Saturday, April 20, 2013
25-year-old Newark man slain Friday night; no suspect or motive determined, cops report.
Two men were shot on Bloomfield Avenue Friday night, with one dying as a result a short time later at University Hospital, according to authorities. Just after 10 p.m. shots rang out at 208 Bloomfield Avenue, the location of Avenue Liquors, striking Felix Hernandez, 25, of Newark and another man who police would not identify, Ambrose said. Both men were transported to University Hospital where Hernandez was pronounced dead, Ambrose said. The other victim is in stable condition. There are no suspects or motive yet, Ambrose said, and the Essex County Homicide Task Force and Newark Police are actively investigating. Anyone with information regarding the shooting is asked to call the Newark Police and prosecutor’s tip lines. All calls will be …
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
A 19-year-old man suffered a non-life threatening gun shot wound early Saturday on the 200 block of South 7th Street, police said.
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Saturday, March 30
A Newark man was arrested Saturday in connection with an early morning shooting that left a 19-year-old with non-life threatening injuries, according to authorities. Detectives from the Major Crimes Section apprehended James Little, 20, of Newark, Saturday, hours after the shooting. The investigation led authorities to identify Little as the alleged suspect in the shooting of a 19-year-old man at about 1:50 a.m. Saturday on the 200 block of South 7th Street. The 19-year-old suffered a non-life threatening gun shot wound, authorities said. Detectives recovered a loaded Colt .38 Special Revolver at the scene of the incident. Little was arrested and taken into custody without incident. He has been charged with aggravated assault and …
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Newark Police are searching for a man who robbed a pharmacy on Mt. Prospect Avenue Saturday morning.
Police are searching for a man who claimed to be a police officer and robbed a pharmacy of money and drugs Saturday morning, according to Newark Police Det. Todd McClendon. The man first entered Giannotto's Pharmacy at 195 First St. shortly before 11 a.m. and claimed to be a police officer installing surveillance cameras, according to McClendon. The man asked to enter the rear of the store, but fled when a pharmacy employee went to get a manager. A short time later, the same man went to Medcare Family Pharmacy at 644 Mt. Prospect Ave. and committed an armed robbery, according to McClendon. The man made off with an undetermined amount of cash and a variety of drugs. No injuries were reported from either incident. Police are searching for a …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Woman's body found in Passaic River last Friday
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
A homeless Newark man was charged with the murder of a woman whose body was found last Friday in the Passaic River, authorities said. Newark police found the body of Therese Diggins, 58, also of Newark, last week in the water near 996 Route 21, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Her death had been ruled a homicide, following an autopsy that showed the cause of death was a stab wound to the neck and blunt force trauma to the head. Joseph Melillo, 44, was arrested and charged with murder by detectives from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force. Diggins and Melillo were living in Newark but were homeless at the time, authorities said. The relationship between the two is unclear. Bail was set at $1 …
Sunday, November 11, 2012
No signs of foul play, according to police spokesman.
Newark Police are investigating the death of a 59-year-old homeless man whose body was found Saturday on Herbert Place, a department spokesman said. According to preliminary reports, an unidentified passerby walked into the 2nd police precinct to report the body around 4 p.m., Detective Todd McClendon said. There were no "obvious signs of trauma" or foul play, and detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the death, according to McClendon. The man's name was being withheld, pending notification of next of kin. Additional details were not immediately released.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Three men were arrested after an alleged car jacking, police said. One man was shot in the buttocks by a police officer.
Newark police was involved in two shootings on Saturday morning, one ending in the arrest of three alleged car jackers. Around 10:30 a.m., Newark police was involved in a non-fatal shooting at Elizabeth and Meeker Avenues following a pursuit of three alleged carjackers, McClendon said. According to preliminary accounts, McClendon said, police came across a 2008 Black Mercedes Benz at the intersection of 16th Avenue S. 10th Street that had been carjacked earlier by three unidentified suspects. The officers followed the vehicle, which came to a stop at Elizabeth and Meeker where it struck a marked patrol car, McClendon said. One of the three suspects—who all fled from the car—was armed, police said. Police shot the armed suspect once in …
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Authorities investigating the killing of 17-year-old Newark resident.
Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a 17-year-old male on Garside Street Saturday night, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Juan Cabrera, of Newark, was pronounced dead at University Hospital shortly before midnight, the prosecutor's office said. The prosecutor's office said the Newark Police responded to the shots reported on the 200 block of Garside Street at about 10:25 p.m Saturday. The incident is being investigated by the Essex County Prosecutor's Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, according to Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas S. Fennelly of the Prosecutor's Homicide Unit. Anyone with information is asked to contact task force detectives at 877-847-7432 or …
Friday, August 31, 2012
Four people injured in Newark after man allegedly crashes stolen car
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Friday, August 31, 2012
A 20-year-old East Orange man has been arrested after allegedly leading police on a car chase that left four people injured in Newark Thursday afternoon. Lamar Hill is accused of speeding away in a car, reported stolen Aug. 29, when East Orange police tried to make a motor vehicle stop at around 1:50 p.m. Thursday, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced. Hill then crashed the stolen car in Newark, at the intersection of Roseville and 7th avenues, hitting a car belonging to a Reading, Pa. man and several parked cars. Three pedestrians, as well as the Pennsylvanian driver, were injured by debris from the crash, including a 26-year-old mother and her six-year-old son, both of Newark, as well as a 43-year-old Newark man. All four …
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Victim Was Likely Targeted, $10K Reward Offered for Info
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Authorities today said the victim in a shooting at a West Ward pizzeria Saturday night was not the victim of random violence or robbery. "It appears at this junction in the investigation that [Calvin] Johnson was targeted. It also appears at this time that robbery was not the motive. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line at 1-877-847-7432," the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. A $10,000 reward is also being offered for information leading to the arrest of the shooter, the prosecutor's office said. The 55-year-old Johnson, who had worked at the Golden Pizzeria and Grill for decades, was shot at around 11:13 pm while working at the restaurant, located at 377 South …
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Patch is giving away three pairs of tickets to Sunday's game!
Come see Newark's Bravest and Finest duke it out on the diamond this Sunday at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium - for two great causes. The friendly softball game between members of the city's police and fire department will raise funds for the Newark Police Foundation and Fire Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships for children of fallen police officers and firefighters. The game, which begins at 9:30 a.m., will also kick off the fire department's "Fill the Boot" fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Pre-game activities start at 9 a.m., with Newark Mayor Cory Booker throwing out the first pitch. Acting Police Director Samuel DeMaio and Fire Chief John Centanni serve as captains for their respective departments. …
Luis Reyes
8:20 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
People just don't get shot unless there is a motive for it, ask the man that was with him. He might be able to tell only if he knows something. Don't ask me, I was not there more ›