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Jersey Man Convicted Of Armed Carjacking In Newark: Prosecutor Jersey Man Convicted Of Armed Carjacking In Newark: Prosecutor
Jersey Man Convicted Of Armed Carjacking In Newark: Prosecutor A 22-year-old Jersey City man faces up to 30 years in prison after he was recently convicted of an armed carjacking and robbery that occurred in 2022, authorities said. On the morning of July 31, 2022, Jose Mercado and a juvenile co-conspirator carjacked, robbed and assaulted a victim at gunpoint on the 300 block of Lake Street in Newark, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said. Later that morning, Jersey City police approached Mercado while he was inside the victim's carjacked vehicle and Mercado and his accomplice were arrested while holding the victim's money, Stephens sa…

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