UPDATE: Teen Accused of Shooting/Terror in Journal Square

[UPDATE: Teen Accused of Shooting Jan. 21, 2009]

According to the Jersey Journal yesterday, a 17-year old was accused of shooting. He was caught at the Jersey City Medical Hospital when police learned that he was asking about the victim

A 17-year-old Jersey City boy with suspected ties to the Bloods street gang has been charged with [...]



2008: 0 Murder in Journal Square

Jersey Journal reported that there were 36 murders in Hudson County .. 27 of those occured in Jersey City, the highest count in 10 years.

The report listed down the names of the victim and their addresses, and I checked if there were incidents in Journal Square. There were none. Nada.

However, other crimes such as robbery, [...]



Attempted Robbery on Romaine Avenue

Remember the robbery on Romaine Avenue three weeks ago?

The owner of the house (let’s name him JustJoe) contacted me last night and said:

From JustJoe
…they actually tried another attempt today. Luckily for me and my family we were prepared this time and they got away with nothing…

I am glad that JustJoe and his family are okay. [...]



Robbery on Romaine Avenue; Police Activity on Enos Place

Romaine Avenue, Jersey City

A couple of police activities here in Journal Square which I heard from my police scanner… between 630PM and 7PM, a call was made stating that there was a robbery at ___ Romaine Avenue (exact address withheld).

The thief used the backdoor to enter and took several electronics (edit 12/04/2008: amount withheld [...]



Robbery Near Cancolofts

Not the actual crime scene.

Is this something to be worried about by Cancoloft residents? This Journal Square robbery took place two days ago in broad daylight:

Three armed men stormed a lunch truck near Jersey City’s CanCo Lofts site and threw one worker out of the truck before roughing up a female worker and robbing [...]