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Student Hospitalized After Assault At Essex County High School: Police
A student was hospitalized after being assaulted at a high school in Essex County on Tuesday, April 9, authorities said. Maplewood police said a student at Columbia High School was assaulted by a student from a different school. The victim was treated by and transported with their parent to an area hospital by South Essex Fire Department, Maplewood police said in a release. There was no direct threat to the school or any other students, police said. The student was later released from the hospital with minor injuries, police said. The Maplewood Police Youth Aid Bureau is working along Colum…
Police & Fire
Intoxicated Newark Man Broke Into Vehicle, Vomited On Himself: Maplewood PD
It was a day to forget for a 27-year-old Newark man. On Tuesday, Jan. 23, a Maplewood police officer observed a parked motor vehicle with fogged-up windows on Millburn Avenue. After conducting an investigation, police discovered Alexis Lluminquinga had walked off an NJ Transit bus and entered the vehicle, which did not belong to him, officers said. While Lluminquinga was warming up inside the vehicle, he proceeded to vomit on himself and the interior of the vehicle, police said. Lluminquinga was arrested and charged with criminal trespass and was released pending a court date, police s…
Police & Fire
Two Businesses Burgled After Suspect Throws Object At Door: Maplewood PD
Maplewood police are investigating two morning burglaries this past weekend that involved a suspect throwing an object through the door, authorities said. On Saturday, Nov. 11 at 6:55 a.m., police responded to Newark Way and found a business with its front glass door shattered, officers said. The suspect removed the cash registers from the business and exited through the damaged door, police said. The damaged cash registers with the cash removed were recovered from a nearby business on the same street, police said. The suspect was wearing a heavy coat, white hooded sweatshirt covering his he…
Police & Fire
Brooklyn Man Planned To Meet Girl At Maplewood Park For Sex: Prosecutors
A 27-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested and charged with planning to lure a 14-year-old girl to an Essex County park for sex, authorities said. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit received a tip that Nazarjon Abdukahorov was exchanging messages with a 14-year-old girl he met on a dating app, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. The messages progressed to a plan to meet in person for sex, Stephens said alongside Maplewood Police Chief Albert Sally. Detectives from the Special Victim’s Unit, working with the Maplewood Police Department, con…
Police & Fire
Newark Man, 20, Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of Maplewood Soccer Standout Moussa Fofana
A 20-year-old Newark man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the June shooting that fatally wounded a Maplewood high school soccer player. Yohan Hernandez was taken into custody late Thursday in the June 6 shooting 18-year-old Moussa Fofana dead near Underhill Field, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Maplewood Police Chief Jimmy DeVaul said. A second victim was injured in the shooting and treated at a local hospital, authorities said. Hernandez was charged with murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, The investigation is on…
Police & Fire
$10K Reward Offered In Shooting Death Of Maplewood Soccer Player Moussa Fofana
The Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura’s Crime Stoppers Program is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Moussa Fofana. The 18-year-old Columbia High School soccer player was shot Sunday, June 6 at Underhill Sports Complex around 9:40 p.m., according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. He was pronounced dead at the scene approximately one hour later. A second male victim was treated at an area hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. More than $125,000 had …
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Newark Man Charged In String Of Belleville Burglaries
A 57-year-old Newark man was arrested Monday and charged with a series of nighttime commercial burglaries in Belleville, police said. In all four burglaries police said Anthony Meyers smashed an exterior door window, enter the business and empty the cash register. He was arrested in Newark. Meyers was arrested thanks to surveillance video submitted by businesses and residents and with help from Maplewood and Newark police, the New Jersey Regional Operations Intelligence Center and the Newark Real Time Crime Center, Belleville police also said.
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