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NJ Man Gets 375 Years For Killing 3, Attempting To Kill 3 More Over Facebook Comment
An Essex County man was sentenced to 375 years behind bars for killing three people and trying to kill three more, who were ultimately saved by first responders, all because of a Facebook comment, authorities said.
Jeremy Arrington, 32, broke into the Whitehurst family home on Hedden Terrace in Newark with a loaded gun in November 2016, and tied up everyone who was inside of the home, authorities said citing arguments from 25 witnesses.
Arrington shot and killed 23-year-old Syasia McBurroughs, then stabbed 7-year-old Ariel Little Whitehurst, and her brother, 11-year-old Al-Ja…
3 Arrests, 1 Day: Newark Police Crack Down On Gun Violence
Three gunman were arrested in a series of separate incidents across Newark in just one day, authorities announced.
Among them, Ewing's Deion Brison, 26; Newark's Daniel Molloy, 48; and Irvington's James Mitchell, 23; were arrested on various charges, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said.
Brison was running through local yards with a loaded handgun after shooting a victim on Lyons Avenue near Bergen Street around 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, O'Hara said. He was taken into custody on Goldsmith Avenue and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, u…
Four Nabbed In Newark Shooting
Four men have been charged in a Newark shooting that injured a city resident in the South Ward earlier this month.
The incident occurred on April 7 on the 200 block of Pomona Avenue around 10:55 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said.
The following four men were arrested the following day on charges of aggravated assault, according to O'Hara:
Naim Jones, 18, of Edison;
Justen Couram, 19, Hillside;
Tayvaun Caparitia, 20, of Bronx, N.Y.;
Nasir Osorto, 19, of Newark.
"Our Major Crimes detectives worked diligently and quickly to find and apprehend these suspec…
