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Man Beat Hotel Concierge During 11-Day Crime Spree Across Newark: Police Man Beat Hotel Concierge During 11-Day Crime Spree Across Newark: Police
Man Beat Hotel Concierge During 11-Day Crime Spree Across Newark: Police Authorities in Newark captured a man who beat a hotel concierge sending him to the hospital in the midst of an 11-day burglary spree, they said. Bryant Dudley, 36, was captured on surveillance video breaking into a laundromat, deli, clothing boutique, nail salon and two banks between April 10 and 21, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. A warrant for Dudley’s arrest was issued for a burglary at 305 Ferry Street, and was also a suspect in burglaries at 25 Prospect Street; 1227 Raymond Boulevard, 141 Halsey Street; 147 Halsey Street; 133 Jackson Street; and two attemp…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Boy, 4, Found Unresponsive After Falling From Sixth Story Window NJ Boy, 4, Found Unresponsive After Falling From Sixth Story Window
NJ Boy, 4, Found Unresponsive After Falling From Sixth Story Window A 4-year-old boy who was found unresponsive after falling from sixth-story window in Newark was hospitalized Friday, authorities said. The incident occurred just before 2:20 p.m. from a building on Oxford Street near Raymond Boulevard, Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said. The child was transported to University Hospital for treatment and was reportedly in stable condition.  The New Jersey Department of Child Protection and Placement responded to the scene.  The incident is under investigation by the Newark Police Division Special Victims Unit.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Emotional Video Shows Newark Police Rescuing Suicidal Man Emotional Video Shows Newark Police Rescuing Suicidal Man
Emotional Video Shows Newark Police Rescuing Suicidal Man The moment Newark police rescued a man threatening to jump over a railing to his death at Riverfront Park was captured in an emotional video. A woman who saw the man flagged down officers in the area around Read Street near Raymond Boulevard shortly before 9:45 p.m. on Feb. 24, authorities said. The officers approached the man and tried to talk him into stepping down from the railing, the video shows. “They’re going to take my daughters away from me,” the man said when asked what was wrong. Additional officers arrived on the scene, and when the man was distracted, they quickly grabbed him…

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by Valerie Musson
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Ridgefield Park Pizzeria Cook From Hackensack Found Drowned In Passaic River Ridgefield Park Pizzeria Cook From Hackensack Found Drowned In Passaic River
Ridgefield Park Pizzeria Cook From Hackensack Found Drowned In Passaic River Authorities were trying to determine how a Hackensack cook who worked at a popular Ridgefield Park pizzeria drowned in the Passaic River on the Fourth of July. Someone spotted the 30-year-old victim’s body on the Harrison side of the river from Raymond Boulevard in Newark just after 4:45 p.m., responders said. Harrison firefighters recovered the body near the PSE&G lot about 40 minutes later. The cook, who worked at Dante's Pizzeria & Restaurant on Main Street, had been watching a World Cup soccer match at a local tavern earlier. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey City Man, 36, Killed In Newark Crash Jersey City Man, 36, Killed In Newark Crash
Jersey City Man, 36, Killed In Newark Crash A motorist died after a collision with a tractor-trailer in Newark Wednesday afternoon, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  Jason Mullins, a 36-year-old from Jersey City, was traveling west on Raymond Boulevard near Chapel St. around 2:10 p.m. in a Chevy Trax when the crash occurred.  The driver of the tractor-trailer remained at the scene.  The accident occurred not far from a junction of major roadways including Rt. 1&9 and the Turnpike. 

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by Paul Milo