Violent crime in Jersey City declined in 2018 as law enforcement saw reductions in homicides, aggravated assaults and other offenses, according to data released by the city. A six-page report reviewing public safety in Jersey City examined numerous categories of crime during the first 11 months of the year and showed shootings dropped 28 percent compared to the same period in 2017, while homicides decreased from 20 to 15. "Recent efforts in diversity recruitment and community relations are two key aspects of policing that have shown great results, aiding the City's decrease in all areas of violent crime this year," the report states.

Little City Books helps promote reusable bag use, both with the City of Hoboken reusable bags and Little City Books's own customized reusable bags. Little City Books helps promote reusable bag use, both with the City of Hoboken reusable bags and Little City Books's own customized reusable bags.

Naheem Dolison, 20, was charged with receiving stolen property and weapons offenses after police found him in stolen car on Dec. 15, 2018. ( An armed 20-year-old Jersey City man was arrested a short time after police say he stole a car in the area of Dwight Street and Martin Luther King Drive on Dec. 15, police said.

A 25-year-old man delivering packages for Amazon in New Jersey decided to help himself to deliveries left by other carriers at homes in Keansburg and Metuchen last week, authorities said. William Tindall III, of Jersey City was arrested Saturday and charged with theft, Keansburg police said in a statement Monday.

An 80-year-old Bayonne woman who was struck by a car on Nov. 20 has died from her injuries, the third traffic fatality in the city this year. Patricia Haggerty was crossing East 30th Street in front of the Bayonne Medical Center on Nov. 20 when a 63-year-old Jersey City driver put his 2001 Toyota Camry in reverse to parallel park and struck her, according to the accident report.

Some members of Kool and the Gang pose at a New York night club in New York, March 1987. The band was formed in 1964 as the Jazziacs of Jersey City, N.J., INDIANAPOLIS - Kool & the Gang has been added to the lineup of entertainment for the concert at Miller Lite Carb Day .