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Man Who Set Deadly Newark Fire In The '80s Again Charged With Arson Man Who Set Deadly Newark Fire In The '80s Again Charged With Arson
Man Who Set Deadly Newark Fire In The '80s Again Charged With Arson A convicted arsonist from Newark was arrested Wednesday for allegedly starting a fire in a vacant building last month, police said. Nathaniel Mickens, 56, has been charged with second-degree arson in connection with a fire April 16 in the 500 block of 13th Avenue. Witnesses and surveillance video placed Mickens at the scene, police said. Police are also investigating a number of other fires that have occurred over the last few weeks, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. “We’ve had a rash of fires in vacant buildings recently,” Ambrose said.  “These purposely set fires …

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by Paul Milo
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Two Killed In Separate Newark Shootings This Weekend Two Killed In Separate Newark Shootings This Weekend
Two Killed In Separate Newark Shootings This Weekend Two Newark men were fatally shot hours apart in the city over the weekend, Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly of the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Sunday.  Police responded to a report of shots fired in the 300 block of South 9th Street around 11 p.m. Saturday. A man, later identified as 39-year-old Rahman K. Branch, was found at the location suffering from gunshot wounds. He was rushed to University Hospital in Newark where he was pronounced dead about a half-hour later.  Less than three hours later, around 2:30 a.m., police responded to another report of shots fi…

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by Paul Milo