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From the Newark Police Department:
A Newark Police clerical error led to a photograph of man not arrested in a recent prostitution sting to be included in a photo array of suspects that was released to the press on Saturday, May 24.
A photograph of Mohammad Ibrahim of Bloomfield was erroneously put in the gallery.
The arrested man was Mohamad Ibrahim of Elizabeth.
The Newark Police ask all media that published the photo array to please correct the information.
Mohamad Ibrahim of Elizabeth was arrested on Friday, May 24 after soliciting an undercover officer during a police operation to rid a residential area of prostitutes and their clients.
The names and photographs of 10 men arrested were sent out by Newark police the following day, with the wrong photograph, but with the correct spelling and hometown of the arrested Mohamad Ibrahim of Elizabeth
Besides having the same name, the arrested man and the misidentified man are the same height and weight, and approximately the same age.
“We made a mistake, and we are rectifying it,” said Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose. “We believe in transparency and apologize to Mohammad Ibrahim of Bloomfield for the mix-up.”
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Several men were arrested on charges of soliciting prostitution in a vice sweep Friday night in Newark, Director of Public Safety Anthony Ambrose said.
The men, including four who live outside Newark, were picked up in a quality-of-life operation carried out at two corners along Sherman Avenue, at Clifton Street and East Bigelow Avenue.
“We conducted these operations in response to complaints from residents,” Ambrose said in a statement. “Our neighbors deserve communities free of people coming in from out of town to solicit this activity in our city. I commend the Vice Task Force for directly addressing the issues that tarnish our neighborhoods."
Arrested were Jacek W. Kowalski, 54, of South River; Jun Li, 44 of New York, NY; Ricardo Corujo, 48, of East Newark; and Mohamed M. Ibrahim, 39, of Elizabeth. Also arrested were Newark residents Rolando Sierra-Oterra, 41; David Pintado, 29; Leovigild Casado, 44; Robert E. Brown, 55; Kemar Thompson, 24; Ayodele Adeleye, 66; and Wali East, 39.
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