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Newark PD: Carjacker Caught Hiding In Backyard After Crashing Pickup Stolen At Knifepoint Newark PD: Carjacker Caught Hiding In Backyard After Crashing Pickup Stolen At Knifepoint
Newark PD: Carjacker Caught Hiding In Backyard After Crashing Pickup Stolen At Knifepoint A Newark man who ordered a woman out of her car at knifepoint was arrested after police officers spotted him hiding in someone's backyard after he crashed the vehicle, authorities said. A woman was sitting in a parked 2012 Dodge Durango at Mountainview Place when a man, later identified as Wallace L. Johnson ordered her out at knifepoint around 5:15 p.m. Saturday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose. Sixth Precinct officers saw a vehicle matching the description of the victim's in a crash near the intersection of Mountainview Place and Chelsea Avenue, Ambrose said. As…

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by Cecilia Levine