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Newark Officer Killed, Teen Charged In Double Shooting: Officials Newark Officer Killed, Teen Charged In Double Shooting: Officials
Newark Officer Killed, Teen Charged In Double Shooting: Officials Authorities have charged a 14-year-old male and detained five others in connection with the shootings of Newark police officers that left Joseph Azcona dead and another officer critical, officials said. Azcona, 26, a five-year veteran of the Newark Police Department, was killed in the line of duty during a shooting on Friday evening, March 7, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Another officer remains hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. His name has not been released. A spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office confirmed that two officers w…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Woman Convicted Of Trying To Hide Gun In Jail: Prosecutor Newark Woman Convicted Of Trying To Hide Gun In Jail: Prosecutor
Newark Woman Convicted Of Trying To Hide Gun In Jail: Prosecutor A 34-year-old Newark woman faces up to a decade in prison after recently being convicted of trying to hide a gun while in a holding cell, authorities said. In July 2020, Talisha Arrington was detained after an incident at a White Castle restaurant on Elizabeth Avenue and placed in a holding cell at the Newark Police headquarters on Clinton Avenue, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said.  Once in the holding cell, Arrington removed a handgun, which was concealed on her person and attempted to hide it in the holding cell, Stephens said. Newark officials recovered the han…

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by Sam Barron