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East Orange Man Picked Up What Montclair Driver Was Putting Down: His Keys, Police Say East Orange Man Picked Up What Montclair Driver Was Putting Down: His Keys, Police Say
East Orange Man Picked Up What Montclair Driver Was Putting Down: His Keys, Police Say An East Orange man with sticky fingers faces felony charges, say Montclair police.  A driver walked into a CVS on Claremont Avenue on Tuesday, Jan. 3 and set his keys down to use the MoneyGram machine, the department said in a release. When he went to leave the store, the victim found his keys had been stolen from right beside him, and his car was missing from the parking lot.  Patrolling officers searched the area and found the driver's 2008 Toyota Yaris near Pine Street and Glenridge Avenue and pulled it over.  The man inside, 19-year-old Khalil Holland of East Orange, was…

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by Mac Bullock
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Several Rescued From Apartment Building Fire In Montclair Several Rescued From Apartment Building Fire In Montclair
Several Rescued From Apartment Building Fire In Montclair Firefighters from Montclair and neighboring departments responded to a blaze at an apartment building that displaced several tenants, officials said.  There were no reports of injuries.  A passerby reported smoke in the area of Claremont and North Fullerton avenues around 12:36 a.m. Sunday. Responding firefighters found the fire at the building on North Fullerton, where several people were standing on fire escapes. They were rescued with ground ladders, officials said.  Flames were seen in the balcony areas on four floors. Mutual aid came in from Bloomfield, Orange, East Ora…

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by Paul Milo