Vehicle Sought In Pipe Assault Robbery, Newark Police Says

A man was assaulted with a pipe and robbed in Newark on the early morning of Friday, May 31, authorities said.

The suspects fled the scene in this vehicle.
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06/05/2024 11:29 a.m.

At 3:41 a.m., two men and a woman struck the man with a metal pipe in his head, face, back and arm on the 400 block of North 5th Street, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.

The trio took the man's iPhone, $700 in cash and then fled in a silver 2006 Honda Ridgeline pickup truck with New Jersey license plate P97RBZ, Fragé said.

The four-door vehicle was seen in Clifton but frequents Clifton Avenue in Newark and Washington Avenue in Belleville, Fragé said. It also has been listed as a felony vehicle, Fragé said.

Anyone with information about the suspects’ identity and locating the vehicle is asked to call 1-877-695-8477.

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