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UPDATE: Cranford Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting On Routes 1&9 UPDATE: Cranford Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting On Routes 1&9 UPDATE: Cranford Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting On Routes 1&9
Update: Cranford Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting On Routes 1&9 A Cranford man was being held in the Union County Jail in connection with Sunday's double shooting on Routes 1&9, authorities said Monday. Andrew C. Johnson, 50, was charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder and four related weapons offenses, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart said jointly. Linden police officers responding to a shooting on the northbound lanes of Routes 1&9 near Avenue C found two victims inside a vehicle stopped on the highway around 9:40 a.m., according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Colleen R…

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Elizabeth, NJ
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UPDATE: Cranford Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting On Route 1&9 UPDATE: Cranford Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting On Route 1&9 UPDATE: Cranford Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting On Route 1&9
Update: Cranford Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Double Shooting On Route 1&9 A Cranford man was being held in the Union County Jail in connection with Sunday's double shooting on Routes 1&9, authorities said Monday. Andrew C. Johnson, 50, was charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder and four related weapons offenses, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart said jointly. Linden police officers responding to a shooting on the northbound lanes of Routes 1&9 near Avenue C found two victims inside a vehicle stopped on the highway around 9:40 a.m., according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Colleen R…

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by Cecilia Levine
Elizabeth, NJ
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Authorities: Linden Police Bust Roselle Man With Illegal Loaded Handgun Authorities: Linden Police Bust Roselle Man With Illegal Loaded Handgun Authorities: Linden Police Bust Roselle Man With Illegal Loaded Handgun
Authorities: Linden Police Bust Roselle Man With Illegal Loaded Handgun A Roselle man was jailed after Linden police officers found him with a loaded handgun over the weekend, authorities said Tuesday. Officers responding to reports of a man with a gun stopped Corey Milligan, 51,  on Roselle Street around 2:50 a.m. Saturday, Linden Police Lt. Christopher Guenther said. Police recovered the semi-automatic gun a loaded with a large-capacity magazine, and arrested Milligan without incident, Guenther said. He was remanded to the Union County Jail pending a scheduled appearance in Superior Court.

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Elizabeth, NJ
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PA Man Charged In Armed Robbery Linden 7-Eleven PA Man Charged In Armed Robbery Linden 7-Eleven PA Man Charged In Armed Robbery Linden 7-Eleven
PA Man Charged In Armed Robbery Linden 7-Eleven A Pennsylvania man has been charged in the 2017 armed robbery of a Linden 7-Eleven, authorities said Thursday. Ibin Bryant, 32, of Glen Lyon, PA, handed a note to the clerk at the E. Edgard Road store demanding she open the register while brandishing a black handgun from his pocket around 10 a.m. Dec. 2, 2017, Linden Police Lt. Christopher Guenther said. The clerk, a 20-year-old woman from Elizabeth, was not hurt, Guenther said. Bryant was later identified as a suspect, and -- after a nearly three-year investigation by the Linden Police Detective Bureau -- was charged with first-degree rob…

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Elizabeth, NJ
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Authorities: Linden Driver Slams Car Door On Women's Leg, Yells Racial Slurs In Parking Dispute Authorities: Linden Driver Slams Car Door On Women's Leg, Yells Racial Slurs In Parking Dispute Authorities: Linden Driver Slams Car Door On Women's Leg, Yells Racial Slurs In Parking Dispute
Authorities: Linden Driver Slams Car Door On Women's Leg, Yells Racial Slurs In Parking Dispute A Linden man was arrested after assaulting another driver during a racially-charged and violent dispute over a parking spot, said authorities who charged him David M. Beardsley, 60, called a woman names, poked her in the face with his finger, closer her car door on her leg and threw her cell phone in a fight for the coveted spot on East Henry Street around 8:30 a.m., July 22, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart jointly announced Friday. The next day, the woman -- a 70-year-old Carteret resident -- came to police headquarte…

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Elizabeth, NJ
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$10K Reward Offered In Fatal Linden Shooting $10K Reward Offered In Fatal Linden Shooting $10K Reward Offered In Fatal Linden Shooting
$10K Reward Offered In Fatal Linden Shooting A $10,000 reward is being offered in the fatal Linden shooting of a 22-year-old man, authorities said. Nadir Williams was taken to University Hospital in Newark with multiple gunshot wounds after being shot at the 400 block of Bower Street shortly after midnight,  acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart said Friday. Williams was pronounced dead shortly after 2:30 a.m., Ruotolo and Hart said. Anyone with information leading to an arrest and indictment is eligible for the $10,000 reward, offered by the Union County Crime Stoppers. Tips&n…

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Elizabeth, NJ
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2 Women Stabbed In Linden Domestic Attack, Police Say 2 Women Stabbed In Linden Domestic Attack, Police Say 2 Women Stabbed In Linden Domestic Attack, Police Say
2 Women Stabbed In Linden Domestic Attack, Police Say Two women were hospitalized after being stabbed by a family member early Sunday morning in Linden, police said. A family member attacked both women in a house on the 700 block of Chandler Avenue around 6:45 a.m., Linden police Lt. Christopher Guenther said. Officers arriving on scene found the women were attacked by a family member in their home, Guenther said. One of the victims was transported to Trinitas Regional Medical Center with minor injuries and the other was transported to Newark University Hospital with serious injuries, according to police. The incident remains under inve…

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Elizabeth, NJ
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Linden Boy Made Threats Against School On Snapchat: Police Linden Boy Made Threats Against School On Snapchat: Police Linden Boy Made Threats Against School On Snapchat: Police
Linden Boy Made Threats Against School On Snapchat: Police A 13-year-old boy was suspended from school after police in Linden identified him as the author of a threat against a school posted to social media, Chief of Police Dave Hart said in a statement Monday.  The threats, targeting Myles McManus Middle School, appeared recently on Snapchat, including on Friday.  "Each and every day parents trust us to protect the most valuable people in their lives, and we do not take that responsibility lightly," said Hart. "Any threat to our students, faculty, or staff will be thoroughly investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent." Out of "an…

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by Paul Milo
Elizabeth, NJ
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FedEx Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint In Linden FedEx Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint In Linden FedEx Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint In Linden
FedEx Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint In Linden A FedEx truck involved in a collision in Linden Monday was taken at gunpoint, police said.  The crash occurred around 6 p.m. on Stiles Street near Valley Road. The FedEx driver told police that someone got out of the other vehicle, pulled a gun on the driver and demanded the keys to the truck. Both vehicles were last seen heading towards Raritan Road.  "The safety and security of our team members is always our priority. We are grateful no one was seriously hurt, and we are working with local authorities as they investigate," Shannon Davis, a FedEx Services representative, told WAB…

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Elizabeth, NJ
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Linden Man Accused Of Shooting Stepfather Caught In Pennsylvania Linden Man Accused Of Shooting Stepfather Caught In Pennsylvania Linden Man Accused Of Shooting Stepfather Caught In Pennsylvania
Linden Man Accused Of Shooting Stepfather Caught In Pennsylvania A Linden man wanted for shooting his stepfather last month was captured in Pennsylvania, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said.  Authorities had been looking for Derrick E. Merisma after police were called to a Cedar Avenue apartment Oct. 18 on a report of a shooting. The 49-year-old victim had sustained a gunshot wound, authorities said. A 9mm handgun was found at the scene, authorities also said.  Merisma was tracked to Easton, Pa., where he was pulled over in a traffic stop last week. He is in custody in Pennsylvania pending extradition to New Jersey.  Anyone with inf…

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Elizabeth, NJ
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Man Killed When Car Strikes Parked Truck In Linden Man Killed When Car Strikes Parked Truck In Linden Man Killed When Car Strikes Parked Truck In Linden
Man Killed When Car Strikes Parked Truck In Linden A 41-year-old Elizabeth man died early Wednesday in a vehicle crash in Linden, police said.  The man, who was identified as the passenger, was killed when the 2002 Lexus sedan he was traveling in struck a parked tractor trailer on the eastbound side of  the 1100 block of West St. Georges Avenue, police said. At approx 1am this morning a vehicle struck a tractor trailer parked on the 1100 block of W. St. George Ave. Sadly, we... Posted by Linden Police Department on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 The driver, a 40-year-old from Elizabeth, was injured in the crash and taken to University Hos…

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Elizabeth, NJ
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Dog Found Abandoned At Linden Home Without Food, Water: AHS Dog Found Abandoned At Linden Home Without Food, Water: AHS Dog Found Abandoned At Linden Home Without Food, Water: AHS
Dog Found Abandoned At Linden Home Without Food, Water: AHS A pit bull dog that appears to have been repeatedly impregnated was found in "atrocious" conditions at a vacant Linden home, the Newark branch of Associated Humane Societies said in a Facebook post Saturday.  Named "June," the five-year-old was discovered locked in a cage without food or water and surrounded by her own waste, AHS said.  June appears to have been used to breed puppies for sale, the AHS also said. She also suffered multiple injuries.  "June has horribly cropped ears, and also looks to have had multiple litters of puppies throughout her life...June has an old i…

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