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Authorities ID Teen, Man Dead In North Plainfield Triple Shooting Authorities ID Teen, Man Dead In North Plainfield Triple Shooting
Authorities ID Teen, Man Dead In North Plainfield Triple Shooting Authorities have identified the teen boy and man killed in a triple North Plainfield shooting last week. Christian Orellana, 31, and Steven Jimenez, 14 -- who live together in Plainfield -- were sitting on a front porch of the Malcolm Gardens Apartment Complex on Little Place with an unidentified 28-year-old man when all three were shot around 8:05 p.m. last Friday, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. The Medical Examiner has classified both deaths as a homicide, while third shooting victim remains in critical condition at an undisclosed trauma center.  Jim…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Man, 23, Found Dead With Multiple Stab Wounds At His Somerset County Home Prosecutor: Man, 23, Found Dead With Multiple Stab Wounds At His Somerset County Home
Prosecutor: Man, 23, Found Dead With Multiple Stab Wounds At His Somerset County Home A 23-year-old Somerset County man was stabbed multiple times to his death following a physical altercation overnight Monday. Jamari R. Stephenson, of Somerset, was found unresponsive by officers at a house on Holland Drive just after midnight, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Stephenson had been attacked outside of his home and managed to get back inside, where he was found dead, NJ.com says citing Deputy Chief Frank Roman of the the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Life-saving measures were unsuccessful and Stephenson was pronounced dead at the scene, Roberts…

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by Cecilia Levine
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REWARD: $2,500 Offered In Somerset County Shooting REWARD: $2,500 Offered In Somerset County Shooting
Reward: $2,500 Offered In Somerset County Shooting The Somerset County Crime Stoppers are offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to the arrest of individuals responsible for killing a 27-year-old man in Franklin Township last week. Officers responding to Village Drive on reports of a shooting on found Raphael Edwards, who had suffered a gunshot wound, around 11:50 p.m. on July 7, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said in a joint release. Officers and other first responders immediately began administering lifesaving measures before Edwards, of Franklin Park, was transported to an area trauma center, Robertson …

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by Cecilia Levine