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Arrest Made In Deadly Plainfield Shooting Arrest Made In Deadly Plainfield Shooting
Arrest Made In Deadly Plainfield Shooting A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 50-year-old man on Friday, March 11 in Union County, authorities said. Haneef Welch was charged with first-degree murder and related weapons offenses for gunning down Eric C. Williams in Plainfield, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel said. Williams was found with injuries near the intersection of  Johnston Ave and Front Street around 4 p.m., Daniel said alongside Plainfield Police Director James T. Abney. He was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene, according to Union County Assistant …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Arrest Made In Stabbing Death Of 21-Year-Old Elizabeth Man Arrest Made In Stabbing Death Of 21-Year-Old Elizabeth Man
Arrest Made In Stabbing Death Of 21-Year-Old Elizabeth Man An arrest has been made in last Sunday's stabbing death of Yonatan Alexander Vasquez-Torres. Alexis Mondesi, 48, is accused of stabbing Vaxquez-Torres dead on the 300 block of Center Street just before 3 a.m. on Oct. 10, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca said. He was subsequently pronounced dead, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Cleaver, who is prosecuting the case. Mondesi was arrested at his home in connection with the incident on Friday, and charged with first-degree m…

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by Cecilia Levine
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King Of Prussia Woman, 24, Dead, Another Injured In Central Jersey Shooting King Of Prussia Woman, 24, Dead, Another Injured In Central Jersey Shooting
King Of Prussia Woman, 24, Dead, Another Injured In Central Jersey Shooting A King of Prussia woman died and another was injured in a Central Jersey shooting last week, authorities said. Officers found 24-year-old Jennifer Vorn and a second shooting victim near the intersection of Rock Avenue and West Front Street in Plainfield (Union County) on Friday afternoon, according to acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Department Officer-in-Charge David M. Guarino. Vorn was pronounced dead at the scene, while the second victim, a man, was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for emergency medic…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Pair Facing Murder Charges In Elizabeth Homicide Pair Facing Murder Charges In Elizabeth Homicide
Pair Facing Murder Charges In Elizabeth Homicide Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with a fatal Elizabeth shooting last spring, authorities announced. Leonard Ellison, 36, and Shawn Gilford, 41, were both charged with first-degree murder and three related weapons offenses for the killing of 42-year-old Robert Owens, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Department Chief Giacomo Sacca and Director Earl Graves said. Elizabeth police responded to 3rd and Livingston streets where they found Owens with a gunshot wound, said Union County Assistant Prosecutor Julie Peterman, who is prosecuting the case.&…

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by Cecilia Levine