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Prosecutor IDs 31-Year-Old Woman Shot Dead In NJ's Largest City
A woman was fatally shot in Newark on Sunday, July 28, authorities said.
At 11:23 p.m., Newark police responded to 4th Avenue and North 12th Street where they found Brielle Alston, 31, suffering from a gunshot wound, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Frage said.
Alston was transported to University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:20 a.m., Stephens and Frage said.
The shooting is being investigated by the Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, Stephens and…
Three Sentenced In Fatal Shooting Of Jersey City Teen: Prosecutor
Three Jersey City residents were sentenced on Friday, July 19, to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a fatal 2018 shooting of a 17-year-old Jersey City boy, authorities said.
Rayquan Carmichael, 23, was sentenced to 40 years in state prison for murder, while Isaiah Huggins, 24, was sentenced to 42 years in state prison for murder, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The two were convicted back in March, Suarez sad.
Carmichael was already serving time in prison on unrelated weapons and burglary charges, Suarez said. Jahmari Hector, 21, was sentenced to six years in prison for c…
