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Heart Disease Aggravated By Meth Use Killed Newark Suspect Following Arrest: Medical Examiner Heart Disease Aggravated By Meth Use Killed Newark Suspect Following Arrest: Medical Examiner
Heart Disease Aggravated By Meth Use Killed Newark Suspect Following Arrest: Medical Examiner It’s unsettling to watch video of a suspect you know has died. The last moments for Raul DeJesus -- who led Newark police on a foot chase before collapsing near Route 280 -- are no exception. Newark police did nothing wrong during the encounter, a grand jury has found. Among the evidence reviewed by the grand jurors are three police bodycams, one of them worn by the officer who began chasing the 43-year-old Newark native on foot after he ran. Two others graphically document the arrest and the moments that followed as highway traffic barreled by. In the end, what killed DeJesus was heart …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FINAL MOMENTS: NJ AG Releases Video Of Foot Pursuit, Arrest Of Newark Man Who Died Soon After FINAL MOMENTS: NJ AG Releases Video Of Foot Pursuit, Arrest Of Newark Man Who Died Soon After
Final Moments: NJ AG Releases Video Of Foot Pursuit, Arrest Of Newark Man Who Died Soon After It’s unsettling to watch video of a suspect you know has died. The last moments for Raul DeJesus -- who led Newark police on a foot chase before collapsing near Route 280 two months ago -- are no exception. A series of videos showing the encounter that preceded DeJesus’s death at University Hospital in Newark were released by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin’s office on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Three of the videos come from police body cameras, one of them worn by the officer who began chasing the 43-year-old Newark native on foot after he ran. Two others graphically document the ar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Police Search For Man Wanted For Newark Gas Station Armed Robbery SEEN HIM? Police Search For Man Wanted For Newark Gas Station Armed Robbery
Seen HIM? Police Search For Man Wanted For Newark Gas Station Armed Robbery Authorities are seeking the public's help locating a man who they say robbed a gas station in Newark. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Michael Brodie, 28, who police say pointed a gun at a clerk and demanded cash at Sidi Supermarket (584 Orange St.) on Monday, Jan. 13. Brodie, who was wearing a Halloween mask, stole $150 from the cash register before fleeing on foot, police say. Brodie, pictured above, is 6 feet tall and 240 pounds, police say. He has a medium-brown complexion, black hair and brown eyes. Brodie’s dreadlock hairstyle has been cut, and he now has an afro, police …

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by Valerie Musson