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Body Of Missing Rutgers University Student, 21, Recovered, Authorities Confirm Body Of Missing Rutgers University Student, 21, Recovered, Authorities Confirm
Body Of Missing Rutgers University Student, 21, Recovered, Authorities Confirm UPDATE: The body of a 21-year-old Rutgers University honors student who went missing more than two weeks ago was found in a pond in Orange this past weekend, authorities confirmed Thursday night. The body of Yasir Williams of East Orange was pulled from the pond at Orange Park on Saturday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Orange Public Safety Director Todd Warren said in a joint announcement. The cause of death was drowning, they said. Although they said the manner of death hadn't been determined, RLS Media reported Thursday night that family members in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Search Under Way For Rutgers University Student, 21, From East Orange SEEN HIM? Search Under Way For Rutgers University Student, 21, From East Orange
Seen HIM? Search Under Way For Rutgers University Student, 21, From East Orange Authorities are searching for a 21-year-old Rutgers University student from East Orange last seen on Monday. Yasir Williams, who attends the Rutgers-New Brunswick campus, was last seen around midnight when he left his home on Edgar Street, East Orange police said in a statement on Facebook. “He did not have his cell phone on him when he left the house and he was last seen wearing grey sweats, blue, red and grey Nike sneakers, and a yellow hoodie,” the statement said. Williams' hoodie and wallet were subsequently found in the area of Wayne Avenue and Sanford Street, police wrote, addin…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Blind East Orange Man Dies In House Fire, Others Displaced Blind East Orange Man Dies In House Fire, Others Displaced
Blind East Orange Man Dies In House Fire, Others Displaced A 53-year-old man died in a fire at his East Orange home Tuesday, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  The blaze started around 4 p.m. at the Wayne Avenue residence, claiming the life of David Swiney. He was found by firefighters and pronounced dead at the scene.  Swiney, who was blind, may have been unable to make his way to safety, family members told News 12.  Two others who were inside the the two-and-a-half story wood frame home escaped the fire uninjured, the prosecutor's office said.  The investigation into the cause of the fire was ongoing as of Wednesda…

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by Paul Milo