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Arrest Made In Warinanco Park Killing, Prosecutor Says Arrest Made In Warinanco Park Killing, Prosecutor Says
Arrest Made In Warinanco Park Killing, Prosecutor Says A Linden man has been arrested in the Warinanco Park killing of a 29-year-old man last weekend, authorities said. Gerald O. Walker, 47, shot Shakir Manns, also of Linden, at the park in Roselle around 7:50 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, the county prosecutor's office said. Manns was found dead at the scene and Walker surrendered to the Elizabeth Police Department on Friday, May 24, authorities said. He's charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon. This…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Plainfield Man Indicted In Fatal Shooting Of Star Football Player: Prosecutors Plainfield Man Indicted In Fatal Shooting Of Star Football Player: Prosecutors
Plainfield Man Indicted In Fatal Shooting Of Star Football Player: Prosecutors A 23-year-old Plainfield man was indicted by a grand jury for murder in the shooting death of a former college football player last August. Maurice Pierce shot Jameer Outsey, of Bridgewater, on North Broad Street and Magnolia Avenue in Elizabeth on Aug. 27, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves, and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca said. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. Pierce was charged with murder in the first degree and multiple weapons offenses. Outsey, a three-year letterman at Fra…

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by Sam Barron
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$15M In Heroin, Fentanyl, Coke Seized In Takedown Of Massive NJ Drug Ring, Cops Say $15M In Heroin, Fentanyl, Coke Seized In Takedown Of Massive NJ Drug Ring, Cops Say
$15M In Heroin, Fentanyl, Coke Seized In Takedown Of Massive NJ Drug Ring, Cops Say A drug raid spanning several New Jersey towns turned up a stash of drugs — including heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine — with a street value of more than $15 million, and netted multiple arrests, police said. Acting on court-ordered search warrants, the raids were conducted Thursday, Nov. 16 following a months-long investigation in Hoboken, Jersey City, Elizabeth, and Montclair, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The searches turned up seven handguns including two that were reported stolen, more than 17 kilograms of heroin/fentanyl, more than 2.5 kilograms of cocaine, and various…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Major NJ-Based Fentanyl Ring Smashed: 20+ Pounds, 9,000 Doses Seized, Eight Men Out Major NJ-Based Fentanyl Ring Smashed: 20+ Pounds, 9,000 Doses Seized, Eight Men Out
Major Nj-based Fentanyl Ring Smashed: 20+ Pounds, 9,000 Doses Seized, Eight Men Out More than 20 pounds of fentanyl and an additional 9,000 doses of the deadly drug were seized with the arrests of eight members of a major trafficking ring that operated on both sides of the Hudson River, authorities said. Those charged in the federally-led offensive range in age from 37 to 60. They come from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania but operated primarily in and around Union County, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. The multi-pronged, eight-month operation relied on all levels of law enforcement, from federal agents to local police who watched and document…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GUILTY: Parolee Nabbed By Lyndhurst PD Convicted In NJ, NY Liquor, Convenience Store Holdups GUILTY: Parolee Nabbed By Lyndhurst PD Convicted In NJ, NY Liquor, Convenience Store Holdups
Guilty: Parolee Nabbed By Lyndhurst PD Convicted In NJ, NY Liquor, Convenience Store Holdups A Union County parolee who was nabbed by Lyndhurst police after a months-long armed robbery spree of liquor and convenience stores in two states -- including one in which he fired a handgun -- was convicted by federal jurors in Newark of all 10 counts against him. Vincent Chan-Guillen, 32, had just been paroled from state prison after serving three years for drug and weapons convictions when the holdups began in August 2018. He committed nine altogether over the next three months, four of them at liquor stores in New Jersey and five others at establishments in New York, the U.S. District Co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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MURDER: Elizabeth Man Bludgeoned Woman To Death, Prosecutor Says MURDER: Elizabeth Man Bludgeoned Woman To Death, Prosecutor Says
Murder: Elizabeth Man Bludgeoned Woman To Death, Prosecutor Says An Elizabeth man has been arrested on accusations he bludgeoned a woman to death over the weekend, authorities announced. Victor H. Rodriguez Gomez, 33, struck 30-year-old Carmen Lopez Barahona in the head, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl J. Graves, and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca said. Barahona was found around 2 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 on the the 200 block of Lt. Glenn Zamorski Drive, and Gomez had fled the scene, police said.  His car was found by the Perth Amboy Police Department and he was arrested and transferr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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GOTCHA! Gunman Who Carjacked Couple Captured Thanks To Police Drone: NJ Authorities GOTCHA! Gunman Who Carjacked Couple Captured Thanks To Police Drone: NJ Authorities
Gotcha! Gunman Who Carjacked Couple Captured Thanks To Police Drone: NJ Authorities A gunman who carjacked a couple waiting to pick up food outside an Elizabeth restaurant was captured by police thanks to a Newark police drone that followed their Mercedes to Jersey City, authorities said. Rahmel Belle, 22, of Jersey City, and another man were both wearing masks when they got out of a car behind the couple on Morris Avenue around 7:30 p.m. this past April 23, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Pointing a grey handgun with a laser at them, Belle ordered the victims out of the Mercedes and took their keys, cellphones and other valuables – as well as $…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Deadly Elizabeth Hotel Lobby Stabbing Leads To Bergen County Man's Arrest: Prosecutor Deadly Elizabeth Hotel Lobby Stabbing Leads To Bergen County Man's Arrest: Prosecutor
Deadly Elizabeth Hotel Lobby Stabbing Leads To Bergen County Man's Arrest: Prosecutor A Bergen County man is facing various murder charges in the stabbing death of a Brooklyn resident earlier this week in Elizabeth, authorities announced. Javan Johnson, 30, of Bergenfield, stabbed 37-year-old Marlon Pantin at the Country Inn & Suites around 1 a.m. on Monday, March 21, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel said. Sources tell Daily Voice Pantin was stabbed in his chest. Pantin was found laying on the lobby floor and taken to University Hospital in Newark, where he died, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Robert Grady, who is prosecuting the case. …

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by Cecilia Levine
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US Marshals Nab Newark Man For 2021 Elizabeth Murder: Prosecutor US Marshals Nab Newark Man For 2021 Elizabeth Murder: Prosecutor
US Marshals Nab Newark Man For 2021 Elizabeth Murder: Prosecutor Members of the US Marshals Service arrested a 25-year-old Newark man early Tuesday, Feb. 1, wanted in an August 2021 shooting death of an Elizabeth man over the summer, authorities announced. Jefferson Louis, 25, has been accused of gunning down Archeley Brizard, 26, in a vehicle near Jefferson Park on Aug. 4 around 12:30 p.m., Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel said. Brizard was found by police having suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Julie Peterman, who is prosecuting the case. Louis was identified as the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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$10K Reward Offered In Deadly Elizabeth Shooting $10K Reward Offered In Deadly Elizabeth Shooting
$10K Reward Offered In Deadly Elizabeth Shooting A $10,000 reward is being offered in the shooting death of a 34-year-old man in an Elizabeth shooting Thursday night, authorities said. Shamar L. Brown, of Elizabeth, was found seriously injured at the intersection of Second Street and Bond Street around 8:30 p.m., Union County Prosecutor William Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Union County Crime Stoppers are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case; tips can be given anon…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds: Southern Couple Ran Guns Later Seized In Crimes Into NJ Feds: Southern Couple Ran Guns Later Seized In Crimes Into NJ
Feds: Southern Couple Ran Guns Later Seized In Crimes Into NJ Three guns recovered in separate crimes in Elizabeth were bought by a South Carolina woman who smuggled them into New Jersey with a convicted felon as her partner, federal authorities charged. One of the weapons traced to Christina Lanette Williams and Fuquan Haafiz Ali Bowers was found at the scene of a shooting, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Another was seized from a juvenile, while the third was recovered from a convicted felon, she said. A federal magistrated judge in South Carolina released both Williams and Bowers on $25,000 unsecured bond following thei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Arrest Made In Stabbing Death Of 21-Year-Old Elizabeth Man Arrest Made In Stabbing Death Of 21-Year-Old Elizabeth Man
Arrest Made In Stabbing Death Of 21-Year-Old Elizabeth Man An arrest has been made in last Sunday's stabbing death of Yonatan Alexander Vasquez-Torres. Alexis Mondesi, 48, is accused of stabbing Vaxquez-Torres dead on the 300 block of Center Street just before 3 a.m. on Oct. 10, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca said. He was subsequently pronounced dead, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Michael Cleaver, who is prosecuting the case. Mondesi was arrested at his home in connection with the incident on Friday, and charged with first-degree m…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Teen Shot Dead In Elizabeth Teen Shot Dead In Elizabeth
Teen Shot Dead In Elizabeth A teen boy was shot dead in his hometown of Elizabeth Monday afternoon, authorities confirmed. Police responding to the shooting report found Paul Baez, 17, with a fatal gunshot wound near the 100 block of Fulton Street just before 2:30 p.m., Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel said. Union County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to an indictment and conviction, Daniel said alongside Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca. A GoFundMe page for Paul's family was launched on Tuesday by Samira Villagomez. "He was a son, a friend, an athl…

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by Valerie Musson
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NJ Man Indicted On Murder Charge For Beating Complete Stranger To Death, Authorities Say NJ Man Indicted On Murder Charge For Beating Complete Stranger To Death, Authorities Say
NJ Man Indicted On Murder Charge For Beating Complete Stranger To Death, Authorities Say A Union County grand jury returned a three-count indictment against a man accused of killing a stranger with a blunt object last summer, authorities announced. Oliver I. Tzarax-Lopez, 21, is charged with first-degree murder and two related second-degree weapons offenses in connection with the death of 37-year-old Newark's Nohora C. Agudelo, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel announced Friday, July 23. Elizabeth police responded to East Broad and North Broad streets around 2:35 a.m. June 28, 2020, where Agudelo was found with severe head injuries, according to Union Cou…

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by Cecilia Levine
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RECOGNIZE HER? FBI Joins Effort To ID Body Found In Elizabeth RECOGNIZE HER? FBI Joins Effort To ID Body Found In Elizabeth
Recognize HER? FBI Joins Effort To ID Body Found In Elizabeth The FBI turned to the public for help after joining the effort to identify a woman whose body was found in Elizabeth more than a year ago. The body was found along railroad tracks off the 300 block of Port Avenue, in the shadow of the New Jersey Turnpike, on June 11, 2020, authorities said. They didn’t say how they believe she died. She’s Black or Hispanic, 25 to 35 years old, a little under 5-foot-7 and roughly 125 to 140 pounds. She had closely cropped hair, may have worn a wig or other head covering and had double piercings in both ears. An image of a vehicle of interest was originall…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Landlord Faces Sex Crimes Against 7 More Tenants, Total Climbs To 20 NJ Landlord Faces Sex Crimes Against 7 More Tenants, Total Climbs To 20
NJ Landlord Faces Sex Crimes Against 7 More Tenants, Total Climbs To 20 A New Jersey landlord federally accused of demanding sexual favors from tenants in exchange for rent relief is facing additional charges against seven new alleged victims, bringing the total to 20, authorities said Thursday. Joseph Centanni was charged with five additional counts of second-degree sexual assault and seven additional counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Department Chief Giacomo Sacca and Director Earl Graves said. The 74-year-old Mountainside resident -- who owns hundreds of residential rental …

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by Cecilia Levine
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US Marshals Capture NJ Man Wanted On Murder Charge In Pennsylvania US Marshals Capture NJ Man Wanted On Murder Charge In Pennsylvania
US Marshals Capture NJ Man Wanted On Murder Charge In Pennsylvania An Elizabeth man wanted on murder charges was captured by members of the US Marshals Service in Pennsylvania, authorities said Wednesday. Michael Rogers, 23, is accused of shooting 32-year-old Antwoine Thompson on April 26, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo, Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca, and city Police Director Earl Graves said. Thompson was rushed to the hospital after being shot near Second and Bond streets, and died later that day, authorities said. Meanwhile, Rogers was identified as a suspect and charged June 10. He was arrested without incident in Wilkes…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: North Jersey Landlord Had Sex With 13 Tenants In Exchange For Rent Relief Prosecutor: North Jersey Landlord Had Sex With 13 Tenants In Exchange For Rent Relief
Prosecutor: North Jersey Landlord Had Sex With 13 Tenants In Exchange For Rent Relief The owner of hundreds of rental units scattered across 18 residential properties in Elizabeth has been arrested and criminally charged with forcing more than a dozen of his tenants into sexual acts in exchange for financial relief, authorities said. Joseph Centanni, 73, of Mountainside, is charged with eight counts of second-degree sexual assault, one count of second-degree attempted sexual assault, and 14 counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact in connection with incidents taking place at various times from 2016 into 2020, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Elizabeth Man Charged With Murder In Brutal Apartment Beating Death Of Woman, 22 Elizabeth Man Charged With Murder In Brutal Apartment Beating Death Of Woman, 22
Elizabeth Man Charged With Murder In Brutal Apartment Beating Death Of Woman, 22 A 21-year-old man was jailed this week on accusations he beat a 22-year-old woman to death in his Downtown Elizabeth apartment building last month, authorities said. Andrew Burr, 21, is charged with first-degree murder and two related weapons offenses in connection in the early January death of Shaquin Ingram, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Department Chief Giacomo Sacca and Director Earl Graves announced Friday. Police responding to an apartment on the 10 block of Jacques Street to perform a welfare check around 1 a.m., on Jan 5. found Ingram wi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Shaquin Ingram, 22, Found Beaten To Death In Union County Apartment Shaquin Ingram, 22, Found Beaten To Death In Union County Apartment
Shaquin Ingram, 22, Found Beaten To Death In Union County Apartment A 22-year-old woman was found beaten to death in her Elizabeth apartment, authorities said. Shaquin Ingram was found by police performing a welfare check having sustained serious injuries in an apartment on the 10 block of Jacques Street around 1 a.m., Jan. 5, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Department Chief Giacomo Sacca and Director Earl Graves said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Ingram's Facebook page says she is a former resident of Newark and Linden. This investigation is being led by the Union County Homicide Task Force and assisted by me…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man, 26, Shot Dead In Hotel Parking Lot Near Newark Airport Man, 26, Shot Dead In Hotel Parking Lot Near Newark Airport
Man, 26, Shot Dead In Hotel Parking Lot Near Newark Airport Authorities in Union County are seeking the public's help investigating a hotel parking lot shooting that left a 26-year-old man dead. Patrick Shukla was killed just before midnight Friday in the Country Inn & Suites by Radisson on International Boulevard in Elizabeth, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Department Chief Giacomo Sacca and Director Earl Graves said Saturday. Shukla was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation is being led by the Union County Homicide Task Force and assisted by members of the Elizabeth Police Departm…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Trenton Sex Offender Accused Of Strangling, Sexually Assaulting Elizabeth Woman In Her Home Trenton Sex Offender Accused Of Strangling, Sexually Assaulting Elizabeth Woman In Her Home
Trenton Sex Offender Accused Of Strangling, Sexually Assaulting Elizabeth Woman In Her Home A Trenton man formerly registered as sex offender was accused of sexually assaulting and strangling an Elizabeth woman in her home, authorities said Monday. Sylvester Meyers, 37, was arrested last Thursday in Middlesex County in connection with the Aug. 31 incident, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Department Chief Giacomo Sacca and Director Earl Graves jointly announced. He was charged with second-degree sexual assault and third-degree aggravated assault by strangulation. Meyers was registered online as a sex offender in 2004, records show. Union Cou…

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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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HORRIFYING: NJ Neighbors Find Man Bound By Electrical Tape After Weeks Held In Captivity HORRIFYING: NJ Neighbors Find Man Bound By Electrical Tape After Weeks Held In Captivity
Horrifying: NJ Neighbors Find Man Bound By Electrical Tape After Weeks Held In Captivity Two suspects were in custody and the other at large after Elizabeth neighbors discovered a Staten Island man whose ankles, neck and wrists were  bound with electrical tape in a nearby apartment -- where a child was also found, authorities said. Elizabeth police responded to an apartment complex on the 200 block of Third Street July 3, on reports of a kidnapping, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said in a joint release. At the complex, officers found the frail and malnourished 29-year-old victim, who told authorities he'd been held captive and repeatedly assaulted for t…

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOW HER? Authorities Seek Help Identifying Woman Found Dead In Elizabeth KNOW HER? Authorities Seek Help Identifying Woman Found Dead In Elizabeth
Know HER? Authorities Seek Help Identifying Woman Found Dead In Elizabeth Authorities are seeking the public's help identifying a woman found dead along Elizabeth railroad tracks this week. The woman was found along railroad tracks off of the 300 block of Port Avenue in Elizabeth Thursday afternoon, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo, Elizabeth Police Department Deputy Chief Giacomo Sacca and Director Earl Graves said. Possibly black or Hispanic, the woman is either in her late 20s or early 30s, and approximately five feet and six inches tall with no distinguishing marks or tattoos on her body. The Union County Homicide Task Force, assisted by …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities: Home Health Aide Stabbed Elizabeth Patient, 62, To Death Amid Coronavirus Crisis Authorities: Home Health Aide Stabbed Elizabeth Patient, 62, To Death Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Authorities: Home Health Aide Stabbed Elizabeth Patient, 62, To Death Amid Coronavirus Crisis A 41-year-old home health aide has been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of her 62-year-old Elizabeth patient amid the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said. Myrlande Dornelus, 41, was arrested Friday in connection with the killing of Anna M. Pollard, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Department Director Earl Graves and Deputy Chief Giacomo Sacca jointly announced Monday. Elizabeth police found Pollard in her house on the 200 block of Front Street with serious stab wounds Monday, April 13, authorities said. Pollard later died, and an investi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Elizabeth Woman, 21, Fatally Run Over By Box Truck Elizabeth Woman, 21, Fatally Run Over By Box Truck
Elizabeth Woman, 21, Fatally Run Over By Box Truck A 21-year-old Elizabeth woman died after being run over by a box truck Saturday evening, authorities said. Sabryna Morales was found at the 900 block of East Grand Street with serious injuries, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo announced Sunday. She was pronounced dead at the scene around 7:50 p.m. near the Route 1&9 intersection, authorities said. Authorities did not release further information. This incident is being investigated by the Union County Homicide Task Force and Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit and the Elizabeth Police Department.  Anyo…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Do Not Dump Your Pets,' Elizabeth Police Tell Residents After Rescuing Massive Snake 'Do Not Dump Your Pets,' Elizabeth Police Tell Residents After Rescuing Massive Snake
'Do Not Dump Your Pets,' Elizabeth Police Tell Residents After Rescuing Massive Snake A snake found on a street in Elizabeth has a new home, authorities said. Sgt. Anthony Chodan, a biologist, rescued the snake from Pine Street March 27, police said on Facebook. The snake was identified as a pet and adopted out to a family in Jackson, Elizabeth police told Daily Voice. "Citizens should NOT dump their pets," Elizabeth police wrote, noting residents can be connected with rescue organizations. Police would not comment further on the situation. Sgt. Anthony ChodanElizabeth PD

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds: Elizabeth Man Bribed Postal Carriers To Steal Packages Of Checkbooks, iPhones, More Feds: Elizabeth Man Bribed Postal Carriers To Steal Packages Of Checkbooks, iPhones, More
Feds: Elizabeth Man Bribed Postal Carriers To Steal Packages Of Checkbooks, iPhones, More Federal agents on Thursday arrested an Elizabeth man who they said bribed U.S. Postal Service carriers to steal check books, credit cards and electronics from the mail. U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents watched as Jabre “Jab” Beauvoir, 21, met with a carrier in a mail van in Secaucus and collected a package that they’d planted, a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Beauvoir – using the handle “Neck Tat” -- believed he was getting a stolen iPhone 6 Plus, it says. The carrier told them that Beauvoir had offered $20O for every stolen check book and a split of the procee…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Elizabeth Woman Shot By Men Arguing Outside Her House Elizabeth Woman Shot By Men Arguing Outside Her House
Elizabeth Woman Shot By Men Arguing Outside Her House An Elizabeth woman was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to her knee Tuesday evening. The victim was walking to her house on Walnut Street when she saw two men arguing in the middle of the street, a spokesperson for the Elizabeth Police Department said. She then heard gunshots and suffered a gunshot wound to her knee, authorities said. The woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Elizabeth Teen Shot And Killed Over The Weekend Elizabeth Teen Shot And Killed Over The Weekend
Elizabeth Teen Shot And Killed Over The Weekend A 19-year-old Elizabeth man was fatally shot in the city Sunday, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said.  Police responded to a gas station parking lot in the 300 block of Morris Avenue around 10:45 p.m., where they found Haneef Brockington, who had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.   The joint investigation was ongoing Monday, and as being led by the Union County Homicide Task Force. The Elizabeth Police Department, the Union County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit, and the Union County Police Department Ballistics Unit are…

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by Paul Milo