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Newark Burglar Who Ransacked Business Via Hole In Wall Sought By Police Newark Burglar Who Ransacked Business Via Hole In Wall Sought By Police
Newark Burglar Who Ransacked Business Via Hole In Wall Sought By Police Newark police are attempting to locate a suspect who ransacked a business, taking more than $1,500 between Tuesday, Feb. 6 and Wednesday, Feb. 7. On the morning of Feb. 7, police responded to a report of a business burglarized on the 300 block of Madison Avenue, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. The business owner closed the business at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6 and returned at 6:44 a.m. on Feb. 7 to find the establishment torn apart and the cash register emptied of $1,500, Fragé said. The suspect entered the business by pushing through the wall air conditioner and climbin…

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by Sam Barron
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Police Pursuit Ends In Overturned Vehicle, Arrests: Newark PD Police Pursuit Ends In Overturned Vehicle, Arrests: Newark PD
Police Pursuit Ends In Overturned Vehicle, Arrests: Newark PD Two vehicles attempted to outrun Newark police on Wednesday, Sept. 13, resulting in two arrests and an overturned vehicle, authorities said. At 10:47 a.m., police observed a Chevy Impala at Madison Avenue and S. 16th Street wanted in a shooting investigation, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Police attempted to pull the vehicle over nearby, but the driver refused and a pursuit began, Fragé said. The vehicle made it to the Garden State Parkway in East Orange before striking a curb and and a Newark police vehicle, Fragé said. A male suspect was arrested at the scene a…

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by Sam Barron
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Cyclist Struck By Car In Newark: DEVELOPING Cyclist Struck By Car In Newark: DEVELOPING
Cyclist Struck By Car In Newark: Developing A cyclist was struck by a car in Newark, developing reports say. The bicyclist was hit near Bergen Street and Madison Avenue shortly before 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday, August 3, according to initial and unconfirmed reports. Ambulance and police crews were at the scene, the initial report says. Authorities did not immediately return DailyVoice.com’s request for additional details. This is a developing story. Check back for more.

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by Valerie Musson
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Carjackers Who Led Wild Route 78 Pursuit Had Heroin, Firearms, Three Magazines: Police Carjackers Who Led Wild Route 78 Pursuit Had Heroin, Firearms, Three Magazines: Police
Carjackers Who Led Wild Route 78 Pursuit Had Heroin, Firearms, Three Magazines: Police More than a dozen decks of heroin, firearms and several magazines were seized following an armed carjacking and wild Route 78 pursuit, leading to the arrest of four Newark males including two teens Thursday, July 7, authorities said. Tysean Ware, 19, Raheem Pamplin, 21, a 16-year-old male, and a 17-year-old male, were being held on various charges as of Friday, Newark Interim Public Safety Director Raul Malave said. It began around 1 p.m., when police responded to the 200 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue for an armed carjacking, Malave said. A victim sitting inside his vehicle, a 2019 Me…

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by Cecilia Levine
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$5,000 Reward Offered For Info In Deadly Newark Hit-Run $5,000 Reward Offered For Info In Deadly Newark Hit-Run
$5,000 Reward Offered For Info In Deadly Newark Hit-Run The Essex County Sheriff's Crime Stoppers Program is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person responsible for a fatal hit and run last month in Newark. Kenneth Felton, 55, of Newark was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Madison Avenue between South 11th and 12 streets, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. The driver fled the scene and Felton was pronounced dead en route to the hospital. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crim…

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by Nic Acosta
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Police: Newark Man Tampering With City Surveillance Camera Had Brass Knuckles Police: Newark Man Tampering With City Surveillance Camera Had Brass Knuckles
Police: Newark Man Tampering With City Surveillance Camera Had Brass Knuckles A Newark man found tampering with a city surveillance camera was found with brass knuckles by police responding to the scene, authorities said. Supreme Cockran, 26, ran from officers who found him tampering with the security cameras at Madison Avenue and South 15th Street just after 2:10 a.m. Friday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Cockran was found with brass knuckles on South 14th Street shortly after, and arrested on criminal mischief and weapons charges, Ambrose said.

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Jeep Driver Who Died In Fiery Newark Crash ID'd UPDATE: Jeep Driver Who Died In Fiery Newark Crash ID'd
Update: Jeep Driver Who Died In Fiery Newark Crash ID'd Authorities have identified the man killed in a fiery Newark crash involving a tanker truck and two cars. A Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Durhon Fuller, 34, hit the back of a tanker truck at the  Bergen Street and Madison Avenue intersection around 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Fuller became trapped in his Jeep as both vehicles went up in flames, and died at the scene, authorities said. The impact from the Jeep sent the truck into an unoccupied Dodge Caravan, Stephens and Amb…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Jeep Driver Who Died In Fiery Newark Crash ID'd UPDATE: Jeep Driver Who Died In Fiery Newark Crash ID'd
Update: Jeep Driver Who Died In Fiery Newark Crash ID'd Authorities have identified the man killed in a fiery Newark crash involving a tanker truck and two cars. A Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Durhon Fuller, 34, hit the back of a tanker truck at the  Bergen Street and Madison Avenue intersection around 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Fuller became trapped in his Jeep as both vehicles went up in flames, and died at the scene, authorities said. The impact from the Jeep sent the truck into an unoccupied Dodge Caravan, Stephens and Amb…

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by Valerie Musson
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Shooter At Large After Irvington Man Is Slain In Newark Shooter At Large After Irvington Man Is Slain In Newark
Shooter At Large After Irvington Man Is Slain In Newark Authorities were searching for a gunman who killed a 32-year-old Irvington man overnight Thursday in Newark. Anthony M. Johnson, 32, was shot shortly before 1 a.m. in the area of Madison and Ridgewood avenues, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said in a release. Johnson was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:21 a.m., Stephens said. No arrests had been made as of 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Stephens asked that anyone with information that can help find or identify the killer contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes T…

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by Jerry DeMarco