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US Marshals Capture Armed Man Who Sexually Assaulted, Robbed Women At NJ Hotels: Cops US Marshals Capture Armed Man Who Sexually Assaulted, Robbed Women At NJ Hotels: Cops
US Marshals Capture Armed Man Who Sexually Assaulted, Robbed Women At NJ Hotels: Cops A 27-year-old East Orange man is accused of sexually assaulting and robbing two women in Elizabeth, police said. Jameel Alston carried out the first incident at Motel 6 on Aug. 28, when the victim reported being sexually assaulted and robbed by an armed intruder, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel said. A second incident, an armed robbery of another woman, happened shortly after at the Ritz Motel.  During both incidents, Alston was driving a white 2021 Hyundai Kona, Daniel said alongside Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca and Elizabeth Police Director …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Trio Found With Airsoft Gun After Pursuit-Crash In North Jersey: Police Trio Found With Airsoft Gun After Pursuit-Crash In North Jersey: Police
Trio Found With Airsoft Gun After Pursuit-Crash In North Jersey: Police Three men seen trying to break into a home were arrested following a police pursuit, Saturday, Aug. 16 in North Jersey, authorities said. At 3:10 p.m., officers responded to a report of a burglary in progress at a home on Forest Place, where three men with ski masks were at the back door, Fairfield police said in a release. They were seen fleeing the area in a gray Honda CRV after the caller scared them off, police said. Police located the vehicle on Little Falls Road and initiated a traffic stop, but the Honda accelerated in an attempt to elude law enforcement, officers said. The pursuit c…

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by Sam Barron
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Security Guard Charged In Deadly Assault At Elizabeth Lounge: Prosecutor Security Guard Charged In Deadly Assault At Elizabeth Lounge: Prosecutor
Security Guard Charged In Deadly Assault At Elizabeth Lounge: Prosecutor A 26-year-old Elizabeth resident was arrested and charged on Friday, July 12, with a deadly assault in 2023, authorities said. In July 2023, Elizabeth police found Jose Lopez suffering from a head injury at the El Monsignor Lounge, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves, and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca said. Lopez was taken to a rehabilitation facility where he died in March, authorities said.  Regis Pelegrino Motas was identified as Lopez's assailant, and had been working as a security guard at the lounge at the time of the inciden…

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by Sam Barron