related weapons charges in the January 3rd, 2025 shooting death of Rahmiere Morris, 20, also of Jersey City.
King was 17 at the time of Morris’s killing in the area of Old Bergen Road at Lembeck Avenue. On that date, just before 8:30pm, JCPD officers responding to notice of a shooting at the location encountered a male victim later identified as Morris with an apparent gunshot wound to the torso. He was transported to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at approximately 9:35 p.m.
Fatal Hit-and-Run in The Heights
12/31/25, The Heights - The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit and the JCPD are investigating a deadly hit-and-run that occurred on Monday night, December 29th. The office of Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello yesterday released the following information:
On 12/29 at approximately 8pm, the Jersey City Police Department was notified of a pedestrian possibly having been struck on Tonnelle Avenue near North Street. Officers responding to the scene discovered a lifeless male body on the northbound side of Tonnelle Avenue along a stretch where it merges with Route 1&9.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene and has not yet been identified. The driver of the striking vehicle did not remain at the scene. Authorities are investigating the surrounding circumstances of the crash and are asking that anyone with information contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201.915.1345 or leave an anonymous tip at: http://hcpo.org/tips. All information will be kept confidential.
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Arrests JC Man
Charges of Endangering a Child & Lewdness
12/17 - Acting on information originating in March 2025, members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force yesterday arrested Stanley Ruiz, 40, of Jersey City, and charged him with Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Lewdness. According to the press release from Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello, Ruiz reportedly used the social media app Discord to send explicit messages to an underage girl who had repeatedly identified herself as a juvenile.
The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program is a national network of coordinated task forces representing some 5400 federal, state and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies. The ICAC began its investigation nine months ago, after receiving a report about the victim, who lives out of the country.
Ruiz was arrested at his home in the city and is being held at the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending a first court appearance.
May Killer Captured
South Greenville Murder Suspect Caught in Union City
11/14/25 – Journal Square
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Gang Task Force and Homicide Unit, working with the United States Marshals’ Fugitive Task Force, on Wednesday, November 12th, arrested suspected killer Gerard Rosario, 28, of Jersey City, and charged him with Murder in the First Degree and related weapons charges, for the early May mid-afternoon killing in south Greenville of Devon Reid, 39, of Elizabeth, NJ.
Yesterday’s press release from Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello’s office stated that Rosario was captured on 38th Street in Union City.
On Saturday, May 3rd, 2025, a little after 4pm, JCPD responded to a report of a vehicle crashed into a tree on Merritt Street at Old Bergen Road. In the vehicle officers found an unresponsive male, later identified as Reid, with a gunshot wound to the neck. The victim was transported by EMS to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 7:16p.m.
Jersey City Man Charged in Last Friday’s Midday Stabbing
Victim Was Killed During Robbery: Allegations
10/31/25 – Journal Square
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit has charged 61-year-old Roberto Camacho of Jersey City with Felony Murder in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred last Friday, October 25th, downtown in the middle of the day. 26-year-old Joan Segovia was killed during the course of a robbery, alleges Acting Prosecutor Wayne Mello and the charge of Robbery has also been applied.
Just after 12:20pm on the 25th, JCPD responded to reports of a stabbing in the area of Maxwell Street (Alley) and Jersey Avenue and located an injured man, later identified as Segovia, with an apparent stab wound to his torso. The victim was transported to Jersey City Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 1pm.
The official Cause of Death was determined by the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office to be Stab Wound to the Chest, and the Manner to be Homicide. Camacho was arrested at the Hudson County Correctional Facility on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, where he remains since the crime occurred.
Acting Prosecutor Mello has credited the Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department with the investigation and arrest.
Maxwell Alley; image by Google Maps
17-Year-Old Charged as Adult in Killing of Cianna Lee, 15
10/28/25; Journal Square
In a Monday morning press release, Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello informed the public that a Jersey City juvenile has been waived up to Criminal Court and will be prosecuted as an adult in the January shooting death of 15-year-old Cianna Lee, also of Jersey City.
Charged with Murder and Attempted Murder (both in the first degree), as well as related gun charges, is Willie Shuler, 17 years old.
At the start of this year, on January 18th, just after 11pm, JCPD responded to reports of shots fired in the vicinity of MLK Drive and Union Street where they encountered two female victims, later identified as Lee and a 37-year-old relative, with apparent gunshot wounds in a parked vehicle on Union Street. They were transported to Jersey City Medical Center, where Lee was pronounced dead at about 1:20am. The second victim was treated for and survived a non-fatal gunshot wound.
The city was rocked by the horrendous killing at the start of 2025 in what would be the first of eleven homicides thus far this year.
Cianna Lee, killed at 15
Hit-and-Run Injures 4 Juveniles on Scooters
Driver Still At Large
10/7/25; Greenville – The Jersey City Police Department and the Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit are investigating a hit-and-run crash that injured several juveniles on Monday, October 6, 2025. Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello this afternoon released the following information:
Shortly after 5 p.m., the Jersey City Police Department was notified of multiple individuals struck by a vehicle on Wilkinson Avenue between Ocean Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Responding officers located four male juveniles – ages 13, 17, 15, and 17, all of Jersey City – who were struck by a vehicle. The four juveniles were operating/occupying two motorized vehicles/mopeds when they were struck by a sedan. The striking vehicle did not remain at the scene. All four juveniles were transported to Jersey City Medical Center to be treated for various
injuries. Three juveniles remain hospitalized in stable condition.
Authorities have recovered the vehicle believed to be involved in the crash and the circumstances surrounding the collision are under active investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip at: hcpo.org/tips. All information will be kept confidential. (image courtesy Bing.com)
B.O.L.O. Alert
Jersey City Man Sought for Attempted Murder
08/26 - Bergen County authorities are seeking a Jersey City man charged with attempted murder after a woman was shot at, stabbed numerous times in the torso, and then dropped off at Hackensack University on the night of August 18th, 2025.
Yusef E. Muhammad, an acquaintance of the victim, allegedly tried to kill her as the two were parked in her vehicle in an undisclosed location in Hasbrouck Heights, according to a press release from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella.
Investigating detectives determined that Muhammad, having missed with the bullet, repeatedly stabbed the victim multiple times before leaving her at the hospital and fleeing in her car (later found by police on Duffield Avenue in Jersey City).
Muhummad is reportedly 33 years old and a long-haul truck driver.
Anyone with information about Muhammad’s whereabouts is asked to call the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Tip Line at 201-226-5532.
Serial Child Rapist Returns to JC Community
Avoids Attempted Murder Charge With Prosecutor Plea Bargain Deal
Jersey City; 08/15/25 A repeat sex offender and low-level drug dealer was released from incarceration last month after avoiding an attempted murder charge and various weapons and drug offenses. In a plea bargain deal with now-retired Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez’s office, Michael “Mike” Singleton was able to plead guilty to less serious offenses stemming from an incident in October of 2022 when Singleton fired six shots from a .22 revolver at an intended victim at close range but did not land a single shot. Singleton was arrested shortly thereafter still in possession of the gun used in the attempted murder as well as undisclosed amounts of CDS packaged for distribution.
Singleton has previously been convicted of at least eight counts of child molestation and in 2017 was arrested for exposing himself to children outside of an elementary school. He is believed to be staying at a Jersey City homeless shelter or sleeping on the street. According to NJ State Police, aliases used by Singleton include Herbert L. Sanders, Michael K. Singlton, Nieves Singleton, Tyquan H. Singleton, and Micheal Singletonn. [sic]
Sussex Street Rape Suspect Arrested
Local Man Connected to July 26 Downtown Assault
Richard Murphy, of Jersey City, is charged with First Degree Aggravated Sexual Assault and Burglary. He was arrested Friday, August 8th at Jersey City Medical Center and is being held at the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance.
B.O.L.O. Alert - Possible Sighting in Jersey City 06/22
Jakhi Lodgson-McCray, of Maplewood, is wanted for setting fire to NYPD vehicles on June 12 in Brooklyn.
Suspect may have been spotted boarding light rail train with a bicycle at Liberty State Park station and exiting at Garfield Avenue station on Sunday, June 22nd, between 11am-12pm. Last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, green pants, and a blue face mask, police said.
If you have any info, contact @NYPDTips NYPD Crimestoppers or call 800-577-TIPS
Blue Beats and Red Alerts
MAN KILLED ON HBLR TRACKS EASTER ID’d
Authorities have identified the man killed early Sunday morning on the light rail tracks as James Edward Porch, 40, of Bayonne. NJ Transit has accepted responsibility for striking and killing Mr. Porch on a restricted and wooded stretch of tracks between Liberty State Park and Richard Street Stations.
A Star Ledger obituary describes Mr. Porch as having worked for the NY Giants and as the proprietor of Back Porch Professional, LLC. He leaves behind three children, his fiancé, and his parents.
Viewing will be held today, Friday, April 25th from 1–3 and 6–9pm at the G. Keenen O'Brien Funeral Home, 984 Avenue C, Bayonne. Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, April 26th at 9:30 AM at Faith & Victory Deliverance Church of God, 118 Lord Avenue, Bayonne (viewing will be held at the church from 8:30 to 9:30 AM before the service). Interment to follow, Rosehill Cemetery, Linden.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the family for his children.
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