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Fingerprints Lead To Charges Against Adult, Juveniles In PalPark Vehicle Theft Fingerprints Lead To Charges Against Adult, Juveniles In PalPark Vehicle Theft
Fingerprints Lead To Charges Against Adult, Juveniles In PalPark Vehicle Theft A Newark man was charged with stealing a Mercedes Benz from a Palisades Park driveway thanks to a fingerprint match, authorities said. Raymond Branch, 19, and two juveniles were involved in the July 24 theft, Detective Sgt. Alex Monteleone said. The owner told police his GPS tracked the Mercedes to Newark, where city police found the vehicle and had it processed for fingerprints, Monteleone said. The prints matched Branch's as well as those of the two juveniles, all of whom have criminal histories, the sergeant said. South Orange police notified their Palisades Park colleagues after they …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Seton Hall University Student Killed In Parking Garage Plunge Seton Hall University Student Killed In Parking Garage Plunge
Seton Hall University Student Killed In Parking Garage Plunge A Seton Hall University student either fell or jumped to his death early Tuesday afternoon from the roof of a five-story parking deck on the school’s South Orange campus, responders said. The student broke both legs and sustained severe head and facial trauma and a collapsed lung in the 12:15 p.m. incident said responders who tried in vain to resuscitate him through CPR. He was pronounced dead a short time later at University Hospital in Newark. Foul play was not suspected, South Orange Police Chief Kyle Kroll said.

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by Jerry DeMarco