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KNOW THEM? Police Seek Men Who Spit On NJ Transit Bus Driver For Refusing Used Ticket KNOW THEM? Police Seek Men Who Spit On NJ Transit Bus Driver For Refusing Used Ticket
Know Them? Police Seek Men Who Spit On NJ Transit Bus Driver For Refusing Used Ticket Authorities are seeking two men wanted for assaulting an NJ Transit bus driver who wouldn't accept a used bus ticket. The bus was stopped at Lenox Street and Sanford Avenue in Newark, where the driver told police that a man got on the bus and handed him a ticket that had already been used around 7:15 p.m. July 21, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Both suspects spit on the driver because he refused to drive, and the second threw a bottle at his head, causing a gash, authorities said. After leaving the bus, the second suspect damaged the windshield wipers. Suspect No…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Trio Wanted For Questioning In Newark Shooting Trio Wanted For Questioning In Newark Shooting
Trio Wanted For Questioning In Newark Shooting Police in Newark are looking for three men wanted for questioning in connection with a shooting. Two victims were treated for non life-threatening injuries after being shot during a dispute on the 500 block of Springfield Avenue around 7:45 p.m., Aug. 12, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The first man wanted is described as having a full beard, wearing an orange shirt with a logo featuring the word “NOW” on the front, blue jeans and a blue and orange hat. He was wearing glasses and has vitiligo (white skin discoloration) on his right hand.  The second male i…

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by Cecilia Levine