Police: Newark Man Tampering With City Surveillance Camera Had Brass Knuckles

A Newark man found tampering with a city surveillance camera was found with brass knuckles by police responding to the scene, authorities said.

Supreme Cockran
Photo Credit: *Newark PD*

Cecilia Levine

09/25/2020 4:09 p.m.

Supreme Cockran, 26, ran from officers who found him tampering with the security cameras at Madison Avenue and South 15th Street just after 2:10 a.m. Friday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said.

Cockran was found with brass knuckles on South 14th Street shortly after, and arrested on criminal mischief and weapons charges, Ambrose said.

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