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Suspects Wanted After Stolen Ferrari, Porsche Found In Newark: Police Suspects Wanted After Stolen Ferrari, Porsche Found In Newark: Police
Suspects Wanted After Stolen Ferrari, Porsche Found In Newark: Police Moorestown police were looking for whoever stole two luxury cars that were found in Newark, authorities said. A Ferrari and a Porsche were stolen on the 700 block of Lippincott Avenue early in the morning on Monday, Sept. 30, the Moorestown Police Department said in a news release. Officers were responding to separate attempted break-ins on nearby Oak Avenue when the cars were taken. The cars were recovered in Newark on Wednesday, Oct. 2. They were processed for evidence before being returned to their owners. Investigators tracked down the cars after accessing GPS tracking system…

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by Chris Spiker
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17-Year-Old Swimmer Brings Newark Police To Passaic River: Cops 17-Year-Old Swimmer Brings Newark Police To Passaic River: Cops
17-Year-Old Swimmer Brings Newark Police To Passaic River: Cops A 17-year-old was swimming in the Passaic River on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 10, authorities said. At 7:50 a.m., Newark police responded to Bridge Street and McCarter Highway on a report of the teen in the water, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Police made contact with the swimmer when he emerged from the water, Fragé said. The swimmer is reportedly uninjured, Fragé said. This incident remains under investigation, Fragé said. 

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by Sam Barron
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Newark Woman Convicted Of Trying To Hide Gun In Jail: Prosecutor Newark Woman Convicted Of Trying To Hide Gun In Jail: Prosecutor
Newark Woman Convicted Of Trying To Hide Gun In Jail: Prosecutor A 34-year-old Newark woman faces up to a decade in prison after recently being convicted of trying to hide a gun while in a holding cell, authorities said. In July 2020, Talisha Arrington was detained after an incident at a White Castle restaurant on Elizabeth Avenue and placed in a holding cell at the Newark Police headquarters on Clinton Avenue, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said.  Once in the holding cell, Arrington removed a handgun, which was concealed on her person and attempted to hide it in the holding cell, Stephens said. Newark officials recovered the han…

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by Sam Barron
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NO CHOICE: Ex-Con Who Shot Victims Five Days Apart In Newark Gets 10+ Years, No Early Release NO CHOICE: Ex-Con Who Shot Victims Five Days Apart In Newark Gets 10+ Years, No Early Release
NO Choice: Ex-Con Who Shot Victims Five Days Apart In Newark Gets 10+ Years, No Early Release 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: There’s no trying to present a defense in court when the prosecutors have a video of you shooting someone, as well as the loaded gun you were carrying when they arrested you. So Ex-con Antoine Hawkins, 31, of Newark, took a deal from the government and was formally sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on Friday, May 31, for shooting two victims five days apart in the Brick City in August 2020. Hawkins must serve no less than 10 years of his plea-bargained sentence before he'll be eligible for release because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Surveillance video…

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by Jerry DeMarco