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Newark Officer Badly Burned By Hot Bleach Flung By Woman: Officials Newark Officer Badly Burned By Hot Bleach Flung By Woman: Officials
Newark Officer Badly Burned By Hot Bleach Flung By Woman: Officials A Newark police officer was hospitalized with serious burns after a woman tossed hot bleach on him Friday, March 1, the department said. The officer was responding to a Hawkins Street home near Horatio Street  to assist DCP&P in gaining entry around 3:30 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. That's when a female suspect threw a hot liquid, suspected to be bleach, on the office, Frage said.  The officer was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center for treatment of second-degree burns and the woman, whose name has not been released, was arrested.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Newark Man With Loaded Gun Ran From Officer Police: Newark Man With Loaded Gun Ran From Officer
Police: Newark Man With Loaded Gun Ran From Officer A Newark man who ran into a building after being spotted by police with a loaded gun was arrested on weapon and drug charges, authorities said. An officer patrolling the Hyatt Court Housing Complex on Hawkins Street saw Zain A. Herbert, 29, with a weapon around 6:10 p.m. Thursday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Herbert was arrested moments later after he was found with a gun containing a large capacity magazine and ball point rounds, Ambrose said. He was also found with a zip lock bag of marijuana, police said.

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by Valerie Musson