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Pair Wanted For Using Stolen Car In Newark Shooting: Police Pair Wanted For Using Stolen Car In Newark Shooting: Police
Pair Wanted For Using Stolen Car In Newark Shooting: Police Authorities in Newark are seeking two women in connection with a stolen car used in a September shooting, they said. The fingerprints of Quanazia Bennett, 21, of Newark, and Kelly Devereaux, 24, of Bloomfield, were recovered from the car used in the Sept. 20 incident at 18th Avenue and Hunterdon Street around midnight, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. A warrant was issued for their arrest on Oct. 6. Bennett, a Black female, is 5’3” and 128 pounds with brown eyes, black hair, and a dark complexion. Devereaux, a Black female, is 5’4” and 160 pounds with brown …

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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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Lyft Driver Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Newark, Forced To Make Several Stops Lyft Driver Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Newark, Forced To Make Several Stops
Lyft Driver Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Newark, Forced To Make Several Stops Police in Newark are looking for a group of people who forced a ride share driver at gunpoint to take them to various locations in the area before robbing the driver, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said.  The Lyft driver picked up a fare on the 700 block of S. 18th Street around 3:30 p.m. April 7. Three passengers, who may have been juveniles, entered the vehicle and one pulled the gun.  They first ordered the driver to take them to Capital One bank at 487 Springfield Ave., where two of the passengers entered as the third continued to hold the driver at gunpoint.  Ne…

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by Paul Milo