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Luis Santiago

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Former Newark Cop Gets Five Years For Vehicular Homicide, Attempted Coverup Former Newark Cop Gets Five Years For Vehicular Homicide, Attempted Coverup
Former Newark Cop Gets Five Years For Vehicular Homicide, Attempted Coverup Louis Santiago, a 26-year-old Bloomfield resident and former Newark police officer, was sentenced to five years in prison for fatally striking a pedestrian while driving drunk and then driving home with the victim's body in his car, authorities said. Santiago had previously pled guilty to reckless vehicular homicide, desecrating human remains and driving under the influence in the death of Damian Dymka, a 29-year-old Garfield resident, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. On Nov. 1, 2021, at 3 a.m., Santiago, who was off duty and intoxicated, was traveling nort…

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by Sam Barron
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Police: Good Samaritan Helps Nab Overnight Newark Car Burglar Police: Good Samaritan Helps Nab Overnight Newark Car Burglar
Police: Good Samaritan Helps Nab Overnight Newark Car Burglar A good Samaritan helped police busted an overnight car burglar Wednesday. A concerned citizen reported hearing shattered glass then saw a man climbing out of the front passenger window of a vehicle parked near Summer Avenue and Taylor Street around 3 a.m. Wednesday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Responding officers found city resident Luis Santiago, 26, crouched between a car in the area, bleeding from a cut on his hand and in possession of a folding knife with a blunt ball-pointed end, Ambrose said.  Santiago was arrested and faces charges of burglary, p…

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by Cecilia Levine