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6-Year-Old Struck By Vehicle Outside Newark Hospital: Police 6-Year-Old Struck By Vehicle Outside Newark Hospital: Police
6-Year-Old Struck By Vehicle Outside Newark Hospital: Police A six-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle outside a hospital in Newark on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 12, authorities said. At 7:17 p.m., police responded to Beth Israel Medical Center at Lyons Avenue and Maple Avenue after the girl was struck while crossing the street with her family outside the hospital, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. The child is in stable condition, Miranda said. The driver remained at the scene and the incident is under investigation, Miranda said.

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by Sam Barron
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Watchung Man Shot Dead In Newark Watchung Man Shot Dead In Newark
Watchung Man Shot Dead In Newark A Watchung man was shot and killed in Newark Thursday evening, authorities confirmed. Newark Police officers responding to a shooting report near Grumman Avenue and Maple Avenue found Louis Brown, 41, sitting his car with a gunshot wound shortly before 5 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said in a joint release with Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task …

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by Valerie Musson
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Man, 27, Killed In Newark Shooting Man, 27, Killed In Newark Shooting
Man, 27, Killed In Newark Shooting A 27-year-old man was fatally shot in Newark Sunday, authorities said. Haneef Sanders was taken to Beth Israel Hospital where he was pronounced dead at approximately 2:15 p.m., following the incident at 98 Maple Ave.,  Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The investigation is active and ongoing. No arrests had been made as of Tuesday afternoon. The Prosecutor’s Office is seeking assistance from the public. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor's Office tips line a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Man Found With Heroin, Gun Sentenced On Federal Charges Newark Man Found With Heroin, Gun Sentenced On Federal Charges
Newark Man Found With Heroin, Gun Sentenced On Federal Charges A Newark man who caught the attention of city police last year because his parked car was blocking the sidewalk was sentenced to more than 12 and a half years in prison on drug and weapons charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.  Aljaneer Waller, 41, was reclined in the driver's seat of his Audi around 8 p.m. May 11, 2018, while the car was parked in the driveway of a vacant home on Maple and Hansbury avenues. Police patrolling the area investigated because of the blocked sidewalk and because all the vehicle's windows, including the windshield, were tinted in violation of the state mo…

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by Paul Milo
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Irvington Man Gunned Down In Newark, Another Wounded Irvington Man Gunned Down In Newark, Another Wounded
Irvington Man Gunned Down In Newark, Another Wounded A 40-year-old Irvington man was shot and killed in Newark Monday night, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. Both men were shot on Maple Avenue around 7 p.m. One man was hit in the leg and is in stable condition, authorities said. His name has been withheld. Murad Harris, the other victim, was rushed to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday. Anyone with information on the shootings is being asked to call the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tip line at 877-1-877-TIPS-4EC (877-847-7432). Harris is the second person lost to gun violence in Newar…

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by Paul Milo