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11-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing In Newark 11-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing In Newark
11-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing In Newark Police in Newark are seeking the public's help in locating an 11-year-old girl. Xiomara Elizabeth Giron Soriano was last seen on the 100 block of Van Buren Street on Dec. 21, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Xiomara is 5’4” tall, weighs approximately 125 pounds, has a light complexion, dark brown hair, and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue sweatshirt with a hood, black pants, red sneakers, small earrings and she may have travelled to the state of New York. Director O’Hara urges anyone with information about her whereabouts to call the Division's 24-hou…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ School Counselor Brought Boy Into Office & Touched His Private Parts: Prosecutor NJ School Counselor Brought Boy Into Office & Touched His Private Parts: Prosecutor
NJ School Counselor Brought Boy Into Office & Touched His Private Parts: Prosecutor A 31-year-old school counselor from New Jersey has been accused of sexually assaulting a male student, authorities said. James D. Rone-Lewis brought the student into his office at Avon Avenue Elementary School in Newark on or about Oct. 21, and touched his penis, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. He was released on pretrial monitoring pending disposition of the charges.  Rone-Lews was suspended without pay by the school and is barred from any contact with the victim or the school.

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by Cecilia Levine
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8 Arrested For Armed Carjackings, Heroin; 5 Illegal Guns Seized In Newark 8 Arrested For Armed Carjackings, Heroin; 5 Illegal Guns Seized In Newark
8 Arrested For Armed Carjackings, Heroin; 5 Illegal Guns Seized In Newark Multiple people were arrested for armed robberies, carjackings and weapon possession, and five illegal handguns were seized as part of a violence reduction initiative last weekend in Newark, police said. “We are fully committed to reducing violence on our streets and this weekend’s results shows that our Violence Reduction Initiative is fully underway,” Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said.  “I commend our officers for their vigilance in recovering these illegal weapons as each recovered weapon is equivalent to a life saved.” James Marrow, 36, of East Orange, and Limmary Or…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Gunman Shoots Retired Newark Police Capt. In Attempted Carjacking, More Arrests: Authorities Gunman Shoots Retired Newark Police Capt. In Attempted Carjacking, More Arrests: Authorities
Gunman Shoots Retired Newark Police Capt. In Attempted Carjacking, More Arrests: Authorities Several arrests were made in connection with an attempted carjacking and multiple shootings including one for firing at a retired police officer in Newark this week, authorities said. The following information was released by Newark Public Safety Director O’Hara: On Nov. 24, police responded to 14th Avenue on a ShotSpotter notification where police found the victim, a retired Newark police captain, who had been shot at by a juvenile who attempted to carjack him.  The suspect was arrested Friday on charges of carjacking, aggravated assault, weapon possession and criminal misch…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman Jumps From Burning Newark Building Before Collapse Woman Jumps From Burning Newark Building Before Collapse
Woman Jumps From Burning Newark Building Before Collapse A woman leapt from the second floor of a burning building in Newark just before the structure collapsed Friday, authorities said. The woman was the only person in the structure at 767 South Orange Ave., when the two-alarm blaze broke out around 4:40 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The building then fully collapsed due to the fire. “Our firefighters thoroughly sifted through debris resulting from the building collapse to ensure that no other victims remained inside,” O’Hara said. The injured woman was transported to University Hospital for treatment and …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Teen Dies Days After Double Shooting Newark Teen Dies Days After Double Shooting
Newark Teen Dies Days After Double Shooting A 17-year-old boy died days after he and another male were shot in a vehicle in Newark, authorities said. Yashawn A. Hansen succumbed to his injuries on Friday, Nov. 19 just after 4:05 p.m. --  three days after the incident, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Police responding to Quitman Street in Newark on a report of shots fired found Hansen and another man in a vehicle having suffered gunshot wounds, O'Hara and Stephens said. Both were transported to University Hospital, where Hansen was pronounced d…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Disgusting': Bergen County Man Dumped At Least 3 Deer Carcasses In Newark, Police Say 'Disgusting': Bergen County Man Dumped At Least 3 Deer Carcasses In Newark, Police Say
'Disgusting': Bergen County Man Dumped At Least 3 Deer Carcasses In Newark, Police Say A Bergen County man was arrested for repeatedly dumping deer carcasses in Newark, authorities said. Paul A. Bartella, 60, of North Arlington, is accused of leaving the carcasses in Newark three times across the city since June, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. He was arrested on warrants Wednesday night, after an incident on Verona Avenue near Broadway, police said. He did the same on Aug. 3 on Chester Avenue and Riverside avenues, and on June 24, on the 200 block of Oraton Street, O'Hara said. VICE detectives charged Bartella with disposal of solid waste, transpor…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities ID Driver Killed In Newark Crash With NJ Transit Bus Authorities ID Driver Killed In Newark Crash With NJ Transit Bus
Authorities ID Driver Killed In Newark Crash With NJ Transit Bus A 33-year-old woman died and several others were injured in a crash between a vehicle and NJ Transit bus early Tuesday in Newark, authorities said. The Bloomfield-bound bus was struck head-on by a westbound 2007 Chevy Impala while going east on Hawthorne Avenue near Clinton Place around 5:30 a.m., NJ Transit spokesman Jim Smith said. Paige N. Graham, of Newark, was behind the wheel of the Chevy, and crossed the double yellow line before hitting the bus, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. There were seven passen…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police Seek Man In Assault Of NJ Transit Bus Driver Over Used Ticket Police Seek Man In Assault Of NJ Transit Bus Driver Over Used Ticket
Police Seek Man In Assault Of NJ Transit Bus Driver Over Used Ticket A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man who authorities say assaulted an NJ Transit bus driver who wouldn't accept a used ticket. Sulaiman Boyer, 34, and another man got on the bus that stopped at Lenox Street and Sanford Avenue July 21 around 7:15 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The driver told arriving officers that one of the two men gave him a ticket that had already been used. Boyer and the other man spit on the driver when he would not accept the ticket or drive the bus. Boyer then threw a bottle at the driver, striking him in the head an…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Teens Among Multiple Victims Injured, 1 Dead In Rash Of Newark Shootings Teens Among Multiple Victims Injured, 1 Dead In Rash Of Newark Shootings
Teens Among Multiple Victims Injured, 1 Dead In Rash Of Newark Shootings A rash of shootings injured multiple people including teens and killed one person Tuesday night in Newark, authorities and news reports say. According to RLS Media, one victim walked into Beth Israel Hospital with a gunshot wound suffered on Grumman Avenue around 6 p.m. Then, two teens were injured in a shooting on the 100 block of Lincoln Street around 7:45 p.m., police said. A 16-year-old and 15-year-old were both hospitalized for treatment in the incident, Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. The 16-year-old was transported while the 15-year-old arrived at University H…

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by Cecilia Levine
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31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect 31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect
31-Hour Newark SWAT Standoff Ends With Police Returning Fire On 42-Year-Old Suspect A 31-hour SWAT standoff in Newark ended Friday afternoon when police returned fire on the 42-year-old suspect, police announced. Detectives from the Essex County Narcotics Task Force were executing a warrant at a Clinton Place home around 6 a.m. Thursday when someone in the house fired shots at officers, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, Sheriff Armando Fontoura and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. Officers took cover, evacuated residents in the other apartments at 34 Clinton Pl., and evacuated the homes in the two adjacent homes. As a result, eig…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Newark Man Asked To Hold Yorkie -- Then Stole Him Police: Newark Man Asked To Hold Yorkie -- Then Stole Him
Police: Newark Man Asked To Hold Yorkie -- Then Stole Him A Newark man who asked to hold a woman's dog then stole him has been arrested, authorities said July 12. A woman was walking with her Yorkie near South Orange Avenue and South 6th Street on June 15 when a man in a gray truck approached her, according to Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara. The driver, Kenol Monreau, 51, asked to hold the dog before driving away with the pooch, O'Hara said. Monreau was charged with theft on a warrant and subsequently arrested, authorities said.

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by Nicole Acosta