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Feds are trying to take down a violent N.J. gang. One member just got 19.5 years in prison.
A member of a violent Jersey City street gang has been sentenced to 19-and-a-half years in prison for a homicide and several other gang-related crimes.
Jervon Morris, 35, of Jersey City, received the federal prison sentence on Wednesday after pleading guilty to racketeering, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses, the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey said in a news release.
Morris, who also went by the street name of “Sticky,” is a member of a gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex, authorities said. Members of the gang sell cocaine and other drugs in addition to partaking in violent acts such as assaults, shootings and killings of members of rival gangs, according to federal prosecutors.
On July 11, 2011, Morris and other members of the gang murdered a victim at the intersection of Gifford Avenue and Bergen Avenue, authorities said.
Multiple law enforcement agencies spent years investigating the gang before the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a superseding indictment against eight of its members in the summer of 2021. The indictment charged the eight men with various violent acts dating back to 2010.
Another member, Kevin Williams, was sentenced to 16-and-a-half years last week. Williams, who was also known by the street name of “KK,” was an accomplice in the the 2011 murder and also assaulted a person in February 2018, authorities said.
Terick Rogers, a.k.a “Moot,” one of the gang members who shot five people in 2018, received a 16-year-sentence, officials said.
Jakeem Gibson-Madison, a.k.a. “Beanz,” who in 2019 shot at three people and injured two of them, has been sentenced to 15 years, prosecutors said.
Morris will be subject to three years of parole once he is released.
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Nicolas Fernandes may be reached atnfernandes@njadvancemedia.com.
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Monmouth County hospital among World’s Best Hospitals for 2026
Ranney School student plays music for Monmouth Medical Center patients
Ava Silva Costa, a sophomore at the Ranney School in Tinton Falls, has started Arturo Healing Hearts, bringing her violin music to area hospitals.
Hospitals are an important need in the world.
And finding a facility with high-quality medical care that’s reliable is also important.
Newsweek, the premier news magazine and website, has partnered with Statista to release a dependable guidance list of the World’s Best Hospitals – United States for 2026.
In it’s eight year, these ranking highlights the leading hospitals around the globe so readers can find information tailored to their needs and location the report stated.
Each hospital was reviewed and given a score based on four data sources: recommendations from medical experts; hospital quality metrics, existing patient experience data and Statista’s Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Implementation Survey.
In typical New Jersey fashion, the Garden State makes the list among the 2,500 hospitals that were evaluated this year.
Nine hospitals from the Garden State made the list with one representing Monmouth County. With an overall score of 61.79% and the Infection Prevention Award, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch made the top 9 list for roster in World’s Best Hospitals 2026 from Newsweek.
World’s Best Hospitals 2026 in New Jersey
- No. 53: Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center in Morristown; overall score: 70.74%
- No. 56: Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack; overall score: 70.07%
- No. 134: The Valley Hospital in Paramus; overall score: 65.36%
- No. 186: Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center in Summit; overall score: 64.42%
- No. 254: Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood; overall score: 63.13%
- No. 320: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick; overall score: 62.26%
- No. 364: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark; overall score: 61.82%
- No. 366: Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro; overall score: 61.80%
- No. 367: Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch; overall score: 61.79%
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Newly released body cam footage shows response to massive industrial explosion in Gloucester County
LOGAN TWP., N.J. (WPVI) — Newly released body camera footage gives us a first look at the heroic actions of first responders on the scene of a massive industrial explosion in Gloucester County earlier this month.
The explosion happened at an industrial facility in Logan Township, New Jersey, on March 4 and left several workers injured.
The initial blast could be heard miles away.
Now, we are getting a look at the frantic rush to help in the moments after it happened.
New details released after massive explosion at Logan Twp., New Jersey factory
In the footage, you can hear the police officers frantically trying to locate people who were injured by the blast at Savita Naturals.
Large propane tanks burned in the background as rescuers tried to account for any survivors.
At one point, first responders are seen running inside the building to look for people. You can see damaged walls and debris everywhere.
Four people were injured in the blast, with one of them being thrown off the roof and into the woods near the water tower.
Amazingly, the worker was found alive by a fence. He was badly burned, but able to talk.
First responders had to load him in a truck and get him to the road, where a Logan Township officer tried to keep him calm as they waited for an ambulance.
Body cam video shows an officer calling the man’s wife to let her know he was alive.
That officer stayed by his side until he was finally loaded into a police car and rushed to the hospital.
The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.
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