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Florham Park Man Fatally Shot In Newark: Prosecutors Florham Park Man Fatally Shot In Newark: Prosecutors
Florham Park Man Fatally Shot In Newark: Prosecutors A 44-year-old Florham Park man was fatally shot in Newark on the morning of Wednesday, June 21 authorities said. At 10:33 a.m., police responded to a report of a shooting on the 100 block of Weequahic Avenue, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Police found Murad Loyal suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Stephens and Fragé said. Loyal was transported to University Hospital in Newark where he was soon pronounced dead,  Stephens and Fragé said.   The investigation is active and ongoing and no…

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by Sam Barron
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GANG WAR: Brick City Teen Seized In Modified Machine-Gun Shooting Of Rival Trio GANG WAR: Brick City Teen Seized In Modified Machine-Gun Shooting Of Rival Trio
Gang WAR: Brick City Teen Seized In Modified Machine-Gun Shooting Of Rival Trio A 19-year-old reputed Newark street gang member wanted for shooting three rivals with a modified machine gun last weekend is in federal custody. Munir “Mu” Muhammad was carrying the converted 9mm handgun when he was arrested on Wednesday, April 12, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. The gun had fired 28 rounds in the April 8 shooting at the Oscar Miles Housing Complex and was fitted with an extended magazine loaded with another 30, Sellinger said Thursday. Three opponents were wounded, one critically, in what the U.S. attorney said is part of a bloody ongoing gun battle between rivals on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hillside, Newark Men Sentenced On Federal Drug And Weapons Charges Hillside, Newark Men Sentenced On Federal Drug And Weapons Charges
Hillside, Newark Men Sentenced On Federal Drug And Weapons Charges Two men have been sentenced after they were seen selling drugs from a Newark street corner two years ago and found in possession of multiple weapons, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey said.  Jesse Tullies, 54, of Hillside, received a sentence of nearly 20 years on drugs and weapons offenses. Newark resident Eugene Williams was sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison.  Essex County Sheriff's officers saw the two conducting several drug sales near Clinton Place and Weequahic Avenue Oct. 4, 2017. After officers moved in and arrested them, they searched beneath the bumper of a car where…

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by Paul Milo