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Trio Charged In Kidnapping, Execution Of NJ Man Alongside Route 80: Police Trio Charged In Kidnapping, Execution Of NJ Man Alongside Route 80: Police
Trio Charged In Kidnapping, Execution Of NJ Man Alongside Route 80: Police Three Newark men have been charged with kidnapping a man before shooting him and leaving him for dead along Route 80, authorities announced. Mustafa Manns, 28, William Dixon, 24, and Nishir Rios-Figueroa, 30, have been arrested in the Aug. 18, 2022 death of 27-year-old Quadree Burch, also of Newark, New Jersey State Police announced on Tuesday, March 14. On Aug. 18, 2022, at 12:26 p.m., troopers from Troop “B” Hope Station responded to the report of human remains found by a New Jersey Department of Transportation employee who was cutting grass on Interstate 80 eastbound near milepost 16.6.…

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by Jon Craig
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ID Sought For Road-Raged Newark Driver Who Assaulted Victim With Mace ID Sought For Road-Raged Newark Driver Who Assaulted Victim With Mace
ID Sought For Road-Raged Newark Driver Who Assaulted Victim With Mace Recognize this car? Authorities are seeking clues on the driver who allegedly assaulted another driver with mace during a heated road rage incident. The driver of the vehicle pictured above is accused of spraying mace at another driver during a quarrel on Springfield Avenue near Livingston Street on Monday, June 27, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said in a Wednesday, August 3 release. The victim had been driving with three juveniles in her vehicle, Fragé said. No injuries were reported during the alleged assault. The suspect’s vehicle is believed to be a silver, 4-door 2011 Ki…

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by Valerie Musson
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KNOW HIM? Man Breaks Into Newark Restaurant, Flees With Register Full Of Cash (PHOTOS) KNOW HIM? Man Breaks Into Newark Restaurant, Flees With Register Full Of Cash (PHOTOS)
Know HIM? Man Breaks Into Newark Restaurant, Flees With Register Full Of Cash (Photos) Recognize him? Authorities are seeking the public’s help identifying a man they say broke into a Newark restaurant and made off with the cash register containing hundreds of dollars. Officers responding to the burglary report at Ecuacolombia Restaurant on Bloomfield Avenue found that the suspect had entered through a side alleyway door around 10:45 p.m. on Monday, August 1, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The man then stole the cash register with about $300 before heading westbound on Bloomfield Avenue toward North 5th Street. Scroll down to view additional photos of the s…

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by Valerie Musson
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Bank Robber With Heroin, Carjacker Among Recent Arrests Made In Newark Bank Robber With Heroin, Carjacker Among Recent Arrests Made In Newark
Bank Robber With Heroin, Carjacker Among Recent Arrests Made In Newark Newark police have arrested four individuals in connection with various crimes across the city, they announced. Raheem Pamplin, 21, of Newark, was among three men who stole a BMW from the driver at gunpoint on the 200 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue around 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 7, Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave III said. Police Arrest Newark Man for Armed Carjacking Interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave III reports the... Posted by Newark NJ Department of Public Safety on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 The three suspects fled southbound on Frelinghuysen. One of them…

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by Cecilia Levine
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2 Hurt, Dozens More Relocated As Massive 3-Alarm Fire Ravages Newark Home 2 Hurt, Dozens More Relocated As Massive 3-Alarm Fire Ravages Newark Home
2 Hurt, Dozens More Relocated As Massive 3-Alarm Fire Ravages Newark Home Two people were hurt and dozens more relocated as a massive three-alarm fire ravaged a Newark home Thursday morning, authorities said. More than 100 firefighters responded to 390 Lincoln Ave. as the blaze was reported just after 11:15 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. A third alarm was called about 10 minutes later as the fire started spreading from the two-and-a-half-story wooden-framed home to two neighboring homes, O’Hara said. A Newark firefighter was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center for treatment of facial burns, authorities said. Meanwhile, a woman at on…

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by Valerie Musson
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2 Fires, 1 Day: Newark Firefighters Battle Multiple Blazes 2 Fires, 1 Day: Newark Firefighters Battle Multiple Blazes
2 Fires, 1 Day: Newark Firefighters Battle Multiple Blazes More than 60 people were relocated in less than 24 hours after heavy fires destroyed multiple buildings in Newark earlier this week. “While it is terrible so many families were displaced, we are immensely grateful there were no serious injuries,” Newark Public Safety Director Brian Director O’Hara said. Just after 10 p.m. Monday, firefighters were called to a five-story apartment building at 80 Court Street, where they discovered flames quickly spreading through the walls from the lower level floors to the upper floors, according to O'Hara. Forty-Five Residents Relocated After 2-Alarm…

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by Nicole Acosta
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'Get On The Floor!' Police Body Cam Shows Newark Officers Stop Potential Gas Station Shooting 'Get On The Floor!' Police Body Cam Shows Newark Officers Stop Potential Gas Station Shooting
'Get On The Floor!' Police Body Cam Shows Newark Officers Stop Potential Gas Station Shooting Newly-released body cam footage shows the moment three Newark police officers halted a potential gas station shooting New Year's Eve. The officers pulled into the Springfield Avenue gas station to find two men engaged in a heated verbal argument at 8:55 p.m., authorities said. A man later identified as Newark's Laquan Walker pulled his gun -- prompting the officers to do the same and order him to the ground, police said. The 36-year-old felon was arrested and charged with unlawful weapon possession and certain persons prohibited from weapon possession. Footage courtesy of Newark NJ D…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Police Looking For Driver Who Caused 3-Mile Vegetable Oil Spill Newark Police Looking For Driver Who Caused 3-Mile Vegetable Oil Spill
Newark Police Looking For Driver Who Caused 3-Mile Vegetable Oil Spill Police in Newark have released images of a truck that leaked a lengthy stream of cooking oil Tuesday, causing huge traffic headaches shortly before rush hour.  The spill happened around 3:40 p.m. on Stockton, Delancy, Adams and Thomas streets and Wilson Avenue, all in the city's Ironbound section. The slick left behind was estimated to be about three miles long.  Traffic in the area was snarled as the fire department and Essex County personnel covered the slick with sand to make streets passable.  Police have released images of the vehicle (see below).  Police Seek the Public's Help …

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by Paul Milo