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SEEN HIM? Newark Police Looking For Car Burglar SEEN HIM? Newark Police Looking For Car Burglar
Seen HIM? Newark Police Looking For Car Burglar A car burglar is on the loose and Newark Police are hoping to catch him. On Tuesday, Oct. 10, police responded to the 100 block of South Munn Avenue after a man broke into an unlocked parked vehicle and took a wallet containing cash, credit cards and other valuables. An investigation uncovered surveillance footage, which police hope will help identify the suspect, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Division’s 24-hour Crime Stopper tip line at 1-877-695-8477. 

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by Sam Barron
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One Killed In Newark Double Shooting: Prosecutors One Killed In Newark Double Shooting: Prosecutors
One Killed In Newark Double Shooting: Prosecutors A 44-year-old Newark man was killed and another man was injured after being shot on the evening of Sunday. May 28, authorities said. At 6:30 p.m., police responded to Plymouth Street and South Munn Avenue and found Siddiq Amin Hooper suffering from a gunshot wound,  Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. He was soon pronounced dead at the scene, Stephens and Fragé said. A second victim was taken to a nearby hospital and is in stable condition, Stephens and Fragé said The Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homi…

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by Sam Barron
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ROAD RAGE: Woman Wanted For Questioning After Driver Points Handgun At Victim's Head In Newark ROAD RAGE: Woman Wanted For Questioning After Driver Points Handgun At Victim's Head In Newark
Road Rage: Woman Wanted For Questioning After Driver Points Handgun At Victim's Head In Newark A 42-year-old woman is wanted for questioning in a road rage incident in which a driver allegedly brandished a handgun, authorities said. Newark police want to question Yolanda Brooks in connection with an aggravated assault incident that occurred on Thursday, March 9, according to Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé. At 4:37 p.m., a transportation van driver was cut off by a driver in a black Nissan near Plymouth Street and South Munn Avenue, Fragé said.  The driver of the Nissan exited along with a passenger with whom the transportation driver had a verbal altercation …

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by Jon Craig
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Linden Stabbing Victim Walks Into East Orange Hospital Bleeding, Dies Linden Stabbing Victim Walks Into East Orange Hospital Bleeding, Dies
Linden Stabbing Victim Walks Into East Orange Hospital Bleeding, Dies A Union County man who walked into a hospital with stab wounds early Friday morning died of his injuries, authorities said. Quan Williams, 35, stabbed at South Orange and South Munn avenues in Newark, Essex County Prosecutors Office Spokeswoman Katherine Carter said. He was pronounced dead at East Orange General Hospital at 2:17 a.m., Carter said. Williams' death is being investigated as a homicide and no arrests had been made as of Friday morning, according to Carter. Anyone with information can contact investigators at 973-621-4586.

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by Cecilia Levine