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Teenage Boy Killed In Newark Double Shooting: Prosecutors Teenage Boy Killed In Newark Double Shooting: Prosecutors
Teenage Boy Killed In Newark Double Shooting: Prosecutors A 17-year-old boy was killed and a man was injured in a shooting in Newark on Thursday, August 17, authorities said. At 6:30 p.m., Newark police responded to a report of a car crash and a shooting on the 600 block of South 20th Street in Newark, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Officers found two people suffering from gunshot wounds, Stephens and Fragé said. The 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene and the man was transported to University Hospital and treated for his injuries, Stephens and Fragé said Th…

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by Sam Barron
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Newark Man Faces Murder Charge In Victim's 2022 Death Newark Man Faces Murder Charge In Victim's 2022 Death
Newark Man Faces Murder Charge In Victim's 2022 Death A 23-year-old Newark man has been charged in the shooting death of a 34-year-old man last August, authorities said. Leandry Juan is believe to have shot and killed Davion Sumler on the 300 block of South 20th Street on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022 around 1:40 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Leandry was arrested and charged on March 16 with first degree murder. He was also charged with first degree conspiracy to commit murder; second degree unlawful possession of a weapon; second degree possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose; second degree ars…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Five Nabbed For Shootings, Weapons Offenses In Newark Five Nabbed For Shootings, Weapons Offenses In Newark
Five Nabbed For Shootings, Weapons Offenses In Newark A teen and four men were arrested for separate shootings and weapons offenses in Newark, authorities announced. A 16-year-old from East Orange was charged with weapon possession after a female victim walked into University Hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound on Jan. 2, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. The victim is reportedly in stable condition. Ahmed Rauf-Nomaw, 45, of Middle Grove, NY, was arrested on New Year's Day and is facing weapons charges after two male victims said he pointed a gun at one of them on the 900 block of South 16th Street, Frage s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Killed In Newark Had Been Wanted For Harassing Dunkin' Donuts Drive-Thru Worker Man Killed In Newark Had Been Wanted For Harassing Dunkin' Donuts Drive-Thru Worker
Man Killed In Newark Had Been Wanted For Harassing Dunkin' Donuts Drive-Thru Worker A 34-year-old Newark man wanted earlier this summer for throwing objects at a Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru worker was shot and killed early Tuesday, Aug. 2, authorities said. Davion Sumler was found suffering gunshot wounds on the 300 block of South 20th Street around 2:05 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Newark police last month issued a warrant for Sumler's arrest after he reportedly drove up to the entrance of a South Orange Avenue Dunkin' Donuts and shattered the front window with a wooden object on June 22.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Heroin, 19 Illegal Firearms Seized Last Week In Newark Heroin, 19 Illegal Firearms Seized Last Week In Newark
Heroin, 19 Illegal Firearms Seized Last Week In Newark Police recovered 19 illegal firearms, loaded magazines, heroin and more from more than a dozen individuals in Newark in the last week, they said. The recoveries — from June 28 to July 7 — mark a 30 percent increase over the same period last year, Interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave said. Malave reports the following arrests and gun/drug seizures: Thursday, July 7: Wyheed Heath, 27, and Kevin Artis, 27, both of Newark, arrested after police observed Heath with a handgun in the 600 block of South 20th Street. Heath was found in possession of a handgun, 50 glassine envel…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Gunman Shoots Retired Newark Police Capt. In Attempted Carjacking, More Arrests: Authorities Gunman Shoots Retired Newark Police Capt. In Attempted Carjacking, More Arrests: Authorities
Gunman Shoots Retired Newark Police Capt. In Attempted Carjacking, More Arrests: Authorities Several arrests were made in connection with an attempted carjacking and multiple shootings including one for firing at a retired police officer in Newark this week, authorities said. The following information was released by Newark Public Safety Director O’Hara: On Nov. 24, police responded to 14th Avenue on a ShotSpotter notification where police found the victim, a retired Newark police captain, who had been shot at by a juvenile who attempted to carjack him.  The suspect was arrested Friday on charges of carjacking, aggravated assault, weapon possession and criminal misch…

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by Cecilia Levine
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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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOW THEM? Police Seek Suspects Who Stole BMW Left Running In Newark KNOW THEM? Police Seek Suspects Who Stole BMW Left Running In Newark
Know Them? Police Seek Suspects Who Stole BMW Left Running In Newark Police are seeking the public’s help identifying two suspects they say stole a BMW that was left running in Newark last week. The owner of a 2017 white BMW X6 reported that it had been stolen after it was left running in the 700 block of Springfield Ave. around 4:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The BMW was then seen near Springfield Ave. and South 20th Street and once again at the Lukoil Gas Station at 335 McCarter Highway, where a white or Hispanic man with long hair was driving with a second suspect who exited the rear passenger si…

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by Valerie Musson
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REWARD: $5,000 Offered To Help Find Newark Murder Suspects REWARD: $5,000 Offered To Help Find Newark Murder Suspects
Reward: $5,000 Offered To Help Find Newark Murder Suspects Authorities in Essex County are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for any information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the individuals involved in the murder of an East Orange man. Marquis Forman, 27, of East Orange was shot near 712 Springfield Ave. in Newark shortly before 7:45 p.m. on Jan. 15, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. He later died of his injuries. The suspects were last seen traveling south on South 20th Street towards Avon Avenue in a silver Caravan, authorities said. Investigators urge anyone with information about this ca…

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by Valerie Musson
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Stolen Car With Sleeping 6-Year-Old Inside Found In Newark Stolen Car With Sleeping 6-Year-Old Inside Found In Newark
Stolen Car With Sleeping 6-Year-Old Inside Found In Newark A 6-year-old who was sleeping in the back of a running car when it was stolen is OK after the vehicle was found within minutes in Newark, police said. A woman left a 2018 Honda Accord idling when she went to drop off a package in East Orange around 10 p.m. Thursday. A thief jumped inside the car and took off, police said. Possibly after realizing there was a child in the car, the thief abandoned it a few blocks away at Hawthorne Avenue and South 20th Street in Newark. The suspect was seen running down Fabyan Place. Police in Newark recovered the car and the boy -- who was still sleeping.…

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by Paul Milo