Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
GOT 'EM! Police Nab Essex County Men Accused Of Robbing Krauszer's Employee At Knifepoint GOT 'EM! Police Nab Essex County Men Accused Of Robbing Krauszer's Employee At Knifepoint
GOT 'EM! Police Nab Essex County Men Accused Of Robbing Krauszer's Employee At Knifepoint Two Belleville men were arrested moments after attempting to rob a Bloomfield convenience store employee at knifepoint last week, authorities said. Ethan Lozado, 20, and Anthony Dagata, 21, walked into the Krauszers Food Mart on Belleville Avenue, brandished a large knife and demanded money in the cash register and several packs of Newport cigarettes on March 10, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. Lozado and Dagata ran out the back of the store into the Davey Street Apartment Complex, where officers found them, DeMaio said. Both were arrested on the incide…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Gunman Arrested Month After Shooting Bouncer At Bloomfield Recording Studio, Police Say Newark Gunman Arrested Month After Shooting Bouncer At Bloomfield Recording Studio, Police Say
Newark Gunman Arrested Month After Shooting Bouncer At Bloomfield Recording Studio, Police Say A Newark man was arrested nearly a month after shooting a bouncer who turned him away from a Bloomfield recording studio, police said. Andre King was arrested on a warrant at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, after police saw him leave his home and get into a vehicle registered to his fiancé, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel A. DeMaio said. The 47-year-old security guard was stationed at the entrance of an of PLUGG Studio, located at 547 Bloomfield Ave., when he denied access to four males and one female due to capacity restrictions around 3:30 a.m., Police Capt. Anthony Sisco previously…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Police Nab Man Wanted In Unprovoked Newark Penn Station Attack GOTCHA! Police Nab Man Wanted In Unprovoked Newark Penn Station Attack
Gotcha! Police Nab Man Wanted In Unprovoked Newark Penn Station Attack NJ Transit police arrested a man they say knocked a victim out cold in an unprovoked assault last year. Teddy Johnson, 34, is accused of knocking the older victim out cold during a March 6, 2020 assault near the east exit outside Newark Penn Station, transit police said. Johnson, of Newark, was arrested Jan. 23 at the Market Street bus stop while wearing pants that matched the suspect’s clothing description, which police say tipped them off. Johnson was charged with aggravated assault and taken to the Essex County Jail, where he remained held pending a court appearance. “I commend Officer…

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by Valerie Musson
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Bronx Trio Nabbed In Parkway Pursuit That Seriously Injured Essex County Driver Bronx Trio Nabbed In Parkway Pursuit That Seriously Injured Essex County Driver
Bronx Trio Nabbed In Parkway Pursuit That Seriously Injured Essex County Driver Three Bronx, NY residents were arrested in connection with a Garden State Parkway pursuit that left one person seriously injured, authorities said. Troopers saw a gray BMW sedan pull out of the Brookdale Service Area and being speeding southbound on the highway in Bloomfield (Essex County) around 2:20 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 6, New Jersey State Police said. As troopers attempted to stop the BMW, the driver got off the highway, then got back on -- still speeding, police said. The vehicle struck an Acura TL off Exit 150 on Hoover Avenue, sending the driver to the hospital with serious injur…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Pair Arrested In Montclair Pursuit That Injured Officer, Ended In Crash Newark Pair Arrested In Montclair Pursuit That Injured Officer, Ended In Crash
Newark Pair Arrested In Montclair Pursuit That Injured Officer, Ended In Crash A Newark pair has been charged in connection with a police pursuit involving a stolen vehicle that left a Montclair officer injured, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, announced Wednesday. Rajon Norwood, 48, was charged with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, receiving stolen property, resisting arrest by flight, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was being held in the Essex County Jail. Kisha Eutsey, 32, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and receiving stol…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark PD: Irvington Man Busted With Loaded, Stolen Handgun Newark PD: Irvington Man Busted With Loaded, Stolen Handgun
Newark PD: Irvington Man Busted With Loaded, Stolen Handgun A man spotted by Newark police with a gun reported as stolen was being held in the Essex County Jail, authorities said. Officers patrolling 14th Avenue and 6th Street saw a man later identified as Patrick R. Robert, 22, of Irvington, around 8:30 p.m. Friday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Roberts was arrested on several offenses including possession of a prohibited weapon, resisting arrest and more, Ambrose said. He was lodged in the Essex County Jail.

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Community Seeks 'Justice For Brooke' In Newark Shooting, 2 In Custody Community Seeks 'Justice For Brooke' In Newark Shooting, 2 In Custody
Community Seeks 'Justice For Brooke' In Newark Shooting, 2 In Custody A man and a juvenile were in custody following the killing of a 34-year-old Newark woman, whose friends are seeking justice on her behalf. Brooke Cline, 34, was found by police responding to reports of gunshots on Kearny Street in Newark with multiple gunshot wounds around early Monday morning, authorities said. She was pronounced dead at University Hospital around 4:30 a.m. Meanwhile, two people were arrested in connection with her death: Kidanys Maldonado, 25, and a juvenile, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office told Daily Voice. Maldonado was charged with murder and being held in the Es…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
1 In Custody, Another At Large In Strong-Armed Bloomfield Robbery 1 In Custody, Another At Large In Strong-Armed Bloomfield Robbery
1 In Custody, Another At Large In Strong-Armed Bloomfield Robbery One person was in custody and another at large in connection with a strong-armed robbery of a Bloomfield 7-Eleven, authorities said. Brandon K. Boyd, of Belleville, and another man forced their way into the gas attendant booth at the Bloomfield Avenue 7-Eleven on Aug. 12, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. The men demanded the worker's $600 iPhone and $100 cash then fled toward Ampere Parkway, DeMaio said. Boyd, 29, was arrested and lodged in the Essex County Jail, while the second suspect was still at large as of Wednesday. Anyone with information on the seco…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Bloomfield Carjacker Drives Away With Vehicle Owner On Hood, Off Duty Officer Calls 9-1-1 Bloomfield Carjacker Drives Away With Vehicle Owner On Hood, Off Duty Officer Calls 9-1-1
Bloomfield Carjacker Drives Away With Vehicle Owner On Hood, Off Duty Officer Calls 9-1-1 An off-duty NJ Transit officer called 9-1-1 to help a man who had jumped on the hood of his car as a thief drove off with him on top of it in Bloomfield, authorities said. No injuries were reported when Rasheed Hilton, 30, hopped into the driver's seat of a car that was running with the keys in the ignition in the parking lot of a Davey Street apartment complex Aug. 4, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. The vehicle owner jumped on the hood in an attempt to stop the theft, but Hilton drove off anyway heading toward Belleville Avenue, DeMaio said. A nearby off-duty NJ…

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by Cecilia Levine
Rutherford, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Carlstadt Officer Not Fooled By Wanted Newark Driver Switching Seats Authorities: Carlstadt Officer Not Fooled By Wanted Newark Driver Switching Seats
Authorities: Carlstadt Officer Not Fooled By Wanted Newark Driver Switching Seats A wanted Newark man tried to avoid detection by switching seats with his passenger when a Carlstadt police officer stopped him for making an illegal turn, authorities said. The silver Nissan that illegally turned right off northbound Route 120 into the Hampton Inn parking lot also had tinted windows and an obstructed license plate when Officer Matthew Bartlett stopped it, Police Chief Thomas Berta said Monday. The vehicle shook heavily as Bartlett approached it – the result of 22-year-old Shareef Kamara swapping seats with a female passenger who had her young daughter with her, Berta said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Pulls Handgun On Female Driver In Essex County Road Rage Incident, Police Say Man Pulls Handgun On Female Driver In Essex County Road Rage Incident, Police Say
Man Pulls Handgun On Female Driver In Essex County Road Rage Incident, Police Say A 26-year-old Orange man was being held in jail after threatening and pointing a handgun at another driver over the weekend, authorities said. Damien Bolden pulled up next to the woman's car and yelled "You don't know how to drive," near Central Avenue and Essex Street around 10 a.m. Sunday in Orange, police spokesman Keith Royster said. The woman continued driving as Bolden again pulled alongside her -- threatening and pointing a handgun at her, Royster said. The woman took down Bolden's license plate and called police, who used the information to track him down.  Bolden was ar…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor
Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor A registered sex offender from Rockland County who spent a year in federal prison for assaulting a woman on a flight from Israel to Newark Liberty International Airport was sentenced Thursday to time served for sexually abusing a minor after his release, authorities said. Yoel Oberlander, 39, of Monsey had served a plea-bargained year behind bars for the airborne May 2016 assault when he was arrested by Ramapo police in June 2019. Oberlander later admitted that he’d picked up an underage victim for sex in his car during what was three years of federal supervised release, U.S. Attorney Craig…

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by Jerry DeMarco