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31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect 31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect
31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect A 42-year-old Newark man was in custody after a 31-hour standoff with police, authorities said Friday. Detectives from the Essex County Narcotics Task Force were executing a warrant at a Clinton Place home around 6 a.m. Thursday when someone in the house fired shots at officers, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, Sheriff Armando Fontoura and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. Officers took cover, evacuated residents in the other apartments at 34 Clinton Pl., and evacuated the homes in the two adjacent homes. As a result, eight people were relocated. …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Dead In Essex County Apartment Fire Man Dead In Essex County Apartment Fire
Man Dead In Essex County Apartment Fire An 85-year-old man died in a Bloomfield an apartment fire Wednesday morning. Firefighters found Warren Froehlich inside of 14 Evelyn Pl., shortly after the fire broke out on the first floor of the multi-level building just before 7:30 a.m., reports and authorities said. Froehlich was taken to Mountainside Hospital in Glen Ridge, where he was pronounced dead just more than five hours later, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel A. DeMaio said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. No other information is availabl…

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOW HIM? Bloomfield Police Seek Beauty Store Thief KNOW HIM? Bloomfield Police Seek Beauty Store Thief
Know HIM? Bloomfield Police Seek Beauty Store Thief Authorities are seeking the public's help identifying a man who they say stole two flat irons worth nearly $157 from a Bloomfield beauty store. The manager of Sally’s Beauty on Bloomfield Avenue saw a younger Hispanic man pictured above steal the electronic tools on Sept. 5, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. Anyone with information regarding the identity of the suspect is asked to contact Bloomfield Police.

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by Valerie Musson