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Teen Boy Found Dead Near Union County Train Tracks Teen Boy Found Dead Near Union County Train Tracks
Teen Boy Found Dead Near Union County Train Tracks A 17-year-old boy was found dead near railroad tracks in Union County Thursday, Aug. 4, authorities said. The unidentified male was found near West Second Street and Central Avenue around 8:30 p.m. in Plainfield, a spokesperson with the prosecutor's office said. It was not clear where exactly his body was found. The cause of death was under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Plainfield Man, 64, Accused Of Stabbing 65-Year-Old Neighbor To Death Plainfield Man, 64, Accused Of Stabbing 65-Year-Old Neighbor To Death
Plainfield Man, 64, Accused Of Stabbing 65-Year-Old Neighbor To Death A man living in a Plainfield rooming house is in custody after authorities said he stabbed a neighbor to death over the weekend.  Guillermo Bello, 64, was found in Elizabeth early Monday after he was identified as a suspect, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said. He was being held at the Union County jail.  Police were called to the 600 block of Central Avenue around 5:45 a.m. Sunday. There they found 65-year-old Louis Hillyard on the front porch of the rooming house. He had been stabbed multiple times in the upper body, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.&n…

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by Paul Milo
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Neighbor, 72, Sentenced For Repeatedly Assaulting Child In Plainfield Neighbor, 72, Sentenced For Repeatedly Assaulting Child In Plainfield
Neighbor, 72, Sentenced For Repeatedly Assaulting Child In Plainfield A Plainfield man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for repeated sexual assaults of a 9-year-old girl, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said.  Angel Flores, 72, abused the girl on multiple occasions for more than a year beginning in December 2015. He would often give her small quantities of cash before each assault, authorities said.  Flores was an acquaintance of the girl's family and was known to them and other residents of the multifamily home in the 600 block of Central Avenue as "Don Benito."  “This man knew her (the victim’s) family knew and trusted took he…

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by Paul Milo