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Newark Man Convicted In Fatal Stabbing Newark Man Convicted In Fatal Stabbing
Newark Man Convicted In Fatal Stabbing A 57-year-old Newark man was convicted of aggravated manslaughter for fatally stabbing another man in July 2020. Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens announced the jury's conviction of Lance Boone on Friday, March 31. Boone was panhandling on Market Street and McCarter Highway when he got into an altercation with Rashon Williams, a 43-year-old Newark resident, who was also panhandling in the area, Stephens said. Boone then used a kitchen knife to fatally stab Williams in the heart, Stephens said.  Boone faces up to 30 years in New Jersey State Prison when he is sentenced in June.

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by Sam Barron
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Homeless Man Charged With Murder In Newark Penn Station Stabbing Homeless Man Charged With Murder In Newark Penn Station Stabbing
Homeless Man Charged With Murder In Newark Penn Station Stabbing A homeless man was charged with murder in the stabbing death of a 43-year-old man outside of Newark Penn Station, authorities charged. Rashon Williams and Lance Boone, 55, got into an argument at McCarter highway and Market Street around noon Monday when Boone stabbed Williams, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:10 p.m. via telemetry by a doctor at University Hospital, Stephens and Ambrose said. Boone, who is homeless, is being held at the Essex County …

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by Cecilia Levine