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Elizabeth Man In Domestic Dispute Swings Knife Before He's Shot By Officer, Video Shows Elizabeth Man In Domestic Dispute Swings Knife Before He's Shot By Officer, Video Shows
Elizabeth Man In Domestic Dispute Swings Knife Before He's Shot By Officer, Video Shows UPDATE: It was over in seconds. An Elizabeth police officer fired a single shot to neutralize a man who swung a long-bladed knife at him inside a multi-family home, video of what became a fatal encounter shows. Officer Steven Lazo and his partner were responding to a 911 call of an unwanted person involved in a dispute on Amity Street shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday, July 29, when the incident occurred. After entering through a front door, they moved through the house toward the sounds of a woman screaming in a rear room, where two men were trying to restrain Estiben Alegria-Hurtado, a 42-ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Robbery Goes Sideways: Repeat Offender Released Under Bail Reform Shot Dead By Pal, Police Say Robbery Goes Sideways: Repeat Offender Released Under Bail Reform Shot Dead By Pal, Police Say
Robbery Goes Sideways: Repeat Offender Released Under Bail Reform Shot Dead By Pal, Police Say A botched robbery in Paterson cost a repeat offender from Union County his life, although New Jersey’s bail reform law also had something to do with it. It was a week ago that Kyle Newton, 28, was arrested in Lyndhurst while he and another man were scoping out vehicles to steal, authorities said. Newton (inset in photo above), of Hillside, had a history of arrests in multiple counties over the past few years. Just as in the those cases, he was released from custody after last Monday’s arrest in Lyndhurst because of New Jersey’s bail reform law, records show. He ended up dead less tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Essex Jail Officer Admits Covering Up Colleague's Assault On Federal Detainee Feds: Essex Jail Officer Admits Covering Up Colleague's Assault On Federal Detainee
Feds: Essex Jail Officer Admits Covering Up Colleague's Assault On Federal Detainee An Essex County correctional officer admitted Wednesday that he covered up a colleague’s assault of a federal detainee. Angel Chaparro, 38, told a federal judge in Newark that he and two colleagues were strip-searching the detainee at the Essex County Correctional Facility last August when the assault occurred. The detainee – who was being held pending a federal trial – had squirted a mixture of urine, yogurt, and milk onto a correctional officer, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Friday. Officer Damion James attacked the detainee in a disciplinary cell, “striking him multiple tim…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Union County Man Who Shot, Killed Girlfriend In Custody Prosecutor: Union County Man Who Shot, Killed Girlfriend In Custody
Prosecutor: Union County Man Who Shot, Killed Girlfriend In Custody A 20-year-old Union County man who shot and killed his girlfriend at his house over the weekend was in police custody as of Tuesday afternoon, authorities announced. Jamar I. Webber, of Union Township, was lodged in the Union County Jail awaiting a first appearance and detention hearing, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said. Webber is facing charges of first-degree murder and two related weapons offenses in connection with the death of 19-year-old Malikah Taylor of Newark, Ruotolo previously said. Police officers found Malikah Taylor on the 2100 block of Melrose…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Released Video Shows Fatal Newark Police Shooting Released Video Shows Fatal Newark Police Shooting
Released Video Shows Fatal Newark Police Shooting Home surveillance video shows a South Orange man being shot and killed by a Newark police detective after rushing the officer. Captured from across the street, the video released this week by state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal shows Carl Dorsey III, 39, running at Detective Rod Simpkins as the plainclothes investigator got out of the passenger side of an unmarked police vehicle just after midnight on New Year’s Day. The pair collide and spin around, as Simpkins shoots Dorsey with his service weapon as he falls backwards. SEE: Dorsey Shooting The video is the only footage of the fatal…

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by Jerry DeMarco