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Sherriff's Office Offering $10K Reward For Info On West Orange Bias Crimes Sherriff's Office Offering $10K Reward For Info On West Orange Bias Crimes
Sherriff's Office Offering $10K Reward For Info On West Orange Bias Crimes The Essex County Sheriff's Office is hoping a new reward will allow them to find the people responsible for recent bias crimes that have plagued West Orange. The sheriff office's Crime Stoppers Program is offering up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the vandalism at Harper's Café and the threatening phone call another business owner received last week.  Suspects twice smashed a window at Harper's Café in West Orange on Wednesday, July 12 and Thursday, July 13, because they were flying a pride flag, authorities said. Blac…

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West Orange Café Displaying Pride Flag Vandalized Twice West Orange Café Displaying Pride Flag Vandalized Twice
West Orange Café Displaying Pride Flag Vandalized Twice Recent bias incidents in Essex County last week have caught the attention of authorities. Suspects twice smashed window at Harper's Café in West Orange on Wednesday, July 12 and Thursday, July 13, because they were flying a pride flag, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Black paint was smeared across the window and two pride flags were defiled, Stephens said. On Thursday, July 13, a woman who owns a photo studio in West Orange was asked by a caller if her business was Black owned because she wears braids, Stephens said. When the woman said she was Hispanic, t…

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