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Suspect At Large After Armed Robbery Of Elderly Woman In Newark Suspect At Large After Armed Robbery Of Elderly Woman In Newark
Suspect At Large After Armed Robbery Of Elderly Woman In Newark A suspect is at large following the armed robbery of an elderly woman in Newark. The man demanded the purse of a 73-year-old woman at gunpoint in the area of Elm Street and Pulaski Street around 2:40 p.m. Friday, according to Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara. After stealing the woman's purse and hiding it under his red hoodie, the man dragged her to the ground, O'Hara said. He then fled, running eastbound on Elm Street, authorities said. The purse contained $400 in cash as well as the woman's personal belongings, according to investigators. The man is described as being…

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by Nicole Acosta
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SEEN HIM? Man Broke Into Victim's Newark Home, Assaulted Him On Christmas, Police Say SEEN HIM? Man Broke Into Victim's Newark Home, Assaulted Him On Christmas, Police Say
Seen HIM? Man Broke Into Victim's Newark Home, Assaulted Him On Christmas, Police Say Newark police are looking for an Irvington man who they said kicked down the door of a residential apartment and assaulted the resident on Christmas Day, authorities said. Bryant L. Bookman, 27, is facing burglary and assault charges in the 12:50 a.m. incident on Unity Avenue, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Police originally responded to reports of a suspicious individual in a car outside of a Unity Avenue home, Ambrose said. One of the individuals, later identified as Bookman, kicked in the victim’s apartment door, then his bedroom door and assaulted him, police sa…

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by Nicole Acosta