Find Your Daily Voice
Somerset
Your Local News for Somerset County, New Jersey
Wednesday, jun 26
92°
Follow
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Legal
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Somerset
Follow
Find Your Daily Voice
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Legal
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2024 Cantata Media
92°
Wednesday, jun 26
Tag:
Springfield Avenue, Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Bank Robber With Hot Pink Exploding Dye Convicted (
Video
)
A 29-year-old Newark man faces up to 10 years in state prison after he was recently convicted of robbing a Capitol One bank in Newark in 2021, authorities said. On July 3, 2021, Esau Grant walked into the Springfield Avenue bank and passed a note to a teller that read: I have a gun, give me all the money from the register please and no one will get hurt," Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Grant made off with $2,300 and was captured with hot pink exploding dye on surveillance camera. He was captured two days later. Grant was convicted of second degree r…
Police & Fire
Hit-Run Driver In Buddy's BMW Hurts Teen Girl Before Abandoning Car On NJ Turnpike: Police
A 51-year-old Newark man who struck a teenage girl in his friend's BMW abandoned the car on the NJ Turnpike before surrendering to police, authorities said. The 15-year-old girl was crossing Bergen Street at Springfield Avenue when she was struck by Jimmy Jones around 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. Jones fled westbound in his buddy's silver, 2001 BMW X5, and the teenager was transported to University Hospital for treatment, Frage said. The girl was reportedly in stable condition. Detectives investigating saw the vehicle on the city’s su…
Police & Fire
Ex-Newark Mayor Was 'Confused Not Drunk' In Crash That Hospitalized 3: Police (
Video
)
Video footage has been released of a crash showing former Newark Mayor Sharpe James driving into the wrong lane of traffic and then speeding backward, hitting a pedestrian, another driver, and a bus stop somewhere along the way, authorities said. James, 83, was confused but had not been drinking at the time of the near 16th Avenue and Camden Street around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. A pedestrian flagged down police to report the accident at Springfield Avenue and Bergen Street. The responding officer saw a silver 2009 C…
Police & Fire
Woman Wanted In NJ Parking Lot Murder Captured In PA, Authorities Say
A 39-year-old woman has been charged with killing a 34-year-old man whose body was found in a Newark parking lot late last month, authorities said. Stephanie Martinez was captured on video and identified as a suspect in the 8:58 a.m. killing of Raul Rios on Sept. 28, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Rios' body was found in a parking lot on the 400 block of Springfield Avenue in Newark. He was pronounced dead approximately 30 minutes later, authorities said. Martinez was arrested in Pennsylvania by Pennsylv…
Police & Fire
NJ Bank Robber Busted With Hot Pink Exploding Dye Pack Arrested, Police Say
The man who had a hot pink dye pack explode on him moments after robbing a Newark bank was arrested Monday, authorities said. City resident Esau Grant walked into the Springfield Avenue Capital One Bank Saturday morning and slipped the teller a note saying, "I have a gun give me all the money from the register please, and no one will get hurt," Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The teller gave the Grant money -- along with a dye pack. Grant left the bank, walking east on Springfield Avenue, but when he walked beyond the bank property, the dye pack exploded.…
Police & Fire
Newark High School Students Injured In Hit-Run Bus Crash
Five students and two adults were injured in a hit-and-run school bus crash Saturday afternoon in Newark. The bus from was carrying 13 people including West Side High School students when it was struck at Springfield Avenue and South 11th Street by a black Audi SUV, a Newark police spokeswoman said. The Audi driver fled the scene and seven people reported pain, authorities said. Further details were not released.The incident remains under investigation.
Police & Fire
Seen
HER? Newark Woman With Distinguishing Lip Piercings Snatched Cash From Gas Station
Authorities are seeking the public's help locating a woman charged with snatching cash from a Newark gas station. A warrant has been issued for Daniquah Davis, 28, who took money from the cash registered from the BP station on Springfield Avenue before fleeing in a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis Saturday evening, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Davis is five feet and five inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. She has a medium brown complexion, black hair and brown eyes. She also has piercings on the corners of her bottom lip, police say. Director Ambrose urges anyone w…
Police & Fire
'Get On The Floor!' Police Body Cam Shows Newark Officers Stop Potential Gas Station Shooting
Newly-released body cam footage shows the moment three Newark police officers halted a potential gas station shooting New Year's Eve. The officers pulled into the Springfield Avenue gas station to find two men engaged in a heated verbal argument at 8:55 p.m., authorities said. A man later identified as Newark's Laquan Walker pulled his gun -- prompting the officers to do the same and order him to the ground, police said. The 36-year-old felon was arrested and charged with unlawful weapon possession and certain persons prohibited from weapon possession. Footage courtesy of Newark NJ D…
92°
