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Man Killed In Newark Had Been Wanted For Harassing Dunkin' Donuts Drive-Thru Worker Man Killed In Newark Had Been Wanted For Harassing Dunkin' Donuts Drive-Thru Worker
Man Killed In Newark Had Been Wanted For Harassing Dunkin' Donuts Drive-Thru Worker A 34-year-old Newark man wanted earlier this summer for throwing objects at a Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru worker was shot and killed early Tuesday, Aug. 2, authorities said. Davion Sumler was found suffering gunshot wounds on the 300 block of South 20th Street around 2:05 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Newark police last month issued a warrant for Sumler's arrest after he reportedly drove up to the entrance of a South Orange Avenue Dunkin' Donuts and shattered the front window with a wooden object on June 22.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Heroin, 19 Illegal Firearms Seized Last Week In Newark Heroin, 19 Illegal Firearms Seized Last Week In Newark
Heroin, 19 Illegal Firearms Seized Last Week In Newark Police recovered 19 illegal firearms, loaded magazines, heroin and more from more than a dozen individuals in Newark in the last week, they said. The recoveries — from June 28 to July 7 — mark a 30 percent increase over the same period last year, Interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave said. Malave reports the following arrests and gun/drug seizures: Thursday, July 7: Wyheed Heath, 27, and Kevin Artis, 27, both of Newark, arrested after police observed Heath with a handgun in the 600 block of South 20th Street. Heath was found in possession of a handgun, 50 glassine envel…

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOW THEM? Police Seek Suspects Who Stole BMW Left Running In Newark KNOW THEM? Police Seek Suspects Who Stole BMW Left Running In Newark
Know Them? Police Seek Suspects Who Stole BMW Left Running In Newark Police are seeking the public’s help identifying two suspects they say stole a BMW that was left running in Newark last week. The owner of a 2017 white BMW X6 reported that it had been stolen after it was left running in the 700 block of Springfield Ave. around 4:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The BMW was then seen near Springfield Ave. and South 20th Street and once again at the Lukoil Gas Station at 335 McCarter Highway, where a white or Hispanic man with long hair was driving with a second suspect who exited the rear passenger si…

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by Valerie Musson