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Friend-Turned-Foe Stabs 27-Year-Old Woman In North Jersey Liquor Store: Police Friend-Turned-Foe Stabs 27-Year-Old Woman In North Jersey Liquor Store: Police
Friend-Turned-Foe Stabs 27-Year-Old Woman In North Jersey Liquor Store: Police A 23-year-old woman stabbed her 27-year-old friend-turned-foe multiple times inside of a North Jersey liquor store Friday, Oct. 28, the victim's dad told police. The victim was at Mayfair Liquors on North Broad Street in Hillside when she began arguing with Daja Harris, who was there with two other females and two other males waiting outside around 9 p.m., Hillside police said. During the altercation, Harris used a knife to stab the victim in the chest and back, police said. The victim was able to eventually wrestle the knife from Harris' hand and leave the store.  The victim was take…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
3 Gunmen In Hillside Bar Fight Charged, Only 1 In Custody 3 Gunmen In Hillside Bar Fight Charged, Only 1 In Custody
3 Gunmen In Hillside Bar Fight Charged, Only 1 In Custody Two of three gunman have been charged in a gunfight that erupted at a Union County bar earlier this week, authorities announced. Kaseem M. Sutton, 44, of Springfield, remains hospitalized while Quentin D. Williams, 49, of Hillside, was being sought by police in connection with the incident at Tanky's Bar & Grill on Wednesday, April 21, Police Chief Vincent Ricciardi said. Sutton and Williams are facing charges of aggravated assault and weapons offenses, Ricciardi said. Police were also working to identify a third gunman. Gunfire broke out at the bar around 1:30…

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by Cecilia Levine & Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Gunfight Erupts At Union County Bar Gunfight Erupts At Union County Bar
Gunfight Erupts At Union County Bar One man was in critical condition following a gunfight that erupted outside a Union County bar, authorities said. Officers responding to a report of a shooting at Tanky's Bar & Grill on Long Avenue in Hillside learned that three men were involved in a gunfight outside the bar shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, Hillside Police Chief Vincent Ricciardi said. One of the victims, 44-year-old Kaseem Sutton, was shot in the torso and subsequently drove himself to University Hospital in Newark for treatment with a second shooter in the passenger seat, Ricciardi said. Sutton, of S…

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by Valerie Musson
News
NJ Man Dies Trying To Light Fire Pit, Police Say NJ Man Dies Trying To Light Fire Pit, Police Say
NJ Man Dies Trying To Light Fire Pit, Police Say A 56-year-old Union County man died while trying to light a fire pit but instead sparked an explosion that may have killed him, local police said. Officers arriving at the home on Warwick Road in Hillside found the man with burns covering nearly 75 percent of his body just before 4 p.m. Monday, Hillside Police Det. Natalie Ogonowski said. The man likely added an unknown accelerant to light the fire pit, causing an explosion, Ogonowki said.

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by Cecilia Levine