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Irvington Man Hit 13-Year-Old Boy With Car, Fled Scene: Prosecutors
Odaniel Exmina, a 54-year-old Irvington resident, was arrested and charged after he hit a 13-year-old boy with his car and left the scene on Saturday, July 8, authorities said.
At 9:48 a.m., police responded to a report of a hit-and-run involving a pedestrian on the 1100 block of Grove Street, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Irvington Police Director Tracy Bowers said. The boy was taken to University Hospital in Newark and is in critical condition, Stephens, II and Bowers said.
Exima was charged with knowingly leaving the scene of an accident resulting in se…
Pair Killed In Newark Double Shooting, Prosecutor Says
A pair of 18-year-old men were killed in a double-shooting in Newark authorities said.
Officers responding to the 400 block of Mt. Prospect Avenue found Saeed Jan and Angel Vargas with gunshot wounds around 7:50 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said in a joint release with Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara.
The men, both of Newark, were taken to University Hospital, where they died, authorities said.
More than $62,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Jan's family as of Tuesday, May 24.
He was a "strong, har…
Pedestrian Airlifted, Dog Killed In Serious Union County Crash, Reports Say
A pedestrian was airlifted and his dog killed after the pair were struck by a car at a Union County intersection Wednesday night, Yahoo reports.
Kurt Weins, 45, was crossing West Milton Avenue near Bryant Street in Rahway when he and his dog were struck by a Ford Focus driven by Petrina Drayton, 37, around 6:10 p.m., the outlet reports citing local police.
Weins was airlifted to University Hospital in Newark with serious head and leg injuries while his dog was killed in the crash, the report says. Drayton, of Elizabeth, suffered minor injuries.
Weins, of Rahway, is apparently a kitchen he…
