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Carjacker Who Triggered AMBER Alert Sought By NJ Cops (PHOTOS) Carjacker Who Triggered AMBER Alert Sought By NJ Cops (PHOTOS)
Carjacker Who Triggered Amber Alert Sought By NJ Cops (Photos) Newark police are attempting to locate the person who carjacked a vehicle with a 3-year-old inside on Tuesday, Oct. 31, triggering an AMBER alert.  At 8:13 a.m., police responded to the 100 block of Wilson Avenue after a 2017 silver-colored Hyundai Sonata was carjacked, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. As police canvassed the area, the AMBER alert was issued at 9:55 a.m., Fragé said. The AMBER alert was canceled after police found the vehicle in Jersey City, with the child inside and unharmed, Fragé said. Police were able to obtain surveillance video of the…

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by Sam Barron
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3-Year-Old Found Safe In Jersey City After AMBER Alert Issued Out of Newark (PHOTOS) 3-Year-Old Found Safe In Jersey City After AMBER Alert Issued Out of Newark (PHOTOS)
3-Year-Old Found Safe In Jersey City After Amber Alert Issued Out of Newark (Photos) A 3-year-old was found unharmed in Jersey City after an AMBER alert was issued out of Newark on Tuesday, Oct. 31. At 8:15 a.m., police responded to the 100 block of Wilson Avenue after a vehicle was carjacked with the child left inside, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.  At 10:30 a.m., police found the vehicle in Jersey City with the child inside and unharmed, Fragé said. The incident remains under investigation. 

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by Sam Barron
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Bar Assault Suspect Wanted For Hospitalizing Victim In Newark: Police Bar Assault Suspect Wanted For Hospitalizing Victim In Newark: Police
Bar Assault Suspect Wanted For Hospitalizing Victim In Newark: Police Police seek the public's help identifying an assault suspect from a bar fight in Newark. The suspect shown above allegedly struck a man at the bar on Saturday, May 7, sending him to the hospital, police said. At approximately midnight, the suspect was captured on surveillance video punching the victim in the face multiple times at a bar on New York Avenue. The victim lost consciousness, fell to the floor, and was later treated at University Hospital, police said. The suspect left the location as a passenger in a vehicle, believed to be a Chevy, which fled on Houston Street toward Wilson Av…

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by Jon Craig
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Police: Newark Man Robbed City Resident At Knifepoint Police: Newark Man Robbed City Resident At Knifepoint
Police: Newark Man Robbed City Resident At Knifepoint A 24-year-old Newark man was in custody on accusations he robbed a city resident at knifepoint, authorities said. Police responded to a call about a robbery in progress on the 400 block of Ferry Street around 3:45 p.m., where a victim told officers that a man with a box cutter took his phone and money, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Officers on patrol arrested Tyrone Boykins moments later, when they saw him in the neighborhood several blocks away at Wilson Avenue and Kossuth Street, Ambrose said.  He was charged with robbery and possession of a weapon for …

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by Cecilia Levine
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BUSTED! Trio Arrested, $6.8K Seized After Police Find 50 People Gambling At Illegal Newark Bar BUSTED! Trio Arrested, $6.8K Seized After Police Find 50 People Gambling At Illegal Newark Bar
Busted! Trio Arrested, $6.8K Seized After Police Find 50 People Gambling At Illegal Newark Bar Three men were arrested when police busted 50 people gambling, playing cards and drinking inside of an illegal Newark bar this weekend, authorities said. Newark police officers responding to the Portuguese Soccer Club on Wilson Avenue on reports of illegal alcohol and gambling around 10 p.m. Friday, saw Byron Barraza, 31, unlocking a gate for patrons to go in and out, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose. Once inside, police saw some 50 people drinking, playing cards and using gambling machines -- 61-year-old Victor Pereira serving as bartender at a fully stocked bar with a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN THEM? Warrants Issued For Newark Burglary Suspects SEEN THEM? Warrants Issued For Newark Burglary Suspects
Seen Them? Warrants Issued For Newark Burglary Suspects Authorities in Newark have issued warrants for two burglary suspects in separate incidents — one commercial and one residential. James Spotswood, also known as Ali, 54, is wanted for burglarizing the Honig Chemical building on Wilson Avenue, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said Spotswood damaged the locks to the back entrance sometime between 11:30 p.m. on Friday, April 24 and 4:45 a.m. on Monday, April 27, Ambrose said. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and 160 pounds with a dark brown complexion, black hair, brown eyes and a scar on his left eye, authorities said. A warra…

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by Valerie Musson