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Newark Ex-Con Gets 19 Years, No Parole, On Federal Gun, Drug Convictions Newark Ex-Con Gets 19 Years, No Parole, On Federal Gun, Drug Convictions
Newark Ex-Con Gets 19 Years, No Parole, On Federal Gun, Drug Convictions An ex-con from Newark was sentenced to 228 months in federal prison for trafficking cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl while carrying a loaded gun. Ricky Hubbard, 46, was convicted by jurors in U.S. District Court in March. He'll have to serve out the entire 19-year term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Hubbard was talking on a cellphone when Union Township police stopped him in a 2012 Kia Sedona with tinted windows in the eastbound lanes of Route 22 near Ball Avenue on Nov. 6, 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. They immediately smelled pot while noticing a b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Arrest Made In Killing Of NJ Software Engineer Arrest Made In Killing Of NJ Software Engineer
Arrest Made In Killing Of NJ Software Engineer A Perth Amboy man was charged with the shooting death of a 24-year-old Union software engineer, authorities announced Friday. Shannon Assing, 24, was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree burglary, according to Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Union Township Police Director Daniel Zieser. Isaiah Spicer was found with serious injuries on the 1200 block of Coolidge Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. He was subsequently pronounced dead. Spicer's social media pages show he studied co…

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by Nicole Acosta
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$10K Reward Offered In Deadly NJ Shooting Of 24-Year-Old Software Engineer $10K Reward Offered In Deadly NJ Shooting Of 24-Year-Old Software Engineer
$10K Reward Offered In Deadly NJ Shooting Of 24-Year-Old Software Engineer UPDATE: A Perth Amboy man was charged with the shooting death of a 24-year-old Union software engineer, authorities announced Friday. ORIGINAL STORY BELOW: A $10,000 reward is being offered for information in the shooting death of a 24-year-old Union software engineer, authorities announced. Isaiah Spicer was found with serious injuries on the 1200 block of Coolidge Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel and Union Township Police Director Daniel Zieser said. He was subsequently pronounced dead. Spicer's social media pages show he studied comput…

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by Cecilia Levine
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3 Dead In Possible Jamaican Restaurant Murder Suicide, Union County Prosecutor Says 3 Dead In Possible Jamaican Restaurant Murder Suicide, Union County Prosecutor Says
3 Dead In Possible Jamaican Restaurant Murder Suicide, Union County Prosecutor Says The co-owner of a Union County Jamaican restaurant is believed to have killed the mother of his children and her sister inside of the establishment before turning the gun on himself, authorities announced Wednesday. The three individuals were identified as Akanni A. Marin, 45, Karen A. Lemaitre, the mother of his children, and her sister, Wanita A. Joffer, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said. Union Township police officers approached a vehicle they noticed parked in the back of an Enterprise Rent-A-Car lot on Morris Avenue, where they found the body of 45-year-old Ma…

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by Cecilia Levine