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Young Ex-Cons Nabbed In Elizabeth Taxi Driver Shooting Charged Federally Young Ex-Cons Nabbed In Elizabeth Taxi Driver Shooting Charged Federally
Young Ex-Cons Nabbed In Elizabeth Taxi Driver Shooting Charged Federally Two ex-cons seized in the shooting of a taxi driver during a late-night robbery in Elizabeth were identified by federal authorities on Tuesday. City police nabbed Naeem Jackson, 22, of East Orange, and Walter Williams-Lang, 20, of Elizabeth, but the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark took the case because of the government’s ability to secure much harsher penalties than under state law. Both Jackson and Williams-Lang were wearing dark clothing and masks over their faces when they entered the cabbie's minivan shortly after 4:30 a.m., U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Williams-Lang point…

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Who Shot Unidentified Man Found Dead On Banks Of Passaic River? Who Shot Unidentified Man Found Dead On Banks Of Passaic River?
Who Shot Unidentified Man Found Dead On Banks Of Passaic River? Investigators were trying to identify a man found shot dead in a park in Paterson over the weekend. The victim’s body was found along the banks of the Passaic River in Pennington Park shortly after 9:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said. He’d been shot more than once, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief release. They didn't say whether a gun was found at the scene. The New Jersey State Medical Examiner’s Office was conducting an autopsy to determine how the man was killed – and, authorities hope, who he is. Anyone with informa…

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Elmwood Park Gas Station Attendant Dodges Bullet During Robbery Elmwood Park Gas Station Attendant Dodges Bullet During Robbery
Elmwood Park Gas Station Attendant Dodges Bullet During Robbery ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. – A fleeing bandit fired a shot at an Elmwood Park gas station attendant who chased him and an accomplice with a crowbar after a $400 robbery Thursday night, authorities said. One River Drive Delta station attendant told police the masked pair approached him around 8:40 p.m. near the pump booth, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He handed them the cash after one of the robbers pointed a black handgun at him, the chief said. A second employee saw what was happening, grabbed a crowbar and ran after them. One of the bandits then turned and fired a .40-caliber round at him…

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by Jerry DeMarco