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NJ Woman Charged With Assaulting Police Officer... Again NJ Woman Charged With Assaulting Police Officer... Again
NJ Woman Charged With Assaulting Police Officer... Again A 24-year-old Essex County woman attacked her cousin with a metal pipe then kicked and spit on officers taking her into custody, authorities said. Jannah Asante was arrested on similar charges in 2019. Police in Montclair responded to a report of a fight between two women on Mission Street just before 1:25 a.m. on Jan. 8, Sgt. Terence Turner said. One of the women told officers she saw Asante of East Orange shatter both the front and back windshield of her cousin’s car, which had been parked on the street, police said. When the woman confronted her, Asante attacked the victim with a …

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by Valerie Musson
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TRAGEDY AVOIDED: PA Man Who Stole Dog From NJ Home Drops Handgun After Pursuit TRAGEDY AVOIDED: PA Man Who Stole Dog From NJ Home Drops Handgun After Pursuit
Tragedy Avoided: PA Man Who Stole Dog From NJ Home Drops Handgun After Pursuit A tragedy was avoided when a Pennsylvania man who led police on a wild chase after stealing a dog from a New Jersey home got out of his car holding a gun -- which he dropped at officers' orders, authorities said. Nico Rogers, 31, of, Irwin, PA, was being held in the Somerset County jail on charges of eluding, unlawful possession of a weapon and burglary, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Hillsborough police got a 9-1-1 call reporting a suspicious car trespassing near Wertsville Road around 11:20 a.m., Robertson said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office…

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by Cecilia Levine
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POLICE: NJ Man Assaults Restaurant Manager, Threatens To Kill Workers During Face Mask Dispute POLICE: NJ Man Assaults Restaurant Manager, Threatens To Kill Workers During Face Mask Dispute
Police: NJ Man Assaults Restaurant Manager, Threatens To Kill Workers During Face Mask Dispute A North Jersey restaurant customer went on an aggressive tirade, wielding a knife and threatening to kill workers who asked him to leave for not wearing a mask Wednesday night, authorities said. Jose Canales, 21, of Morristown, was not wearing a mask when he ordered food at Fatty’s Restaurant on Morris Street around 10:30 p.m., Police Capt. Darnell Richardson said. The restaurant’s manager, Mauri Colin, had just asked Canales to leave the store when he refused and became disrespectful, prompting Colin to cancel his order and refund the money, police said. Canales then started punching Coli…

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by Valerie Musson
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NJSP: Truck Driver In NJ Turnpike Road Rage Shooting Busted With Firearms, Brass Knuckles NJSP: Truck Driver In NJ Turnpike Road Rage Shooting Busted With Firearms, Brass Knuckles
Njsp: Truck Driver In NJ Turnpike Road Rage Shooting Busted With Firearms, Brass Knuckles A 52-year-old tractor-trailer driver was found with firearms and brass knuckles after shooting at another driver during a road rage incident on the NJ Turnpike in Union County, State Police said. James McLane was behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer when he fired a handgun at another truck driver on the southbound side of the highway at 11:10 a.m. Tuesday, NJSP officials said. The victim gave troopers a description of McLane’s vehicle, which had Tennessee license plates, and McLane was stopped a short time later near milepost 56.5, state police said.  McLane, of Gibson, GA, was subse…

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by Valerie Musson
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Homeless Man Charged With Murder In Newark Penn Station Stabbing Homeless Man Charged With Murder In Newark Penn Station Stabbing
Homeless Man Charged With Murder In Newark Penn Station Stabbing A homeless man was charged with murder in the stabbing death of a 43-year-old man outside of Newark Penn Station, authorities charged. Rashon Williams and Lance Boone, 55, got into an argument at McCarter highway and Market Street around noon Monday when Boone stabbed Williams, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:10 p.m. via telemetry by a doctor at University Hospital, Stephens and Ambrose said. Boone, who is homeless, is being held at the Essex County …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Airlifted After Being Stabbed By Woman, 34, In Hackettstown Dispute Man Airlifted After Being Stabbed By Woman, 34, In Hackettstown Dispute
Man Airlifted After Being Stabbed By Woman, 34, In Hackettstown Dispute One victim was airlifted and another hospitalized after being stabbed by a 34-year-old Hackettstown woman during an argument, authorities charged. Valentina Zukowski was arguing with someone in an upstairs apartment on the 200 block of West Baldwin Street around midnight Friday, Hackettstown police said. Another man, 30, who came into the unit was stabbed in the chest by Zukowski, sending him to Morristown Medical Center in a helicopter, police said. A 27-year-old Hackettstown woman with a minor stab wound in her hand was treated at Hackettstwon Medical Center, authorities said. Zuko…

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by Valerie Musson
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Police: DUI Suspect Nabbed In Warren Gas Station Robbery Had Heroin, Weapons Police: DUI Suspect Nabbed In Warren Gas Station Robbery Had Heroin, Weapons
Police: DUI Suspect Nabbed In Warren Gas Station Robbery Had Heroin, Weapons A 34-year-old Laurence Harbor man who was under the influence when he robbed a Hope Township gas station had heroin and weapons when police located him that same evening, authorities said. Charles Degoulet-Deoliveira, 34, robbed an employee at U.S. Gas Station in Hope Township Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The employee initially refused to surrender any cash until Degoulet-Deoliveira threatened to use a weapon, police say. Degoulet-Deoliveira fled the scene in a silver Toyota Tacoma and was apprehended a short time later in Allamuchy Township, authorities said. Degoulet-Deoliveira …

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by Valerie Musson
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Newark Man Gets 25 Years For Killing Driver Who Rear-Ended Him Newark Man Gets 25 Years For Killing Driver Who Rear-Ended Him
Newark Man Gets 25 Years For Killing Driver Who Rear-Ended Him A Newark man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after admitting in August he shot and killed a driver who rear-ended him last year, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Friday. Jerome Bearfield, 28, was hit from behind while driving home from his mother's birthday party May 5, 2018. Bearfield got out of his vehicle with a .38 revolver and fatally shot the other driver, 51-year-old Basil Howard of East Orange. Bearfield, who did not have a license for the gun, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and unlawful possession of a weapon.  “Mr. Howard is another innocent vict…

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by Paul Milo
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Newark Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Driver Over Fender-Bender Newark Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Driver Over Fender-Bender
Newark Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Driver Over Fender-Bender A Newark man faces up to 25 years in prison after admitting he shot and killed a driver who rear-ended him last year, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.  Jerome Bearfield, 28, was hit from behind while driving May 5, 2018. Bearfield got out of his vehicle with a .38 revolver and fatally shot the other driver, 50-year-old Basil Howard of East Orange.  Bearfield, who did not have a license for the gun, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and unlawful possession of a weapon. His sentencing is scheduled for October.  “Mr. Howard is another innocent victim of…

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by Paul Milo
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Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor
Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor The man arrested while in possession of a gun and ammunition at a Westfield grade school is a 46-year-old Delaware resident, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday. Thomas J. Wilkie, of Bear, was arrested by Westfield police shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Tamaques Elementary School. Westfield police received a tip from police in New Castle County in Delaware that Wilkie might be armed and headed to the school, authorities said. Students were in the building taking part in an after-school program when police apprehended Wilkie, who was found sitting in the fr…

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by Paul Milo