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Hollow-Point Bullets, Handgun Seized From Six In Linden Traffic Stop: Police Hollow-Point Bullets, Handgun Seized From Six In Linden Traffic Stop: Police
Hollow-Point Bullets, Handgun Seized From Six In Linden Traffic Stop: Police A traffic stop led charges for six, as well as the seizure of multiple handguns and hollow-point bullets in Linden, authorities said. Officers stopped a vehicle on the 1000 block of Summit Terrace and saw a handgun “laying on the floorboard” around 11:10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, a release said. A second handgun was also found. Meanwhile, one of the teen occupants ran from the scene through a nearby park and several backyards before he was arrested on Academy Terrace with help from the Union County Sheriff’s K-9 unit, police said. The five other occupants were arrested at the scene. M…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
After-School Shooting Wounds Teen's Dad In Linden: Police After-School Shooting Wounds Teen's Dad In Linden: Police
After-School Shooting Wounds Teen's Dad In Linden: Police The father of a boy being shot at by another teen hoping to settle an ongoing dispute in an after-school meetup ended up in the hospital — and the 15-year-old shooter in police custody, Linden police said. The 15-year-old boy and another teen agreed to meet after school Wednesday, Jan. 25 following an ongoing dispute, Linden Police Capt. Christopher Guenther said.  That's when one of the boys pulled out a handgun around 3:35 p.m. on the 900 block of Seymour Avenue, and fired several rounds at the other, police said. Two of the rounds struck the other boy's father, a 36-year old Linden…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hour Of Crime: Guns Seized, Stolen Cars Recovered In Linden Spree, Police Say Hour Of Crime: Guns Seized, Stolen Cars Recovered In Linden Spree, Police Say
Hour Of Crime: Guns Seized, Stolen Cars Recovered In Linden Spree, Police Say Linden police endured an hour of mayhem in late November resulting in the arrests of several teens for separate incidents of stolen vehicles and armed robberies, they said. The crime spree started a little after 8 p.m. on Nov. 29, when officers found an occupied stolen car parked on E. Elizabeth Ave near Zeigler Avenue, Police Chief David Hart said. As the officers approached the vehicle the driver, a 17-year-old male from Linden suddenly reversed and hit one of them with the door, before fleeing the scene. A second suspect, a 15-year-old male from Newark, was arrested at the scene. P…

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by Joe Gomez
News
Authorities: Passaic County Boy, 17, Held After Abducting, Raping, Beating Girl, 16 Authorities: Passaic County Boy, 17, Held After Abducting, Raping, Beating Girl, 16
Authorities: Passaic County Boy, 17, Held After Abducting, Raping, Beating Girl, 16 A 17-year-old Passaic County boy held a 16-year-old girl against her will while raping and assaulting her, authorities said. Detectives from Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes’s Special Victims Unit interviewed the girl, among others, hours after the attack occurred at a Pompton Lakes home last Thursday, they said. The boy was taken into custody the next day and has remained held in the Essex County Juvenile Detention Facility in Newark since then. A delinquency complaint charges him with kidnapping, five counts of aggravated sexual assault, three counts of child endangerment and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Flanders Teen In Custody After Attacking Teacher In West Caldwell Flanders Teen In Custody After Attacking Teacher In West Caldwell
Flanders Teen In Custody After Attacking Teacher In West Caldwell A Flanders teen was taken into custody after attacking a teacher and injuring two other staff members at a West Caldwell school, authorities said. The 13-year-old girl attacked the Essex Valley School teacher at 11:04 a.m. on Wednesday, West Caldwell police said. The two staff members sustained minor injuries while intervening, while the teacher initially assaulted was transported to Mountainside Hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries, police said. The Essex Valley School's website says it's a "comprehensive therapeutic alternative school that offers second chances to students…

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by Cecilia Levine