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Deadly Shooting Rattles NJ Community After Schoolchildren Find Bleeding Victim Deadly Shooting Rattles NJ Community After Schoolchildren Find Bleeding Victim
Deadly Shooting Rattles NJ Community After Schoolchildren Find Bleeding Victim Children walking home from school in one Essex County community found a shooting victim bleeding on the sidewalk Monday afternoon -- leaving parents angered, saddened and desperate to slow local crime. The 20-year-old man was shot in the head outside of the Central Avenue fire station around 3 p.m. in Orange, witnesses said.  The victim was identified as Siam Neblett, according to RLS Media. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Orange Schools Superintendent Gerald Fitzhugh, several school principals and police rushed to the scene. Resident and business owner Quantavia Hilbert…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SEEN THEM? 'Armed, Dangerous' Pair Wanted For Shot Fired At Hackensack Crowd SEEN THEM? 'Armed, Dangerous' Pair Wanted For Shot Fired At Hackensack Crowd
Seen Them? 'Armed, Dangerous' Pair Wanted For Shot Fired At Hackensack Crowd Hackensack police have identified a gunman who they said fired a shot into an innocent crowd and are seeking the public's help finding him and his girlfriend. No one was struck when Jymir Outcalt, 20, of Bethlehem, PA  fired a .45-caliber round into the crowd outside the Alston Arms apartments on Newman Street shortly before 6 pm. Aug. 19, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Police obtained arrest warrants for Outcalt – who reportedly has ties to the Hackensack and Newark areas -- and his girlfriend, Star Johnson, 22, of Hackensack, who DeWitt said was driving a rented Toyota Camry at …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Thieves Steal Two Luxury Cars From Locked Garages In Morris County Thieves Steal Two Luxury Cars From Locked Garages In Morris County
Thieves Steal Two Luxury Cars From Locked Garages In Morris County Two high-end vehicles were stolen from locked garages in Long Valley and Chester on Wednesday and Thursday, authorities said. In both incidents, the thieves accessed the garage using an opener left in an unlocked vehicle, police said. The thieves in the Chester burglary also turned on and moved a loaner vehicle that had been parked in front of the garage door because it was left unlocked with a key fob inside. “These criminals are very bold, dangerous, and may even be armed,” Chester Police said.  “It won't be long before these brazen criminals decide to enter a home in a neighborhoo…

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by Valerie Musson