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30-Year-Old Man Dead, Another Injured In Elizabeth Shooting 30-Year-Old Man Dead, Another Injured In Elizabeth Shooting
30-Year-Old Man Dead, Another Injured In Elizabeth Shooting A 30-year-old man died and another victim was injured in an overnight shooting in Elizabeth. Police responding to the 400 block of Elizabeth Avenue found Eliezer Martinez, Jr. and another man with gunshot wounds around 1:30 a.m., Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca and Police Director Earl Graves said.  Martinez was rushed to Trinitas Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 2 a.m., while the second victim was taken to University Hospital in Newark for emergency treatment. The investigation into th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Teen Driver Dead, Passenger Critical In Crash Of Stolen Car On Interstate 280 Teen Driver Dead, Passenger Critical In Crash Of Stolen Car On Interstate 280
Teen Driver Dead, Passenger Critical In Crash Of Stolen Car On Interstate 280 A teenage driver died his passenger injured was seriously injured in a crash involving stolen vehicle on Interstate 280 Sunday, authorities said. The Huyndai Genesis had been reported stolen out of Madison and struck a Honda Pilot on the westbound side near milepost 9.8 in West Orange around 1:15 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. The Genesis then overturned and struck the concrete center median barrier, ejecting both the driver and passenger, Peele said. Shakur Young, 17, the driver, was pronounced dead at University Hospital in Newark, and the passenger remains…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Driver, 20, Accused Of Killing 4 Friends In Crash Tells Her Side On TikTok, GoFundMe NJ Driver, 20, Accused Of Killing 4 Friends In Crash Tells Her Side On TikTok, GoFundMe
NJ Driver, 20, Accused Of Killing 4 Friends In Crash Tells Her Side On TikTok, GoFundMe Money began pouring in to help pay legal fees for a 20-year-old Essex County woman after she posted a TikTok video on Saturday defending herself against charges in a violent crash that killed four of her close friends last spring. A badly-burned Nashauna Johnson of Newark also mounted a GoFundMe campaign to deal with legal costs. A grand jury in Newark on Thursday returned an indictment charging Johnson with four counts of death by auto – also known as vehicular homicide -- in the June 9 crash on Route 22 at the Newark-Hillside border. In her TikTok video, Johnson contends that drugs, alc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVER-UP: Essex Correctional Officers Beat Detainee As Sergeant Stood By, Feds Charge COVER-UP: Essex Correctional Officers Beat Detainee As Sergeant Stood By, Feds Charge
Cover-up: Essex Correctional Officers Beat Detainee As Sergeant Stood By, Feds Charge Three Essex County correctional officers beat a federal detainee as a sergeant stood by, said authorities who charged all four with civil rights violations. The detainee – who was being held pending a federal trial -- squirted a mixture of urine, yogurt, and milk onto a correctional officer at the Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF) the evening of Aug. 17, 2020, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Friday. The detainee was brought to a disciplinary cell and beaten by Officers Angel Chaparro, 38, Damion James, 40, and Luis Ortiz, 29, in front of Sgt. Herman Pride, 51, Honig said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities ID Man Killed In Newark Police-Involved Shooting As South Orange Resident Authorities ID Man Killed In Newark Police-Involved Shooting As South Orange Resident
Authorities ID Man Killed In Newark Police-Involved Shooting As South Orange Resident Authorities on Tuesday identified a man killed in a police-involved shooting in Newark just minutes into the new year as a South Orange resident. Carl Dorsey III, 39, was taken following the shooting near Woodland Avenue and South 11th Street to University Hospital in Newark, where he was pronounced deceased at 1:37 a.m., state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Officers were responding to a shots-fired call when they encountered Dorsey, responders said at the time, adding that a gun was recovered at the scene. Grewal said Tuesday that an officer fired a 9mm service wea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Backhoe Falls On Utility Worker In North Arlington Backhoe Falls On Utility Worker In North Arlington
Backhoe Falls On Utility Worker In North Arlington A PSE&G worker was hospitalized after a compact backhoe fell on him Wednesday at a North Arlington job site, authorities said. The driver tried to leap away when the machine apparently became unbalanced and began to tip over, Police Chief Scott M. Hedenberg said. But it knocked him down and a portion landed on the lower half of his body, the chief said. Fellow workers and a police officer who was at the scene lifted the machine together, freeing the victim, Hedenberg said. The North Arlington Volunteer Emergency Squad arrived quickly and the patient was taken, alert and conscious, to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Raise Your Sleeves': Six Vaccine Mega Sites Coming Next Month To New Jersey 'Raise Your Sleeves': Six Vaccine Mega Sites Coming Next Month To New Jersey
'Raise Your Sleeves': Six Vaccine Mega Sites Coming Next Month To New Jersey Six vaccine "mega sites" are expected to open across New Jersey in early January, Gov. Phil Murphy announced during Friday's COVID-19 briefing. The sites will be able to inoculate frontline healthcare workers, and will accommodate essential workers before moving to adults over the age of 65 and those with high-risk medical conditions. The news comes three days after a nurse at University Hospital in Newark became the first New Jersey resident to receive Pfizer's vaccine. Since then, "healthcare heroes" have been vaccinated at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Atlant…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Montclair Shooting Suspect Arrested, Victim Critical Police: Montclair Shooting Suspect Arrested, Victim Critical
Police: Montclair Shooting Suspect Arrested, Victim Critical One person was arrested and another in critical condition after a Tuesday afternoon shooting in Montclair, authorities said. The victim was taken to University Hospital in Newark after the 2 p.m. shooting on Greenwood Avenue outside the Union Garden apartments. A man identified by a witness as having fled the scene was in police custody, Chief Todd Conforti said. The shooter and victim apparently know each other, and more charges were pending an investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, the chief said. The incident may have been drug-related, CBS2 reports. "I received co…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Cranford Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting On Routes 1&9 UPDATE: Cranford Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting On Routes 1&9
Update: Cranford Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting On Routes 1&9 A Cranford man was being held in the Union County Jail in connection with Sunday's double shooting on Routes 1&9, authorities said Monday. Andrew C. Johnson, 50, was charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder and four related weapons offenses, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart said jointly. Linden police officers responding to a shooting on the northbound lanes of Routes 1&9 near Avenue C found two victims inside a vehicle stopped on the highway around 9:40 a.m., according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Colleen R…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Hospitalized In Elizabeth Shooting Man Hospitalized In Elizabeth Shooting
Man Hospitalized In Elizabeth Shooting A man was hospitalized after a shooting in Elizabeth, authorities said. Elizabeth police responded to a report of gunfire on the 400 block of Spring Street just after 11 a.m. on Thursday, Information Officer Kelly Martins told Daily Voice. The victim was shot in the side and taken to University Hospital in Newark where he remained in stable condition, Martins said. No other details were immediately released. The incident is under investigation, authorities said. This is a developing story.  CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Valerie Musson
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Bloomfield Man Killed In Weekend Crash, 2 Passengers Hurt Bloomfield Man Killed In Weekend Crash, 2 Passengers Hurt
Bloomfield Man Killed In Weekend Crash, 2 Passengers Hurt A 27-year-old man from Bloomfield was killed and two others hurt in a single-car crash in Woodbridge over the weekend, authorities said. Isiah Hamilton was heading south on Rahway Avenue when his car veered off the road and struck a pole around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Woodbridge police said. Hamilton was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, where he was pronounced dead. Hamilton’s two passengers, 23-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, were taken to University Hospital in Newark with non life-threatening injuries. The crash remains under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive COVID-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive COVID-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries
Hospital: First Critical NJ Patients To Receive Covid-19 Plasma Make 'Remarkable' Recoveries The first two New Jersey residents to receive plasma transfusions for critical cases of COVID-19 -- a 63-year-old teacher and a 61-year-old old opera singer – were released from the hospital after making "remarkable" recoveries, Virtua Voorhees Health System announced. Their recoveries came as studies at several New Jersey hospitals explore whether the transfusions can help save coronavirus patients who are moderately or critically ill. Both Renee Bannister of Blackwood (Gloucester County) and Andy Fei of Mount Laurel (Burlington County) had been on ventilators in the intensive care unit at…

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by Jerry DeMarco