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NJ Couple Nabbed In Gunpoint Robbery May Be Linked To More: Police NJ Couple Nabbed In Gunpoint Robbery May Be Linked To More: Police
NJ Couple Nabbed In Gunpoint Robbery May Be Linked To More: Police A man and woman charged in a gunpoint robbery over the weekend may be involved in more across Essex County, authorities said. Zykee Gregory, 19, and Janae Baker, 18, both of Newark, got out of a black SUV and approached a woman around 12:15 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara. They demanded the victim's personal property at gunpoint, then stole her purse and cell phone — which was active in Orange, East Orange, and in Newark.  Police saw a man and woman fitting the description of the suspects in the 200 block of Peshine Avenue. The suspects were found in possessio…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole
Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole A Union County man who dragged a female Uber driver from her vehicle and threw her to the ground during a carjacking must spend the next seven years in federal prison. Rakeem McNair, 22, of Roselle, joined Raquin Tanner, 26, of Newark in taking a deal from the government rather than risk trial. Both he and Tanner -- who got 6½ years -- must serve out just about all of their plea-bargained sentences because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The victim was in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Summer Avenue in Newark around 11 p.m. Aug. 13, 2019 when Tanner, McNair and anot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 6½ Years In Federal Prison NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 6½ Years In Federal Prison
NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 6½ Years In Federal Prison A Newark man was sentenced Monday to a plea-bargained 6½ years in federal prison for helping a gunman drag an Uber driver from her car and throw her to the ground during a carjacking. Raquin Tanner, 25,  will have to serve just about all of the term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The victim was in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Summer Avenue in Newark around 11 p.m. Aug. 13, 2019 when Tanner and two other thugs approached from around the corner, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. As they neared the vehicle, video surveillance shows, Tanner “spoke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pair Admit Violent Gunpoint Carjacking Of Female Uber Driver In Newark Pair Admit Violent Gunpoint Carjacking Of Female Uber Driver In Newark
Pair Admit Violent Gunpoint Carjacking Of Female Uber Driver In Newark An accused carjacker admitted Monday that he helped a gunman drag an Uber driver from her car and throw her to the ground in Newark before they drove off with the vehicle. Rakeem McNair, 21, of Roselle, took a guilty plea in federal court in Newark less than two weeks after an accomplice, city resident Raquin Tanner, 25, confessed to his own role in the Aug. 13, 2019 carjacking. The victim was in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Summer Avenue in Newark around 11 o’clock that night when three thugs approached, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. Video surveillance shows Tanner ap…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Ex-Con Caught With Modified Machine Gun During Social Distancing Sweep Feds: Ex-Con Caught With Modified Machine Gun During Social Distancing Sweep
Feds: Ex-Con Caught With Modified Machine Gun During Social Distancing Sweep Newark police clearing a sidewalk of loiterers who were violating emergency social distancing orders found one of them carrying a modified machine gun, federal authorities said. Ex-con Anthony Reynolds, 26, was in a group hanging out in the area of Summer Avenue and May Street when uniformed police assigned to minimize social gatherings approached them last Saturday night, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The officers were there for “the specific purpose of minimizing social gathering of citizens in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus,” Carpenito said. One of them saw Reyn…

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by Jerry DeMarco