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Booker Mum on Double-Dipping Driver, Cop Killer Gets 39 Years Top Local News
Mother accused of leaving toddler in sweltering car, police hunt for two Newark brothers who allegedly killed a store clerk also make headlines.
A woman was charged with child endangerment after she allegedly left her baby alone in a parked car July 4, when temperatures were in the 90s in Newark. The child was unharmed.
The Star Ledger is selling its offices on Court Street as a cost-saving measure, the newspaper’s publisher announced. The paper will eventually lease office space but the publisher was unsure where.
A number of elected officials with Newark ties, including former municipal council president Donald Payne who now represents the 10th District in Congress, have been accused of campaign-finance violations by the state Election Law Enforcement Commission.
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Arrest warrants were issued for two Newark brothers in the fatal shooting of an Irvington store clerk during an armed robbery last month.
A young city man was shot and killed along Muhammad Ali Avenue. The shooting is believed to have been targeted.
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The man who gunned down off-duty Newark Police Detective Michael Morgan in Paterson two years ago was sentenced to 39 years in prison.
Representatives of Mayor Cory Booker declined to comment on a published report that Booker’s former driver took a job with the city housing authority in April, a month after retiring from the police department on a disability pension.Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
