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ATM Stolen From Maplewood Business: Police ATM Stolen From Maplewood Business: Police
ATM Stolen From Maplewood Business: Police An ATM was taken by burglars from a business in Maplewood on Wednesday, Sept. 11, authorities said. Officers responded to a business on Springfield Avenue business and discovered unknown suspect (s) broke into the business and removed the ATM, Maplewood police said. The ATM was found on Springfield Avenue with the cash removed, police said. The investigation is active and ongoing, police said. Anyone with information or video pertaining to this incident please contact 973-762-1234 or e-mail CDolias@maplewoodnj.gov.

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Maplewood Man Assaults Officer After Attack At Local Home, Police Say Maplewood Man Assaults Officer After Attack At Local Home, Police Say
Maplewood Man Assaults Officer After Attack At Local Home, Police Say A 32-year-old man was jailed on assault charges after an incident in Maplewood last week, police said. Steven Hemmings, a local resident, is accused of attacking someone at a Florida Street home, and then attacking an officer, on Monday, Aug. 12, Maplewood according to police and charges filed against him. He was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault on an officer, and a weapons offense. Hemmings was subsequently lodged in the Essex County Jail.

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Stomach Bug Turns Out To Be Leukemia For NJ Boy, Campaign Says Stomach Bug Turns Out To Be Leukemia For NJ Boy, Campaign Says
Stomach Bug Turns Out To Be Leukemia For NJ Boy, Campaign Says Julian Sherman is just nine years old but is already in the fight of his life. The 9-year-old Maplewood boy had seen the doctor twice for symptoms of what appeared to be a stomach bug, according to a GoFundMe launched for his family. But on Saturday, July 27, while in Boston for Julian's brothers' hockey tournament, things took a turn for the worst, as Julian began urinating blood and was rushed to Mass General for Children in Boston, the campaign reads. Since being diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia, Julian has gone into kidney failure and was put into a coma with a bre…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Teenager Attempted Carjacking: Maplewood PD Teenager Attempted Carjacking: Maplewood PD
Teenager Attempted Carjacking: Maplewood PD A teenager is at large after attempting a carjacking in Maplewood on Thursday, July 11. At 8:55 p.m., officers received a report of an attempted carjacking at a Springfield Avenue business, Maplewood police said in a release. While a man was placing air in their vehicle's tires, a teenage boy entered the vehicle in an attempt to steal it, police said. The vehicle owner attempted to remove the boy from the vehicle and an altercation ensued, authorities said. The boy was unsuccessful in taking the car, though the owner sustained minor injuries in the altercation, police said. He was treated o…

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by Sam Barron
Schools
Columbia HS Principal Reinstated After Charges Dropped Columbia HS Principal Reinstated After Charges Dropped
Columbia HS Principal Reinstated After Charges Dropped Frank Sanchez has been reinstated as principal at Columbia High School after a grand jury declined to indict him on charges of child endangerment. Sanchez was reinstated at a South Orange-Maplewood School District Board of Education meeting on Thursday, June 27, on a 6-1 vote, with two board members abstaining. The charges against Sanchez stem from an incident involving a student in January at the school in the district, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. The simple assault charges were referred to Maplewood Municipal Court, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Sanchez w…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Irvington Man Shot In Maplewood, Police Say Irvington Man Shot In Maplewood, Police Say
Irvington Man Shot In Maplewood, Police Say A 24-year-old Irvington man was shot in Maplewood on Friday, May 31, authorities said. At 11:30 p.m., officers responded to Jacoby Street near Brown Street on a report of shots fired an found a 24-year-old man lying in the street, suffering from gunshot wounds, Maplewood police said in a release. Residents can expect extra police presence in the area, officers said. Anyone with information is asked asked to contact the Maplewood Police Department at 973-762-3400.

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Single Mom Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Maplewood, Prosecutor Says Single Mom Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Maplewood, Prosecutor Says
Single Mom Struck, Killed By Vehicle In Maplewood, Prosecutor Says A 28-year-old Irvington resident was killed after she was struck by a vehicle in Maplewood on Monday, May 13, authorities said. At 9:10 a.m., Maria Ganzhi Zhao was struck by a vehicle on the 1400 block of Springfield Avenue and pronounced dead at the scene, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  Zhao, a native of Ecuador, was a single mother who is survived by her two daughters, Noemi, 7 and Genesis, 9 months, according to a fundraiser set up to support the family.  A viewing will be held on Saturday, May 18 at Mt. Alvarez Funeral Home in Newark from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., a…

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by Sam Barron