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Roommate's Newark Killer Gets 22 Years, Prosecutor Says Roommate's Newark Killer Gets 22 Years, Prosecutor Says
Roommate's Newark Killer Gets 22 Years, Prosecutor Says A 33-year-old Newark man was sentenced to 22 years in prison after being found guilty of stabbing his roommate to death at a shelter in 2022, authorities said. In February 2022, Michael Wylie snuck a knife into the H.E.L.P. Center Shelter and stabbed Kevin Williams, his roommate, in the face, neck and heart, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said.  Wylie was arrested while still in possession of the knife, Stephens said. Wylie was convicted in April of aggravated manslaughter and weapons charges, Stephens said. 

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by Sam Barron
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Kidnapped Woman Forced Into Prostitution Rescued From Meadowlands-Area Motel By Local PD Kidnapped Woman Forced Into Prostitution Rescued From Meadowlands-Area Motel By Local PD
Kidnapped Woman Forced Into Prostitution Rescued From Meadowlands-Area Motel By Local PD A missing woman who’d been held against her will and forced into prostitution at a local motel was rescued by Carlstadt police who arrested her combative captor, authorities said. Officer Matthew Bartlett responded to the Super 8 on Washington Avenue just north of Route 120 after the woman’s cell phone was traced there, Acting Police Chief Thomas Cox said on Monday, Feb. 13. Bartlett spoke with employees, then was joined at the motel by backup Officers James Winand and Anthony Rivezzi, the acting chief said. They found the woman with Kevin Williams, 32, of Newark, he said. Williams initia…

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by Jerry DeMarco