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Video Shows Man Snatching Purse Containing $3,000 In Newark Building Video Shows Man Snatching Purse Containing $3,000 In Newark Building
Video Shows Man Snatching Purse Containing $3,000 In Newark Building Police in Newark are seeking the man who was captured on surveillance footage stealing a woman's purse, containing $3,000. It happened around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, as the woman tried to enter her apartment building on 13th Avenue in Newark, police said. The man can be seen standing idly, before snatching the woman's bag, which contained $2,800 worth of money orders and $200 in cash, police said. The suspect  was described as a Black man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a white cobra snake on the back, with white Yeezy Boost 350 sneakers and carrying a black cross body …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Blaze Rips Through Newark Home Displacing 25, Injuring Fire Chief Blaze Rips Through Newark Home Displacing 25, Injuring Fire Chief
Blaze Rips Through Newark Home Displacing 25, Injuring Fire Chief A fire chief was injured and more than two dozen Newark residents were forced from their homes and into the cold after a three-alarm house fire ripped through several buildings Tuesday morning. Firefighters responded to a fire at a residential building on Fairmount Avenue, between South Orange Avenue and 13th Avenue, just before 3:45 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. The fire quickly spread from the two-and-a-half-story home to two other buildings nearby, ultimately relocating 25 residents including 18 adults and seven children. A Newark Fire Division battali…

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by Joe Gomez
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SEEN HIM? Newark Man Escapes Police Custody At University Hospital SEEN HIM? Newark Man Escapes Police Custody At University Hospital
Seen HIM? Newark Man Escapes Police Custody At University Hospital Authorities in Newark are seeking a man who escaped police custody while being treated for an injury at University Hospital Sunday. Robert E. Goodwin, 57, was reportedly taken into custody after a domestic violence at his home. He complained of a previous injury and was taken to the hospital just before 11:30 a.m., authorities said. He was last seen in a blue shirt and light green cargo pants, headed west on 13th Avenue toward Littleton Avenue, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. He is 6 feet and three inches tall and weighs approximately 220 pounds with light…

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by Cecilia Levine