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Newark Officer Who Once Disrupted Armed Robbery While Getting Haircut Dies, 47 Newark Officer Who Once Disrupted Armed Robbery While Getting Haircut Dies, 47
Newark Officer Who Once Disrupted Armed Robbery While Getting Haircut Dies, 47 A veteran Newark police officer who once disrupted an armed robbery while getting a haircut died this week after a long illness, officials said. Dexter Bright died Tuesday Oct. 6. He was 47 years old. Bright joined the Newark Police Division in August 2001. He was assigned to the traffic section, motorcycle unit and patrol assignments in the 3rd and 5th Precincts. “Our hearts are broken by this tragic loss of one Newark’s finest officers,” Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. “I stood alongside Officer Bright when he was presented the Valor Award by The 200 Club of Essex County…

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by Cecilia Levine