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Frelinghuysen Avenue, Newark, NJ
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
'Daredevil' Drag Racer Assaults Newark Officer In Attempted Escape: Police
A New Jersey man has been arrested after allegedly injuring a Newark police officer during a drag racing incident over the weekend, authorities said. Wyatt Bowden, 18, of Somerville was trying to escape officers responding to reports of erratic driving when he drove over a Newark officer's foot just after 1 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda, Sr. said. Bowden faces charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, eluding, and possession of a weapon (auto) following the incident at Frelinghuysen Avenue and Miller Street, police said. The officer wa…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Car Thieves Attempted To Carjack Mercedes At Gas Station: Newark PD
Car thieves driving a vehicle stolen out of East Orange attempted to carjack a Mercedes Benz in Newark on the afternoon of Sunday, Aug. 11, authorities said. The suspects were driving a stolen 2020 BMW from East Orange into Newark, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. At 12:05 p.m., the suspects attempted to carjack another victim's Mercedes Benz from the Mobil gas station at Frelinghuysen Avenue and Meeker Avenue before fleeing in their BMW, Fragé said. The black 2020 BMW, is a series 330, with tinted windows, and alloy rims, with New Jersey license plate B54PEK. A…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Scooterist Fatally Struck By Vehicle In Newark: Prosecutor
A 63-year-old Elizabeth man was killed after he was struck by a vehicle while riding a scooter on Monday, July 15 in Newark, authorities said. At 5:25 p.m., Kenneth Roy William was riding a motorized scooter when it collided with a 2016 Jeep at Frelinghuysen Avenue and Carrington Street, a spokesman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. William was transported to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead soon after, authorities said. The driver of the other vehicle remained on the scene, authorities said. No charges have been filed as of this time and the investigatio…
Newark, NJ
News
Accident Kills Victim Pinned Between Shipping Container, Building Wall In Newark: Cops
Police in Newark are investigating an accident that killed a man pinned between a shipping container and a building's wall Tuesday, June 25. Firefighters were called to a business on the 200 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue around 3:55 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Newark Firefighters and members of the Newark Police Emergency Services Unit moved the container, freeing the victim, who was pronounced dead at 4:50 p.m. The incident remains under investigation, but foul play is not suspected, police said. It was not immediately clear whether or not this was an i…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Scooterist Killed After Colliding With Vehicle: Prosecutors
A 36-year-old Newark was resident was killed when the electric scooter they were riding collided with a vehicle on the morning of Monday, July 31, authorities said. At 7 a.m., police were notified of a scooter-vehicle collision on the 700 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue near the intersection of Whittier Place, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Marcus Vinicus Pires DeCruz, the driver of the scooter, was pronounced dead at the scene, Stephens and Fragé said. The investigation is active and ongoing and no arrest…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Trio Arrested For Weapons Charges In Newark After Police Spot Drug Sale: Authorities
Three people were arrested in Newark and hit with weapons and narcotics charges after officers observed a drug sale on Wednesday, July, 26, authorities said. The drug sale occurred while sheriff's officers were on patrol at Virginia Street and Frelinghuysen Avenue, the Essex County Sheriff's Office said. After observing the sale, police initiated a motor vehicle stop on Evergreen Avenue, the Essex County Sheriff's Office said. A search of the vehicle uncovered a handgun, assault rife, narcotics, drug paraphernalia and $626 in cash, the Essex County Sheriff's Office said The three …
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Found Fatally Shot In Newark: Prosecutors
A 33-year-old Newark man was found fatally shot on the morning of Monday, May 15, according to authorities. Police responded to a report of a dead body on the 600 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue where they located Anthony Damico suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Stephens and Fragé said. The investigation is active and ongoing, Stephens and Fragé said. No arrests have been made, Stephens and Fragé said. Anyone with information i…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Pair Nabbed In Essex County Carjacking, Gas Station Robbery: Sheriff
Two juveniles were arrested in Essex County in connection with a carjacking and armed robbery, authorities said. On Saturday, Oct. 22, Essex County Sheriff’s Office Detectives assigned to the Sheriff’s Bureau of Narcotics arrested two unnamed suspects for an alleged carjacking in Newark on Frelinghuysen Avenue, and an alleged armed robbery of an Exxon station on McCarter Highway and Bridge Street in Newark. The two suspects were charged with receiving stolen property; resisting arrest by flight; resisting arrest by force; unlawful possession of a weapon; illegal possession of an exten…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Bank Robber With Heroin, Carjacker Among Recent Arrests Made In Newark
Newark police have arrested four individuals in connection with various crimes across the city, they announced. Raheem Pamplin, 21, of Newark, was among three men who stole a BMW from the driver at gunpoint on the 200 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue around 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 7, Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave III said. Police Arrest Newark Man for Armed Carjacking Interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave III reports the... Posted by Newark NJ Department of Public Safety on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 The three suspects fled southbound on Frelinghuysen. One of them…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Four Dead In Fiery Newark Crash With Tractor Trailer
Four people died and one person was left critical in a crash involving two cars and a tractor trailer early Saturday, July 23 in Newark, authorities said. A car appeared to have rear-ended a tractor-trailer then burst into flames, spreading to the other car and the trailer around 4:20 a.m. on Frelinghuysen Avenue near Evergreen Avenue, Interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave said. Four trapped occupants were pronounced dead while a fifth was hospitalized in critical condition. The incident remains under investigation. No further information was available.
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Carjackers Who Led Wild Route 78 Pursuit Had Heroin, Firearms, Three Magazines: Police
More than a dozen decks of heroin, firearms and several magazines were seized following an armed carjacking and wild Route 78 pursuit, leading to the arrest of four Newark males including two teens Thursday, July 7, authorities said. Tysean Ware, 19, Raheem Pamplin, 21, a 16-year-old male, and a 17-year-old male, were being held on various charges as of Friday, Newark Interim Public Safety Director Raul Malave said. It began around 1 p.m., when police responded to the 200 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue for an armed carjacking, Malave said. A victim sitting inside his vehicle, a 2019 Me…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Woman Struck, Killed In Newark Was Walking In Middle Of Road, Police Say
Authorities have identified the woman struck and killed by a car early Tuesday morning in Newark. Adrian Bradford, 54, was walking in the middle of the street on the 600 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue when she was struck by a Toyota Sienna around 3 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. Brandford was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:38 a.m. The investigation is active and ongoing. No charges were filed against the driver, who remained at the scene.
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Woman Struck, Killed In Newark
Authorities have identified the woman struck and killed by a car early Tuesday morning in Newark. Adrian Bradford, 54, was walking in the middle of the street on the 600 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue when she was struck by a Toyota Sienna around 3 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. Brandford was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:38 a.m. The investigation is active and ongoing. No charges were filed against the driver, who remained at the scene.
Newark, NJ
News
13 Shooting Suspects Arrested, 29 Firearms Recovered In Newark
Thirteen shooting suspects were arrested and 29 illegal weapons were recovered in the month in Newark, authorities said Friday. The men were arrested for various incidents since Oct. 1, and the weapons were linked to incidents that occurred in the last two-week span, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The following arrests were made: Unique Anderson, 29, of Montclair, was arrested on Oct. 1, for a shooting of a male victim on Aug. 21, in the 100 block of Richelieu Terrace. Anderson faces charges of aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a …
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
News
MVC Mayhem: Enraged Patrons Slam Officials Opening Day In NJ
The promise of efficiency and shorter lines at New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission left many patrons feeling hopeless Tuesday morning, as centers reopened under a new system for the first time in months due to the COVID-19 shutdown. Personnel were deployed to the busiest agencies at 6 a.m. in anticipation of the long lines, officials said. The opening day, slated for June 29, was delayed by a week so issues with a new text notification system could be ironed out. But as patrons turned out in droves Tuesday in hopes of completing transactions they've been waiting on for months, things see…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Police: Paterson Man, 30, Killed In Newark Shooting
A Paterson man died at the hospital after being shot in Newark over the weekend, authorities said. Dashon S. Ragland, 30, was shot on the 900 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue around 5:37 p.m. Sunday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a joint release. Ragland was transported to University Hospital and pronounced dead shortly before 6 p.m., authorities said. No arrests in the case were reported as of Tuesday afternoon. Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to contact the Essex County Prose…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Seen
HIM? Newark Man Hit Police Car, Drove On Sidewalk In Pursuit: Police
A Newark man put several lives in danger Saturday when he led police on a chase into Union County, Newark's Director of Public Safety Anthony Ambrose said. An arrest warrant has been issued for 28-year-old Justin Archer, who was identified as the driver in the pursuit, police said. Shortly before 11 a.m. police spotted a white van reported stolen out of Elizabeth parked at Van Vechten and Hanford streets. When officers approached the van they saw Archer, who appeared unconscious, in the front seat, police said. When he was ordered to get out of the van, Archer allegedly p…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Nearly A Dozen Arrested In Newark Prostitution Sweep
A task force that has been cracking down on prostitution in Newark made 11 arrests Friday, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a statement. The sweep occurred at Broadway and Irving Street near Newark's northern border with Belleville. Previous sweeps have been centered on Frelinghuysen Avenue in the south end of the city. “We arrested 11 men and one woman for soliciting prostitution,” Ambrose said. “This is a quality of life problem. We don’t want our residents to have to endure this activity in their neighborhoods and outside their homes.” Ten of those arrested wer…
