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Driver Robs, Assaults Victim After Jersey City Crash, Shoots At Him In Newark: Police Driver Robs, Assaults Victim After Jersey City Crash, Shoots At Him In Newark: Police
Driver Robs, Assaults Victim After Jersey City Crash, Shoots At Him In Newark: Police A 35-year-old Morris County man assaulted and robbed another driver who he'd been involved in a car crash with, and then shot at him after being followed into Newark, authorities said. Kevin M. Winston, 35, of Parsippany, and then victim had gotten into a collision in Jersey City, when Winston robbed and assaulted the victim on Tuesday, Feb. 22, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O'Hara said. The victim followed Winstson into Newark, where Winston opened fire on his car around 2 p.m. at Montgomery and Somerset streets, police said. This incident occurred just outside of American Histor…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Shocked And Disgusted': 8 Injured In Newark Shootings, Police Say 'Shocked And Disgusted': 8 Injured In Newark Shootings, Police Say
'Shocked And Disgusted': 8 Injured In Newark Shootings, Police Say Eight people were injured in a series of Newark shootings Tuesday night, authorities said. The first incident happened around 6:25 p.m. near Lincoln Street and Court Street, local and county officials said. Two men were injured, including one critically. Just before 8:10 p.m., two boys, ages 15 and 17, were found by police having been shot while riding in a stolen car in the area of Quitman Street near Montgomery Street. Both victims were reportedly in critical condition, authorities said. In a separate shooting incident at Maybaum Avenue near Tremont Avenue, police found one male who had …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Police Helicopter Helps Nab Teens Driving Stolen Cars Newark Police Helicopter Helps Nab Teens Driving Stolen Cars
Newark Police Helicopter Helps Nab Teens Driving Stolen Cars Two teens driving a pair of stolen cars were arrested with help from the Newark Police Department's helicopter, authorities said Sunday. Officers in NPD1 spotted the Honda Accord and Nissan Altima driving erratically near Bergen Street and South Orange Avenue around 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Then juveniles then abandoned the cars -- stolen out of Newark and Jersey City, respectively -- on Broome Street, Ambrose said. The drivers got out of the cars and tried to blend in with the crowd. Police in the helicopter followed the suspects from…

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by Cecilia Levine