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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 THEM? Trio Wanted For Newark Paintball Attack SEEN THEM? Trio Wanted For Newark Paintball Attack
Seen Them? Trio Wanted For Newark Paintball Attack Three men are wanted for attacking three young people with paintball guns earlier this month in Newark, authorities said. Surveillance tapes captured Justin Baldwin, 39, Kahyri Perry, 26, and Hassan Dunn, 27, ambushing the youngsters at the at the Georgia King Village between 6:10 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Sept. 14, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Baldwin -- described as 5 feet 8 inches, and 180 pounds with brown eyes and black hair -- was seen handing out the paintball guns, Ambrose said. He is known to frequent the Georgia King complex.  Perry is 5 f…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEE ANYTHING? Newark Man Shot Dead In Broad Daylight SEE ANYTHING? Newark Man Shot Dead In Broad Daylight
SEE Anything? Newark Man Shot Dead In Broad Daylight Authorities are seeking the public's help in a fatal shooting investigation. Yasin Welch, 28, was shot Tuesday near Fairmount and Central avenues, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. He was pronounced dead around 3:20 p.m., at University Hospital. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC. Calls will be kept confidential.

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by Cecilia Levine