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Fatal Shooting In Newark, Man Charged: Prosecutors Fatal Shooting In Newark, Man Charged: Prosecutors
Fatal Shooting In Newark, Man Charged: Prosecutors A 34-year-old Newark man was charged after authorities said he fatally shot a 47-year-old Newark man on Sunday, July 2. At 11:42 a.m., police responded to a shooting on the 100 block of First Street where they found Tanton Venable suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. He was pronounced dead soon after, Stephens and Fragé said. On Monday, July 3, Fuquan Johnson was arrested and charged with first degree murder, Stephens and Fragé said. He also faces several weapons charges, St…

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by Sam Barron
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Gunman Captured In Newark Shooting: Police Gunman Captured In Newark Shooting: Police
Gunman Captured In Newark Shooting: Police A Newark man is facing multiple charges for shooting another man after a fight in May, authorities said. Alfuquan Huey was arrested on a warrant Wednesday, June 8, on Broad Street, Interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave said. The 25-year-old man got into a fight with another man and then shot him inside a residential building on the 100 block of First Street around 8 a.m. May 25, police said. Responding officers applied a tourniquet to the victim’s leg to help stop the bleeding, they said. The victim was taken to University Hospital, where he is expected to survive. Cops r…

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by Nicole Acosta
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DWI Newark Driver Gets Decade For Hit-Run Death Of 19-Year-Old DWI Newark Driver Gets Decade For Hit-Run Death Of 19-Year-Old
DWI Newark Driver Gets Decade For Hit-Run Death Of 19-Year-Old A DWI Newark driver was sentenced to a decade in prison for a hit-and-run crash that left a 19-year-old man dead. Gustavo Palomo, 39, had been drinking when he struck the back of a vehicle driven by Jaleel McCauley, who was stopped at a red light on the exit ramp of Route 280 and First Street last March 17,  Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Palomo fled the scene in a white pick-up truck but was apprehended shortly after, authorities said. An investigation found he had been speeding and under the influence of alcohol at the time of the 6:40 p.m. cr…

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by Cecilia Levine