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U.S. Marshals Capture Linden Homicide Fugitive In Atlanta U.S. Marshals Capture Linden Homicide Fugitive In Atlanta
U.S. Marshals Capture Linden Homicide Fugitive In Atlanta Members of the U.S. Marshals Service captured a 38-year-old fugitive wanted for a Linden homicide in Atlanta, GA on Monday, authorities said. Dion M. Johnson is facing charges of first-degree murder and a pair of second-degree weapons offenses in connection with the death of Darrell Q. McKoy, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said tuesday. Linden police officers responded to the 1200 block of Essex Avenue shortly after 12:45 p.m. on Oct. 5, where McKoy was found outside having sustained serious injury, Ruotolo said alongside Linden Police Chief David Hart. McKoy was take…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN HIM? $10K Reward Offered For Help Finding Linden Man Charged With Murder SEEN HIM? $10K Reward Offered For Help Finding Linden Man Charged With Murder
Seen HIM? $10K Reward Offered For Help Finding Linden Man Charged With Murder A $10,000 reward was being offered for help locating a man charged with murder in the shooting death of a 38-year-old Linden man. Linden police responded to Darrell Q. McCoy's home on the 1200 block of Essex Avenue, where  was standing outside with gunshot wounds around 12:45 p.m., Oct. 5, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart said Tuesday. McCoy was taken to Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, where he was pronounced dead just after 1:30 p.m. Dion M. Johnson, 38, was identified as a suspect and charged with firs…

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$10K Reward Offered In Arrest Of Linden, Newark Carjacking Suspects $10K Reward Offered In Arrest Of Linden, Newark Carjacking Suspects
$10K Reward Offered In Arrest Of Linden, Newark Carjacking Suspects A reward of $10,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and indictment of Linden carjacking suspects that may also be connected with Newark incidents. The suspects got out of a black Fort Mustang and approached ordered the victim to get out of his car while brandishing a handgun on the 800 block of Essex Avenue around 9 a.m. in Linden, Aug. 5, Lt. Christopher Guenther said. The men fled in both vehicles toward N. Park Avenue, Guenther said. The Essex County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a similar incident that occurred in Newark on Aug. 1, possibly involving the same…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities: Burlington County Man Ignites Linden Driveway Fire In Family Dispute Authorities: Burlington County Man Ignites Linden Driveway Fire In Family Dispute
Authorities: Burlington County Man Ignites Linden Driveway Fire In Family Dispute A Burlington County man was lodged in the Union County Jail after setting a can of gasoline in a residential Linden driveway over a family dispute, authorities said. Desmond E. Hodge, 47, of Southampton Township, showed up to the house on the 1300 block of Essex Avenue and told the five residents a shared relative owed him money Wednesday morning, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart said. Hodge told the residents he was leaving -- but promised to return after "going to get gasoline," according to Ruotolo and Hart. Linden police res…

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by Cecilia Levine