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Authorities ID Cabbie, Fare Killed In Elizabeth Police Chase Crash Authorities ID Cabbie, Fare Killed In Elizabeth Police Chase Crash
Authorities ID Cabbie, Fare Killed In Elizabeth Police Chase Crash Authorities officially identified a cab driver and passenger who were both killed when a sedan driven by a suspect fleeing police crashed head-on into the taxi at an Elizabeth intersection. Juan Carlos Albear, 54, who was behind the wheel, and Ysabell Gonzalez, 63, were killed in the violent collision at Grand Street and Routes 1&9 shortly before 6 a.m. last Dec 10. Elizabeth police had responded to a report of gunfire minutes earlier in the area of Fourth Avenue and Center Street, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Officer Michael White ended up following a Hyundai …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police ID Union County Murder Victim, 44 Police ID Union County Murder Victim, 44
Police ID Union County Murder Victim, 44 A 44-year-old Roselle man was shot and killed in broad daylight over the weekend in Rahway, authorities said. Jack Harris was found suffering gunshot wounds on the 1400 block of Witherspoon Avenue around 12:40 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. He was pronounced dead at the scene. This is an ongoing investigation and anyone with information regarding this incident should contact Union County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force Detective Patrick Bradley at 908-418-2187 Or Rahway Police Department Detective Sidra Colvin at 732-827-2200. Tip…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fugitive, Buddy Bound Elderly Victim In Gunpoint Elizabeth Home Invasion: Prosecutor Fugitive, Buddy Bound Elderly Victim In Gunpoint Elizabeth Home Invasion: Prosecutor
Fugitive, Buddy Bound Elderly Victim In Gunpoint Elizabeth Home Invasion: Prosecutor One man was in custody and another at large in connection with an Elizabeth home invasion in which they bound the elderly resident and held her at gunpoint last month, authorities said Friday, April 1. The elderly victim had been restrained by Herby Desir, 34, of Rahway, and Emmanuel Rivera, 33, of Carteret, in the home on Summit and Colonia roads, but had been freed by a neighbor who found her and cut her loose, Daniel said alongside Elizabeth Police Director Earl J. Graves. The pair held the victim at gunpoint during the robbery, from which Desir and Rivera fled and made off with the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Mom Held Captive, Sexually Assaulted With 3 Kids In Terrifying Home Invasion: Prosecutor NJ Mom Held Captive, Sexually Assaulted With 3 Kids In Terrifying Home Invasion: Prosecutor
NJ Mom Held Captive, Sexually Assaulted With 3 Kids In Terrifying Home Invasion: Prosecutor A 33-year-old Newark man was arrested for breaking into a Plainfield home and sexually assaulting a mom in front of her three kids at knife-point then robbing her, authorities said. Jafa McAllister was among three robbers who forced their way into the victim's home on the  300 block of Liberty Street in Plainfield, and woke her up in the early-morning hours of Nov. 28, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Acting Plainfield Police Director Captain David Guarino said. The men were armed and demanding money, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Tina Fay, who is pro…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Plainfield Man Charged With Murder Attempt In Double-Shooting, Reward Offered In Fatal Incident Plainfield Man Charged With Murder Attempt In Double-Shooting, Reward Offered In Fatal Incident
Plainfield Man Charged With Murder Attempt In Double-Shooting, Reward Offered In Fatal Incident A Plainfield man who shot and seriously injured two victims in late August has been charged with attempted murder as authorities still search for leads in a fatal shooting that occurred earlier the same night. Pernell O. White, 33, shot two men ages 26 and 37 near New and West 4th Streets shortly after 9 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess jointly announced Friday. The victims were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for emergency treatment. White was charged with two counts of …

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by Valerie Musson
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KNOW ANYTHING? $10K Reward Offered In Plainfield Shootings That Killed 1, Hurt 2 KNOW ANYTHING? $10K Reward Offered In Plainfield Shootings That Killed 1, Hurt 2
Know Anything? $10K Reward Offered In Plainfield Shootings That Killed 1, Hurt 2 A $10,000 reward was being offered in a series of Plainfield shootings killed one person and injured two others Monday evening, authorities said. Plainfield police responding to the 200 block of Pond Place found a 23-year-old man with serious injuries around 9 p.m., Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess jointly announced. The man was subsequently pronounced dead. Several minutes later, officers responded to New and West 4th streets, where a 26-year-old and a 37-year-old man had also been shot, Ruotolo and Burgess said. The pair we…

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by Cecilia Levine
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21 Years After Elizabeth Toddler Vanishes Authorities Refuse To Give Up Hope 21 Years After Elizabeth Toddler Vanishes Authorities Refuse To Give Up Hope
21 Years After Elizabeth Toddler Vanishes Authorities Refuse To Give Up Hope Twenty-one years after Kevin Sabir Barthrop disappeared from his Elizabeth neighborhood authorities refuse to give up hope. Barthrop disappeared when playing near his home on the 100 block of Chilton Street in Elizabeth on Saturday, June 12, 1999, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said in a release. Investigators believe the individuals with information on Barthrop’s whereabouts live in Essex County, Union County and North Carolina. “The UCPO Missing Persons Initiative was launched earlier this year in an effort to reunite Union County’s missing persons with their loved one…

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by Valerie Musson
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Victim Shot Dead In Linden, $10K Reward Offered Victim Shot Dead In Linden, $10K Reward Offered
Victim Shot Dead In Linden, $10K Reward Offered A victim shot in the head and chest Tuesday morning in Linden was pronounced dead at the scene, responders said. A $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment was being offered by the Union County Crime Stoppers. Authorities didn't say whether anyone was in custody or whether they'd identified a suspect immediately following the 9:30 a.m. shooting near the corner of West Baltimore Avenue and East Curtis Street. The Union County Prosecutor's Homicide Task Force was investigating, assisted by Linden police. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by DAILY VOICE
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KNOW ANYTHING? $10K Reward Offered In Fatal Plainfield Nightclub Stabbing KNOW ANYTHING? $10K Reward Offered In Fatal Plainfield Nightclub Stabbing
Know Anything? $10K Reward Offered In Fatal Plainfield Nightclub Stabbing A reward of up to $10,000 was being offered for information leading to an arrest and indicment in a stabbing at Plainfield nightclub that killed one man and injured two others, authorities said. Four men were injured in the incident outside of Chez Maree nightclub on Watchung Avenue around 2 a.m. Sunday, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said. All four victims were taken to a local hospital, where one was subsequently pronounced dead, Ruotolo said. Tips for the Union County Crime Stoppers can be given anonymously by phone at 908-654-TIPS (8477) or online at www.uctip.org…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Elizabeth Teen Shot And Killed Over The Weekend Elizabeth Teen Shot And Killed Over The Weekend
Elizabeth Teen Shot And Killed Over The Weekend A 19-year-old Elizabeth man was fatally shot in the city Sunday, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said.  Police responded to a gas station parking lot in the 300 block of Morris Avenue around 10:45 p.m., where they found Haneef Brockington, who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.   The joint investigation was ongoing Monday, and as being led by the Union County Homicide Task Force. The Elizabeth Police Department, the Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit, and the Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit are…

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by Paul Milo