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Crime Reduction Roundup Nets 10 Shooting Suspects In NJ's Largest City Crime Reduction Roundup Nets 10 Shooting Suspects In NJ's Largest City
Crime Reduction Roundup Nets 10 Shooting Suspects In NJ's Largest City The Newark Police Division's Summer Crime Reduction Initiative is off to a hot start. Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé announced the following 10 people were arrested in June, in connection with various shootings in the city: Lloyde Darby, a 57-year-old Newark resident, was charged with aggravated assault and weapon possession for shooting that occurred in March in the 200 block of 7th Avenue West. Shanyah Thompson, a 24-year-old Newark resident was charged with criminal mischief and weapon possession in connection with a shooting that occurred on Thursday, June 22 in the 300…

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by Sam Barron
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Gun-Toting Ex-Con Who Tried To Flee Newark PD On Bicycle Sent To Federal Prison Gun-Toting Ex-Con Who Tried To Flee Newark PD On Bicycle Sent To Federal Prison
Gun-Toting Ex-Con Who Tried To Flee Newark PD On Bicycle Sent To Federal Prison A bicycle-riding ex-con who tossed a gun as he tried to evade pursuing Newark police officers was sentenced Monday to a plea-bargained 32 months in federal prison. Joseph Triplett, 32, of East Orange, was maneuvering his bike around pedestrians on a South 8th Street sidewalk when an officer tried to stop him in September 2019, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Triplett ignored the officer's orders and pedaled off in the opposite direction, Honig said. Officers pursued Triplett, who tossed a fanny pack holding a loaded .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver before he was capture…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carjacking Suspect Leads Keen-Eyed Officers On Brief Newark Pursuit, Police Say Carjacking Suspect Leads Keen-Eyed Officers On Brief Newark Pursuit, Police Say
Carjacking Suspect Leads Keen-Eyed Officers On Brief Newark Pursuit, Police Say A 26-year-old Newark man was arrested nearly two hours after kicking a woman out of an SUV and driving away in it when the vehicle was spotted by a keen-eyed officer, authorities said. The victim called police around 11:45 a.m. Tuesday saying she was sitting in the passenger's seat of a relative's BMW when a man -- later identified as Tazmire Morris -- jumped in the driver's seat, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The woman got out of the car at Morris' demand as he headed northbound on Adams Street, authorities said. He was spotted nearly two hours later by 4th Prec…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Victim In Fatal Newark Shooting Monday Identified Victim In Fatal Newark Shooting Monday Identified
Victim In Fatal Newark Shooting Monday Identified The Essex County Prosecutor's Office has identified the man shot and killed in Newark as a 49-year-old city resident, the agency said Wednesday.  Hassan Webb was one of five people shot Monday night in the 100 block of South 8th Street. Webb died at the scene.  On Tuesday, another multiple shooting claimed the life if yet another victim. The identity of that victim had not been released as of about 1 p.m. Wednesday.  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 or 1-877-847…

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by Paul Milo
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3 Shot, One Killed, In Second Straight Night Of Deadly Violence In Newark 3 Shot, One Killed, In Second Straight Night Of Deadly Violence In Newark
3 Shot, One Killed, In Second Straight Night Of Deadly Violence In Newark One person is dead and two others injured in a shooting in Newark Tuesday night, police said.  The victims, identified only as males, were shot on Clinton Place. One of the wounded was reportedly in critical condition, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said.  Ambrose referred additional inquiries to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.  The shooting comes on the heels of a pair of shootings Monday night that left one person dead and wounded four others . Those shootings occurred on South 8th Street and were also under investigation by the prosecutor's office. 

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Gunfire Kills One, Wounds Three On Newark Street Gunfire Kills One, Wounds Three On Newark Street
Gunfire Kills One, Wounds Three On Newark Street One person was killed and three others were injured Monday night in a pair of shootings on the same Newark street, authorities said. Gunfire broke out just after 5 p.m. on South 8th Street, off 12th Avenue, a neighborhood of mostly two-family homes. The three hospitalized didn’t have life-threatening wounds, police said. There was no immediate word on a possible motive or whether authorities had anyone in custody. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office was investigating, assisted by Newark police. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco