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A North Bergen man who attempted to hire a person to murder a woman has been arrested after police were tipped off, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Miguel Cortes, 37, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, a first-degree offense after his arrest outside his Paterson Plank Road home by the prosecutor’s office’s Major Case Unit Tuesday. The state has filed a motion for detention, tentatively scheduled for Monday. The North Bergen Police Department received a tip on May 9 of a possible murder-for-hire scheme, Suarez said. The investigation found Cortes offered money to another…