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Newark Woman Stabs 29-Year-Old Boyfriend Dead During Argument, Authorities Say Newark Woman Stabs 29-Year-Old Boyfriend Dead During Argument, Authorities Say
Newark Woman Stabs 29-Year-Old Boyfriend Dead During Argument, Authorities Say A Newark woman was charged with stabbing her 29-year-old dead in his home over the weekend, authorities announced. Latysha Simmons, 29, stabbed Darien Wharton during an argument at his house on the 400 block of University Avenue Saturday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. Wharton was rushed to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead just before 11:30 p.m. Simmons was subsequently arrested on charges of murder, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.  …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Newark Officer In Wrong-Way DWI Crash Among Four Who Went Barhopping On Duty Prosecutor: Newark Officer In Wrong-Way DWI Crash Among Four Who Went Barhopping On Duty
Prosecutor: Newark Officer In Wrong-Way DWI Crash Among Four Who Went Barhopping On Duty One of four Newark police officers who went barhopping and lied about it was drunk when he drove the wrong way down a one-way street and crashed his vehicle into a car containing a mother and four children, authorities charged. Michael Chirico, 55, of Newark, was charged after the University Avenue crash, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens III said Thursday. Authorities also charged Lt. Norberto Soares, 42, of Kenilworth and Officers Erik Blount, 33, and Tashia Jones, 35, both of Newark with tampering with public records, he said. Investigators found false entries made by the…

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by Jerry DeMarco