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Newark Woman Pepper Sprayed Victim In Face: Police Newark Woman Pepper Sprayed Victim In Face: Police
Newark Woman Pepper Sprayed Victim In Face: Police A warrant has been issued for a 31-year-old Newark woman who pepper sprayed a person last month, authorities said. At 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31, police responded to University Hospital on a call of a woman receiving treatment for injuries that occurred during an altercation with  on the 100 block of West Market Street, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. Following a verbal dispute with the victim, Quyjae Springer went to her vehicle, drove toward the victim, exited the vehicle, and pepper sprayed her in the face, Fragé said. The victim was treated at…

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by Sam Barron
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KNOW THEM? Newark Police Seek Carjacking Suspects KNOW THEM? Newark Police Seek Carjacking Suspects
Know Them? Newark Police Seek Carjacking Suspects Police in Newark are turning to the public in identifying carjacking suspects. A man inside his vehicle parked in the area of Fairmount and Central avenues was approached by a male driver and male passenger who got out of a gray 4-door newer model Honda Accord and demanded his vehicle around 8:15 a.m. Saturday, April 10, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. After taking the victim’s car keys, the second suspect drove away with the victim’s vehicle, heading north on Fairmount Avenue.  The second suspect, inside the gray Honda Accord, headed south on Fairmount Avenue…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Man Charged In Beating Death Of 60-Year-Old City Resident Newark Man Charged In Beating Death Of 60-Year-Old City Resident
Newark Man Charged In Beating Death Of 60-Year-Old City Resident A 31-year-old Newark man was charged in the beating death of a 60-year-old city resident, authorities said. Eddie Feliciano was assaulted on the 300 block of West Market Street around 8:45 p.m. March 25, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said Friday. He died of his injuries on April 8 at University Hospital, Ambrose and Stephens said. Leonard J. Melvin was arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter Thursday, they said. Anyone with information regarding this incident can call the Essex County Prosecut…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Drunk Driver Who Killed Orange Man Sentenced To 18 Years Drunk Driver Who Killed Orange Man Sentenced To 18 Years
Drunk Driver Who Killed Orange Man Sentenced To 18 Years A Newark man was sentenced Monday to nearly two decades in prison for killing a pedestrian while driving under the influence of alcohol, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  Garrett Carter, 52, had previously been convicted of vehicular homicide in the death of 39-year-old Steven Dawkins of Orange.  Carter hit Dawkins as he was crossing at the 200 block of West Market Street around 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 22, 2017. Carter had a blood-alcohol level of .168, more than twice the legal limit.  Assistant Prosecutor Brian Pollock had sought a sentence 20 years but described the …

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by Paul Milo