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Belleville Man, Newark Teen Arrested In Shooting Of 13-Year-Old Boy Belleville Man, Newark Teen Arrested In Shooting Of 13-Year-Old Boy
Belleville Man, Newark Teen Arrested In Shooting Of 13-Year-Old Boy A Belleville man and 17-year-old Newark resident were arrested in a shooting that injured a 13-year-old boy in Newark. Officers responding to a shooting on the 100 block of Wakeman Avenue found the victim with a gunshot wound to his right leg and applied a tourniquet around 7 p.m. June 11, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The boy was stable and transported to a local hospital for treatment. Luis A. Aponte, 34, of Belleville and the Newark 17-year-old were identified as suspects, O'Hara said. The Fugitive Apprehension Team and Shooting Response Team were able to app…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Rochelle Park Officer Finds Couple With Loaded Gun During Traffic Stop Rochelle Park Officer Finds Couple With Loaded Gun During Traffic Stop
Rochelle Park Officer Finds Couple With Loaded Gun During Traffic Stop A Rochelle Park police officer found a couple carrying a loaded gun during a traffic stop Tuesday, authorities said. Officer Franklin Laboy pulled over a Nissan Sentra with tinted windows on West Passaic Street and found the 9mm SCCY CPX hangun under the front passenger seat, Lt. James DePreta said. Laboy summoned backup and arrested the driver, Jamal Mattiex of Paterson, and Monasia Coleman, of Rembert, SC, both 18. Each was charged with weapons offenses and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await first appearances in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Assisting were Sgt.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pair Of Weekend Shootings Under Investigation In Somerset County Pair Of Weekend Shootings Under Investigation In Somerset County
Pair Of Weekend Shootings Under Investigation In Somerset County A pair of separate Somerset County shootings are under investigation. One incident occurred early Sunday morning near Hamilton Street and Franklin Boulevard, while the other happened near Millstone Road in the early evening, both in Franklin Township, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. A victim of the first incident was found on Elizabeth Street in New Brunswick around 4 a.m., and said they were shot in their car by an individual in another vehicle that fled the scene, Robertson said alongside Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and Franklin Township Public…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Pair Admit Violent Gunpoint Carjacking Of Female Uber Driver In Newark Pair Admit Violent Gunpoint Carjacking Of Female Uber Driver In Newark
Pair Admit Violent Gunpoint Carjacking Of Female Uber Driver In Newark An accused carjacker admitted Monday that he helped a gunman drag an Uber driver from her car and throw her to the ground in Newark before they drove off with the vehicle. Rakeem McNair, 21, of Roselle, took a guilty plea in federal court in Newark less than two weeks after an accomplice, city resident Raquin Tanner, 25, confessed to his own role in the Aug. 13, 2019 carjacking. The victim was in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Summer Avenue in Newark around 11 o’clock that night when three thugs approached, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. Video surveillance shows Tanner ap…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN THEM? 'Armed, Dangerous' Pair Wanted For Shot Fired At Hackensack Crowd SEEN THEM? 'Armed, Dangerous' Pair Wanted For Shot Fired At Hackensack Crowd
Seen Them? 'Armed, Dangerous' Pair Wanted For Shot Fired At Hackensack Crowd Hackensack police have identified a gunman who they said fired a shot into an innocent crowd and are seeking the public's help finding him and his girlfriend. No one was struck when Jymir Outcalt, 20, of Bethlehem, PA  fired a .45-caliber round into the crowd outside the Alston Arms apartments on Newman Street shortly before 6 pm. Aug. 19, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Police obtained arrest warrants for Outcalt – who reportedly has ties to the Hackensack and Newark areas -- and his girlfriend, Star Johnson, 22, of Hackensack, who DeWitt said was driving a rented Toyota Camry at …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Shooting Victim Found During Passaic Traffic Stop Had Gun Of His Own Authorities: Shooting Victim Found During Passaic Traffic Stop Had Gun Of His Own
Authorities: Shooting Victim Found During Passaic Traffic Stop Had Gun Of His Own A Paterson man who was wounded during a shooting had a gun of his own in the trunk when Passaic police stopped his car on the way to the hospital, authorities said. A Passaic police officer stopped the speeding vehicle at Tulip and Oak streets after hearing gunshots before dawn near the corner of Main Avenue and Chestnut Street on Sept. 7. The officer found the driver, Ricardo N. Collazo, 20, of Paterson, with a gunshot wound, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint announcement. Two 18-year-old men were also injured -- one with a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Firepower: Detectives Seize 3 Guns In Separate Incidents, Man, Woman Shot Overnight Paterson Firepower: Detectives Seize 3 Guns In Separate Incidents, Man, Woman Shot Overnight
Paterson Firepower: Detectives Seize 3 Guns In Separate Incidents, Man, Woman Shot Overnight A group of Paterson detectives seized two guns in separate incidents before two colleagues recovered another, making nearly three dozen that they've taken off the streets just this month. The arrests come amid reports of two more people shot in the city. Ex-con Christian Thomas fumbled trying to remove a gun from a fanny pack while running from Detectives John Traynor, Mustafa Dombayci, Yamil Pimienta and Mohammad Bashir around 7:40 p.m. Friday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They caught Thomas, 33, near the corner of 12th Avenue and East 23rd Street and seized the bag, wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco