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Police ID 7 People Arrested For Armed Robberies Following Pursuit: Newark PD Police ID 7 People Arrested For Armed Robberies Following Pursuit: Newark PD
Police ID 7 People Arrested For Armed Robberies Following Pursuit: Newark PD Seven people, three adults and four juveniles were arrested after committing two robberies and engaging police in a pursuit on Route 78 on Sunday, Feb. 3, authorities said.  At 8 a.m. police in Newark responded to Clifton Avenue and Treadwell Street after a woman was robbed at gunpoint by a group of Black men wearing dark clothing and ski masks, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.  The suspects fled in a gray 2019 Hyundai Sonata that been stolen out of the city earlier that day, Fragé said. Twenty minutes later, a group of Black men riding in the car&nbs…

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by Sam Barron
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5-Year-Old Child, Woman Struck By Car In Newark 5-Year-Old Child, Woman Struck By Car In Newark
5-Year-Old Child, Woman Struck By Car In Newark A 5-year-old child and a woman were hospitalized after being struck by a car in Newark. It happened around 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at Grafton Avenue and Broadway, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The victims were transported to University Hospital for evaluation of complaints of pain and both are reportedly in stable condition. The driver remained at the scene.  The incident remains under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
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MURDER: Serial Robbers Charged In Fatal Newark Shooting After Police Pursuit MURDER: Serial Robbers Charged In Fatal Newark Shooting After Police Pursuit
Murder: Serial Robbers Charged In Fatal Newark Shooting After Police Pursuit Two serial robbers from Irvington have been charged with murder in connection with a Newark shooting after a police pursuit, authorities announced. Both Deontee Jones, 24, and Earl Betterson, 33, have been arrested in the shooting death of Romulo Luzuriaga on Thursday, May 11, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Luzuriaga was found in a vehicle suffering from an apparent gunshot wound on the 200 block of Grafton Avenue around 10:25 that night. He was taken to University Hospital where he was pronounc…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Man Fatally Shot In Car: Police Newark Man Fatally Shot In Car: Police
Newark Man Fatally Shot In Car: Police A 57-year-old Newark man was fatally shot inside his vehicle on Thursday, May 11, authorities said. At 10:25 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting at the 200 block of Grafton Avenue and located Romulo Luzuriaga in his car, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.  Luzuriaga was taken to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead, Stephens and Fragé said. The investigation is active and ongoing and no arrests have been made, Stephens and Fragé said. …

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by Sam Barron
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Clifton Stolen Car Chase Ends In Newark Crash Clifton Stolen Car Chase Ends In Newark Crash
Clifton Stolen Car Chase Ends In Newark Crash A stolen car pursuit that began in Clifton ended with a crash in Newark and three occupants in the wind, authorities said. Clifton Police Officer Matthew Rugel was in the area of Broad Street and Elmwood Drive when he spotted the 2020 Audi, which had been reported stolen out of Hazlet and connected to subsequent crimes, shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2. Rugel tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver sped off through the streets of Clifton and eventually onto eastbound Route 3, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Witnesses said speeds reached 120 miles an hour as the pursuit continued on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Couple Nabbed In Gunpoint Robbery May Be Linked To More: Police NJ Couple Nabbed In Gunpoint Robbery May Be Linked To More: Police
NJ Couple Nabbed In Gunpoint Robbery May Be Linked To More: Police A man and woman charged in a gunpoint robbery over the weekend may be involved in more across Essex County, authorities said. Zykee Gregory, 19, and Janae Baker, 18, both of Newark, got out of a black SUV and approached a woman around 12:15 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara. They demanded the victim's personal property at gunpoint, then stole her purse and cell phone — which was active in Orange, East Orange, and in Newark.  Police saw a man and woman fitting the description of the suspects in the 200 block of Peshine Avenue. The suspects were found in possessio…

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by Cecilia Levine
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18 ATVs Recovered In Newark Crackdown 18 ATVs Recovered In Newark Crackdown
18 ATVs Recovered In Newark Crackdown Eighteen illegal dirt bikes and ATVs were recovered in the first week of a crackdown in Newark, authorities said. The nine dirt bikes were recovered from: One from the 800 block of South 14th Street; two from N. 6th Street and Park Avenue; one from the 500 block of Clinton Avenue; one from Avon Avenue and Treacy Avenue; and three from one vacant apartment and a fourth dirt bike in another vacant apartment at a building in the 100 block of Roseville Avenue. Nine ATVs were recovered from: One from Astor Street and Brunswick Street; one from the 600 block of Irvine Turner Boulevard; two from M…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Accused Of Dealing 'Train Wreck' Heroin Arrested In Newark Man Accused Of Dealing 'Train Wreck' Heroin Arrested In Newark
Man Accused Of Dealing 'Train Wreck' Heroin Arrested In Newark The Essex County Sheriff's Office and police from Newark, Irvington and Bloomfield assisted in the arrest of a Newark man who was dealing drugs from his Grafton Avenue apartment, Sheriff Armando Fontoura said in a statement.  Following complaints from neighborhood residents, the sheriff's Bureau of Narcotics obtained a search warrant for the first-floor apartment of Christopher Griffen, 33.  When police executed the warrant Wednesday, they found Griffen as well as 113 vials of crack cocaine and 14 envelopes of heroin stamped with the words "TRAIN WRECK" in red ink, Fontoura said.&…

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by Paul Milo
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Police Looking For Shooter Who Grazed 6-Year-Old In Newark Police Looking For Shooter Who Grazed 6-Year-Old In Newark
Police Looking For Shooter Who Grazed 6-Year-Old In Newark The Newark Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in finding a man suspected of a shooting that left two people injured, including a young child who was grazed by a bullet.  Authorities released a photo array of a man who may have opened fire Friday during a fight with another man outside The Waterfront recreation center on Grafton Avenue. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries.  The child, a six-year-old girl, was grazed by one of the bullets fired during the dispute. Her father brought her to Clara Maass Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threat…

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by Paul Milo
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Girl, 6, Grazed By Bullet In Newark Shooting: Report Girl, 6, Grazed By Bullet In Newark Shooting: Report
Girl, 6, Grazed By Bullet In Newark Shooting: Report A young child and another person were struck by gunfire in Newark Friday afternoon, WABC 7 reported.  The 6-year-old girl was grazed in the kneecap in the shooting, which occurred around 4 p.m. at Grafton Avenue and Riverside Court. A male victim was hit in the leg.  The injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, authorities said. 

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by Paul Milo