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Man Who Punched Police Officers Breaking Up Brawl In Newark Captured 2 Days Later: Cops Man Who Punched Police Officers Breaking Up Brawl In Newark Captured 2 Days Later: Cops
Man Who Punched Police Officers Breaking Up Brawl In Newark Captured 2 Days Later: Cops A 31-year-old man has been arrested for punching police officers breaking up a brawl in Newark, authorities said. Khalil Cuttino, of Phillipsburg, had been wanted for aggravated assault on police officers in connection with the Friday, April 12 incident, and was taken into custody on Sunday, April 14, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. Officers responded to the 300 block of Clinton Avenue for a man with a handgun around 5:10 p.m. Friday, where a large crowd had gathered, Frage said. A male in the crowd, later identified as Cuttino, struck two officers with closed fists…
Heroin, Cocaine, Guns Seized In Essex County Sweep: Sheriff Heroin, Cocaine, Guns Seized In Essex County Sweep: Sheriff
Heroin, Cocaine, Guns Seized In Essex County Sweep: Sheriff Five people were arrested after the Essex County Sherriff's Bureau of Narcotics conducted multiple investigations in Newark this month, authorities said. Investigators honed in on Hill Street and Washington Street and South 10th Street and Clinton Avenue, resulting in the seizure of four weapons, 39 grams of heroin, 828 grams of cocaine and over 60 ecstasy pills, Essex County Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura said. Police arrested Jermaine Hartwell, a 49-year-old Edgewater Park resident, Stephen Heien, a Flanders resident, Israel Hughee, a 46-year-old Newark resident, Victor Liggins, a 50-ye…
Christmas Killing Makes Third Homicide In Four Days For Newark: Prosecutors Christmas Killing Makes Third Homicide In Four Days For Newark: Prosecutors
Christmas Killing Makes Third Homicide In Four Days For Newark: Prosecutors A 34-year-old Newark man was fatally shot on Monday, Dec. 25, authorities said. At 1:28 p.m., Newark police responding to a shooting on the 300 block of Clinton Avenue and found Ridge Scott, Jr. suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.  He was taken to University Hospital and pronounced dead soon after, Stephens and Fragé said, On Friday, Dec. 22, a 27-year-old was fatally shot in Newark while a 22-year-old was gunned down the next day. The investigation is active and o…
Fire Rips Through Newark's Historic Kastner Mansion — Again Fire Rips Through Newark's Historic Kastner Mansion — Again
Fire Rips Through Newark's Historic Kastner Mansion — Again Newark's more than 130-year-old Kastner Mansion has suffered yet another devastating blaze. Videos show flames consuming the vacant Victorian home on Clinton Avenue Saturday morning, Oct. 28. Repost from @newarkisnow • @newarknjblog - It is with great sadness that I announce that the Kastner Mansion has... Posted by Newark Illustrated LLC on Saturday, October 28, 2023 Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said Saturday's blaze broke out around 7:15. No injuries were reported and the fire was considered under control at 7:32 a.m.  Around this time in 2018, a squatter staying in th…
Male Body Found In Newark Dumpster: Prosecutors Male Body Found In Newark Dumpster: Prosecutors
Male Body Found In Newark Dumpster: Prosecutors A body of a man was found in a dumpster in Newark on Thursday, Sept. 28, authorities said. At 5:19 p.m., Newark police found the body inside a dumpster on the 600 block of Clinton Avenue, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Stephens and Fragé said. The man remains unidentified, Stephens and Fragé said. An autopsy will determine his cause of death, Stephens and Fragé said.  The investigation is active and ongoing and no arrests have been made. Anyone with inf…
Woman Killed By Garbage Truck While Lying On Ground In Newark Woman Killed By Garbage Truck While Lying On Ground In Newark
Woman Killed By Garbage Truck While Lying On Ground In Newark A 41-year-old woman was fatally struck by a garbage truck while lying on the ground in Newark, authorities said. Vitina Stern was lying on the ground on the 100 block of Clinton Avenue while the trust was emptying a dumpster around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Stern was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:23 a.m. The investigation is active and ongoing. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432. Calls will be k…
Police Shootout: Gunman Hospitalized, Charged In Newark Incident Police Shootout: Gunman Hospitalized, Charged In Newark Incident
Police Shootout: Gunman Hospitalized, Charged In Newark Incident A 30-year-old man was charged with aggravated assault after a police-involved shooting in Newark early Monday morning, June 26, authorities said. Police responded to a report of domestic violence in an apartment building on the 700 block of Clinton Avenue around 4 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.  Police approached Hakeem Murchison, who began firing shots at officers, Stephens and Fragé said. Neither officer was hit and the officers returned fire, striking Murchison, Stephens and Fragé said. The…
Twins Charged With Man's Parking Lot Murder In Newark: Prosecutor Twins Charged With Man's Parking Lot Murder In Newark: Prosecutor
Twins Charged With Man's Parking Lot Murder In Newark: Prosecutor Twin brothers from Newark have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a Jersey City man, authorities said. Dequan and Uquan Meadows, both 24, are accused of killing Boubacar Doukoure, 29, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II. On Jan. 24, police responded at 5:28 p.m. to a report of a shooting on the 100 block of Clinton Avenue in Newark. Doukoure was found unresponsive in a parking lot and pronounced dead at the scene at 6:02 p.m., Stephens said. After an investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force, Dequan a…
NJ Transit Rider Who Spit On, Beat Driver With Umbrella Sought By Police NJ Transit Rider Who Spit On, Beat Driver With Umbrella Sought By Police
NJ Transit Rider Who Spit On, Beat Driver With Umbrella Sought By Police Police are on the hunt for a woman who they say assaulted a New Jersey Transit bus driver in Newark. Surveillance video shows the suspect spitting on and hitting the driver with an umbrella around 1 p.m. Thursday, April 7 at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Clinton Avenue, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The driver told officers that as she stopped the bus so that a woman could board when she saw her running toward the bus, they said. After she got on the bus, the woman apparently started screaming and yelling. The bus driver claims she tried to calm the …
3 Arrests, 1 Day: Newark Police Crack Down On Gun Violence 3 Arrests, 1 Day: Newark Police Crack Down On Gun Violence
3 Arrests, 1 Day: Newark Police Crack Down On Gun Violence Three gunman were arrested in a series of separate incidents across Newark in just one day, authorities announced. Among them, Ewing's Deion Brison, 26; Newark's Daniel Molloy, 48; and Irvington's James Mitchell, 23; were arrested on various charges, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Brison was running through local yards with a loaded handgun after shooting a victim on Lyons Avenue near Bergen Street around 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 16,  O'Hara said. He was taken into custody on Goldsmith Avenue and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, u…
Feds: Newark Ex-Con Wanted On Gun Charge Caught Carrying Another Feds: Newark Ex-Con Wanted On Gun Charge Caught Carrying Another
Feds: Newark Ex-Con Wanted On Gun Charge Caught Carrying Another A Newark police detective who frisked an ex-con suspected of firing and then tossing a gun found him carrying another one, federal authorities said. Kevin Hills, 21, had been seen on surveillance video shooting what turned out to be a 9mm Jiminez semiautomatic pistol after he got out of a sedan on Chadwick Avenue near Clinton Avenue last June, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Officers in the area found the gun after one of them reported hearing the shots, he said. A warranted search of the Lincoln LS that Hills had gotten out of turned up 64 rounds of various ammunition, according t…
Newark Police Helicopter Pilot Helps Recover Stolen Car Newark Police Helicopter Pilot Helps Recover Stolen Car
Newark Police Helicopter Pilot Helps Recover Stolen Car The pilot of a Newark police helicopter was being praised for his efforts in helping to recover a stolen car. The pilot, Officer Angel Gonzalez, told ground units that a silver Honda Accord, stolen on Saturday while left idling, was driving erratically near Clinton Avenue and South 13th Street, Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. Gonzalez was able to track the vehicle to where it parked, and guided officers to make a safe apprehension of the suspect without a police pursuit, O'Hara said. Drivers are reminded to shut their vehicles off and take their keys with them ev…
Missing Newark Boy, 10, Found Safe Missing Newark Boy, 10, Found Safe
Missing Newark Boy, 10, Found Safe UPDATE: A boy reported missing out of Newark has been located. Jahzir Lopez, age 10, had last been seen leaving the 700 block of South 12th Street, walking towards Clinton Avenue at approximately 5:45 p.m. Friday, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said.
Newark Man Charged With Murder In Hotel Death Of Tennessee Woman, 32 Newark Man Charged With Murder In Hotel Death Of Tennessee Woman, 32
Newark Man Charged With Murder In Hotel Death Of Tennessee Woman, 32 A Newark man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a 32-year-old woman at a Newark hotel, authorities said. Nasier McCray, 23, is accused of killing Tennnessee native Jessica Hilton in a hotel on Clinton Avenue, where she had been living, on July 7, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. McCray is charged with murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. He was being housed at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark. The Essex County Prosec…
1 Dead In Newark Hit-Run Crash 1 Dead In Newark Hit-Run Crash
1 Dead In Newark Hit-Run Crash One person died in a hit-and-run crash late Sunday night in Newark, authorities confirmed. The crash occurred on the 300 block of Clinton Avenue around 10:30 p.m. A spokeswoman with the Essex County Prosecutor's Office did not have further details.
18 ATVs Recovered In Newark Crackdown 18 ATVs Recovered In Newark Crackdown
18 ATVs Recovered In Newark Crackdown Eighteen illegal dirt bikes and ATVs were recovered in the first week of a crackdown in Newark, authorities said. The nine dirt bikes were recovered from: One from the 800 block of South 14th Street; two from N. 6th Street and Park Avenue; one from the 500 block of Clinton Avenue; one from Avon Avenue and Treacy Avenue; and three from one vacant apartment and a fourth dirt bike in another vacant apartment at a building in the 100 block of Roseville Avenue. Nine ATVs were recovered from: One from Astor Street and Brunswick Street; one from the 600 block of Irvine Turner Boulevard; two from M…
Man, 43, Shot Dead In Newark Park Man, 43, Shot Dead In Newark Park
Man, 43, Shot Dead In Newark Park A 43-year-old man was shot and killed in a Newark park over the weekend, authorities said. Maurice Hudson was was shot at a park on the 500 block of Clinton Avenue in Newark Saturday and rushed to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:08 p.m. Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. The incident does not appear to be random.  No arrests had been made as of Monday. The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/M…
Prosecutor: Union County Man On The Run After Shooting Girlfriend Dead Prosecutor: Union County Man On The Run After Shooting Girlfriend Dead
Prosecutor: Union County Man On The Run After Shooting Girlfriend Dead Police are seeking a 20-year-old Union Township man charged with shooting his girlfriend dead at his house over the weekend, authorities said. Jamar I. Webber is facing charges of first-degree murder and two related weapons offenses in connection with the death of 19-year-old Malikah Taylor of Newark, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said Monday. Police officers found Malikah Taylor on the 2100 block of Melrose Parkway with serious injuries early Sunday morning, Ruotolo said. Taylor, of Newark, was rushed to University Hospital in Newark, where she was pronounced dead shor…
NJ Mom Charged After Foster Son, 12, Found Tethered To Fan By Chains, Padlocks NJ Mom Charged After Foster Son, 12, Found Tethered To Fan By Chains, Padlocks
NJ Mom Charged After Foster Son, 12, Found Tethered To Fan By Chains, Padlocks A New Jersey mom has been charged after police say her 12-year-old foster son was found tethered to a fan by chains and padlocks. Wanser E. Brown, 66, of Newark is accused of confining the boy to a bedroom and tethering him to a fan by chains and padlocks, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The boy was discovered during a welfare check of Brown’s Newark home on the 500 block of Clinton Avenue around 10:10 a.m. Wednesday, Ambrose said. Brown was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The boy — a foster child in Brown’s care — was taken to Univers…
Police: Newark Man Found At Bayonne Hotel With Abducted Woman, Loaded Firearm, Cocaine Police: Newark Man Found At Bayonne Hotel With Abducted Woman, Loaded Firearm, Cocaine
Police: Newark Man Found At Bayonne Hotel With Abducted Woman, Loaded Firearm, Cocaine A Newark man who abducted a woman from a Bayonne 7-Eleven was found at a nearby hotel Friday morning with the victim, crack cocaine and a loaded firearm, authorities said. Newark police and members of the Community Focus Team responding to the Rivera Hotel on Clinton Avenue found Dominick Carpio, 30, inside a hotel room with the missing woman, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said.  A loaded firearm, approximately 7 grams of crack cocaine, 27 empty glass vials and a scale were recovered from Carpio by police, Ambrose said. Carpio -- who knew the victim -- was…
Newark Man, 32, Shot Dead In Broad Daylight Newark Man, 32, Shot Dead In Broad Daylight
Newark Man, 32, Shot Dead In Broad Daylight A 32-year-old Newark man was shot and killed in broad daylight Friday, Oct. 30. Joshua L. Ward was shot on the 700 block of Clinton Avenue around 3:10 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. He was transported to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead approximately 20 minutes later. No arrests had been made as of Saturday morning police said. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force tips line at 1-877 TIPS- 4EC or 1-877-8…
Woman Found Dead In Newark South Ward Park Woman Found Dead In Newark South Ward Park
Woman Found Dead In Newark South Ward Park A woman was found dead in a park in Newark's South Ward Monday morning, officials said. Her body was found at Clinton and Jeliff avenues, Newark spokeswoman Catherine Adams said. Responders said she was found dead in a park at the intersection around 6 a.m. The incident was not considered suspicious in nature. No further information was available.
21-Year-Old Man Killed, Woman Injured In Newark Shooting 21-Year-Old Man Killed, Woman Injured In Newark Shooting
21-Year-Old Man Killed, Woman Injured In Newark Shooting A 21-year-old Newark man was killed and a female was injured in a shooting Monday evening, authorities said. Detrick Mitchell was shot on the 100 block of Clinton Avenue just after 6:50 p.m., the Essex County Prosecutor's Office and Newark police said. Mitchell was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead just after 7:30 p.m., authorities said. The unidentified female who was also shot was hospitalized in stable condition. The investigation is active and ongoing. No arrests have been made.   Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Off…
Off-Duty Corrections Officer Arrested In Newark Stabbing That Left Victim Critical Off-Duty Corrections Officer Arrested In Newark Stabbing That Left Victim Critical
Off-Duty Corrections Officer Arrested In Newark Stabbing That Left Victim Critical A 34-year-old state corrections officer was arrested in connection with stabbing that left another woman in critical condition, authorities said. Miesha Robinson was off-duty from her job at the Northern State Prison when police responded to Leslie Street near Chancellor Avenue around 1:30 p.m. last Saturday, on reports of a stabbing, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Robinson threatened the victim's life and stabbed her during an argument, Ambrose said. The victim remains in critical condition at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, authorities said. Robinson was …
Group Paying Legal Fees Of Newark Police Officer Charged In Deadly Shooting Group Paying Legal Fees Of Newark Police Officer Charged In Deadly Shooting
Group Paying Legal Fees Of Newark Police Officer Charged In Deadly Shooting A Virginia-based law enforcement organization said Monday it will pay the legal expenses for Jovanny Crespo, a Newark police officer facing life in prison for shooting and killing a fleeing criminal suspect early this year.  The Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund of Arlington, Virginia, describes its "core mission" as "raising funds to defend the actions of wrongly accused" police officers "acting within the scope of their responsibilities and training."  Crespo was indicted last month on charges of manslaughter, assault and other offenses for his actions during a high-speed pursu…