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South Harrison Street, East Orange, NJ

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Car Thief Nabbed By Essex County Sheriff's Officers: Authorities Car Thief Nabbed By Essex County Sheriff's Officers: Authorities
Car Thief Nabbed By Essex County Sheriff's Officers: Authorities A 20-year-old man from Essex County was arrested with a stolen car and weapons, authorities said. On Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 10:11 p.m., Essex County Sheriff’s Officers arrested Basir North, of Orange, for resisting arrest by flight, unlawful possession of a handgun, and receiving stolen property among other charges. While stopped at a red light at the intersection of Central Avenue and South Harrison Street, in East Orange, an Essex County Sheriff’s Officer observed a vehicle matching the description of a stolen vehicle crash into another vehicle, authorities said.  The driver then exi…

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by Jon Craig
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Prosecutor: Pedestrian, 62, Killed In East Orange Crosswalk Prosecutor: Pedestrian, 62, Killed In East Orange Crosswalk
Prosecutor: Pedestrian, 62, Killed In East Orange Crosswalk A 62-year-old Orange woman was killed while crossing the street in East Orange, authorities said. Lucia Saint-Vil was crossing at South Harrison and Central Avenue when a 71-year-old driver hit her in the crosswalk around 9:50 p.m., Wednesday,  Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. The driver stayed at the scene and was issued four tickets for careless driving, failing to stop to allow a pedestrian to cross in a marked crosswalk, and two violations for tinted windows, authorities said.

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by Cecilia Levine