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Ex-Con Who Cut Female Postal Carrier During Carjacking Gets 82 Months In Federal Prison Ex-Con Who Cut Female Postal Carrier During Carjacking Gets 82 Months In Federal Prison
Ex-Con Who Cut Female Postal Carrier During Carjacking Gets 82 Months In Federal Prison UPDATE: An ex-con who attacked a postal carrier with a box cutter while carjacking her SUV is headed to federal prison for more than 6½ years. Wallace Johnson, 32, of Newark, must spend just about all of the 82 months because there's no parole in the federal prison system.  The U.S. Postal Service carrier was taking a break behind the wheel of her Dodge Durango on June 6, 2020 when Johnson walked up and held the knife to her throat, cutting her skin, in the 80s block of Cedar Avenue, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Johnson “demanded that the postal employee get out of the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Seek Missing Newark Girl, 15 Police Seek Missing Newark Girl, 15
Police Seek Missing Newark Girl, 15 Newark police are seeking the public's help locating a 15-year-old girl. Keirha Moore was reported missing on Friday, Nov. 27, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Keirha, who has runaway previously, was last seen at 11 p.m. near Cedar Avenue near Arsdale Place on Nov. 26, Ambrose said. Keirha is 5 feet and 3 inches tall, and 140 pounds. She was last seen wearing a gray headband, black hooded sweatshirt, black jeans and black Puma sneakers. Director Ambrose urges anyone with information about the whereabouts of Keirha Moore to call the Division's 24-hour Crime Stopp…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark PD: Carjacker Caught Hiding In Backyard After Crashing Pickup Stolen At Knifepoint Newark PD: Carjacker Caught Hiding In Backyard After Crashing Pickup Stolen At Knifepoint
Newark PD: Carjacker Caught Hiding In Backyard After Crashing Pickup Stolen At Knifepoint A Newark man who ordered a woman out of her car at knifepoint was arrested after police officers spotted him hiding in someone's backyard after he crashed the vehicle, authorities said. A woman was sitting in a parked 2012 Dodge Durango at Mountainview Place when a man, later identified as Wallace L. Johnson ordered her out at knifepoint around 5:15 p.m. Saturday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose. Sixth Precinct officers saw a vehicle matching the description of the victim's in a crash near the intersection of Mountainview Place and Chelsea Avenue, Ambrose said. As…

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by Cecilia Levine