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KNOW THEM? Police Seek Men Who Spit On NJ Transit Bus Driver For Refusing Used Ticket KNOW THEM? Police Seek Men Who Spit On NJ Transit Bus Driver For Refusing Used Ticket
Know Them? Police Seek Men Who Spit On NJ Transit Bus Driver For Refusing Used Ticket Authorities are seeking two men wanted for assaulting an NJ Transit bus driver who wouldn't accept a used bus ticket. The bus was stopped at Lenox Street and Sanford Avenue in Newark, where the driver told police that a man got on the bus and handed him a ticket that had already been used around 7:15 p.m. July 21, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Both suspects spit on the driver because he refused to drive, and the second threw a bottle at his head, causing a gash, authorities said. After leaving the bus, the second suspect damaged the windshield wipers. Suspect No…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-Con Who Cut Female Postal Carrier During Carjacking Gets 82 Months In Federal Prison Ex-Con Who Cut Female Postal Carrier During Carjacking Gets 82 Months In Federal Prison
Ex-Con Who Cut Female Postal Carrier During Carjacking Gets 82 Months In Federal Prison UPDATE: An ex-con who attacked a postal carrier with a box cutter while carjacking her SUV is headed to federal prison for more than 6½ years. Wallace Johnson, 32, of Newark, must spend just about all of the 82 months because there's no parole in the federal prison system.  The U.S. Postal Service carrier was taking a break behind the wheel of her Dodge Durango on June 6, 2020 when Johnson walked up and held the knife to her throat, cutting her skin, in the 80s block of Cedar Avenue, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Johnson “demanded that the postal employee get out of the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ex-Con Admits Cutting Female Postal Carrier During Carjacking That Led To Newark Chase, Crash Ex-Con Admits Cutting Female Postal Carrier During Carjacking That Led To Newark Chase, Crash
Ex-Con Admits Cutting Female Postal Carrier During Carjacking That Led To Newark Chase, Crash An ex-con told a federal judge in Newark on Wednesday that he assaulted a postal carrier with a box cutter while carjacking her SUV. The U.S. Postal Service carrier was taking a break behind the wheel of Dodge Durango on June 6 when Wallace Johnson, 32, of Newark, walked up and held the knife to her throat, cutting her skin, in the 80s block of Cedar Avenue, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Johnson “demanded that the postal employee get out of the car and leave everything inside,” Honig said. “After the postal employee got out of the car, Johnson got [in] and drove away.” City p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Juvenile Detention Officer Killed In Newark Shooting Juvenile Detention Officer Killed In Newark Shooting
Juvenile Detention Officer Killed In Newark Shooting A 32-year-old juvenile detention officer from East Orange was killed in a Newark shooting, authorities said. ** UPDATE: A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to arrests in the killing of Laquan T. Nowlin. ** Nowlin, who worked at the Essex County Youth Detention Center, was shot near Sanford and Lanark Avenue around Friday evening, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. Nowlin was pronounced dead at the scene ,at 11:50 p.m. Authorities do not suspect Nowlin's killing is related to his job. The investigation is active and ongoing. No arrests have b…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Transit Driver Arrested In Pedestrian Hit-Run Death While Boarding Plane At Newark Airport NJ Transit Driver Arrested In Pedestrian Hit-Run Death While Boarding Plane At Newark Airport
NJ Transit Driver Arrested In Pedestrian Hit-Run Death While Boarding Plane At Newark Airport An NJ Transit bus driver from Bloomfield was arrested Tuesday while trying to board a plane at Newark Airport in connection with the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian late last year, authorities said. Fayola Howard, 34, dragged 55-year-old Kevin Thomas on Sanford Avenue approaching Mt. Vernon Place in Newark on Dec. 29, 2019, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Thomas died of his injuries on Jan. 6. Howard is facing charges of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident with an injured person. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact the Essex …

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by Cecilia Levine