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Elderly Man Killed In West Orange House Fire: Police Elderly Man Killed In West Orange House Fire: Police
Elderly Man Killed In West Orange House Fire: Police A senior citizen was killed in a West Orange house fire on Tuesday morning, Dec. 12, police said.  West Orange police and fire responded to 30 Park Drive South at 10:30 a.m. and reported heavy smoke and fire in the structure, police said.  The victim, whose name has not been released, was removed from the residence and taken to Cooperman-Barnabas Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead an hour later, police. The fire was not considered suspicious, police said. 

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Woman Killed In West Orange Hit-Run Crash Authorities ID Woman Killed In West Orange Hit-Run Crash
Authorities ID Woman Killed In West Orange Hit-Run Crash A 67-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash last month in Essex County. Maria F. Pastuizaca-Yauri was struck at the intersection of Brennan Drive and Mount Pleasant Avenue around 7:15 p.m. on Sept. 30, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and West Orange Police Chief James Abbott said. She was transported to University Hospital by ambulance and subsequently pronounced at 8:15 p.m. The investigation is active and ongoing. At this time, no arrests have been made. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-Con Charged In Gunpoint Essex Drugstore Robbery Spree Ex-Con Charged In Gunpoint Essex Drugstore Robbery Spree
Ex-Con Charged In Gunpoint Essex Drugstore Robbery Spree Key pieces of evidence led to federal charges against an ex-con for robbing pharmacies in Belleville, East Orange and West Orange at gunpoint, authorities said Wednesday. Police recovered a gun in his girlfriend’s car that Malik Conley, 27, of Newark, used in the second holdup last December in Belleville, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Conley and an accomplice struck again a month later, this time in East Orange, Carpenito said, adding that keys to the vehicle used in that robbery were found in his pocket. Conley apparently acted alone in the Dec. 3 robbery in Belleville, an indictmen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Missing W. Orange Woman, Kids Found Safe UPDATE: Missing W. Orange Woman, Kids Found Safe
Update: Missing W. Orange Woman, Kids Found Safe UPDATE, Aug. 7: The woman and her children have been found  Original story:  Police in West Orange are asking the public's help finding a woman and her two young children who have been missing since Monday morning.  Gabrielle Goulbourne, 25, was last seen on foot with the children at their home around 6:30 a.m. She does not have a vehicle.  She is 5'1", 100 lbs. with a light complexion and a medium build. She has a Mohawk-style haircut.  One of the children are Saheed J. Baksh, 6, who was last seen wearing a white tank top undershirt and PJ Mask pajama shorts, ha…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
State Troopers, Firefighters, Others Hurt In Chain-Reaction Crash On 280 In West Orange State Troopers, Firefighters, Others Hurt In Chain-Reaction Crash On 280 In West Orange
State Troopers, Firefighters, Others Hurt In Chain-Reaction Crash On 280 In West Orange A number of first responders were injured in a chain-reaction crash on Route 280 in West Orange Tuesday morning.  Three New Jersey State Police troopers, two West Orange police officers and five township firefighters were among several people injured Tuesday morning when a dump truck plowed into an ambulance, sending it crashing into a fire engine, authorities said. The West Orange police officers and four of the firefighters were treated and released. The fifth firefighter was still hospitalized, a township spokesman said Tuesday night. The spokesman, Joe Fagan, did not know the condi…

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by Paul Milo