Tuesday, August 22, 2017

4 hit in overnight Newark shooting, cops confirm and other top stories.

  • 4 hit in overnight Newark shooting, cops confirm

    4 hit in overnight Newark shooting, cops confirm
    NEWARK -- Authorities are investigating an overnight shooting that struck four people in Newark, officials confirmed Monday. All four people shot in the Fabyan Place incident at 3:26 a.m. Monday suffered non-life threatening injuries, Newark police said. Three have been treated for their injuries and released, and one refused treatment, police said Monday afternoon. Authorities did not immediately release details on what may have prompted the shooting. No arrests have been made. Detectives from..
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  • Kaboobie, Newark's No. 1 sports fan, will be missed | Carter

    Kaboobie, Newark's No. 1 sports fan, will be missed | Carter
    He was Newark's biggest sports fan, its sixth man in the stands, who cheered unabashedly for city athletes as if they were his own children. James E. Sedgwick Jr., better known as "Kaboobie," wore Newark pride on his sleeve, making himself the local city griot of high school basketball and football sports for decades. Think of national sports analysts commentating on high school and collegiate players. That's what Kaboobie was to Newark. "He could tell you the best players on a team, what team ..
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  • Prosecutor: 1 dead, 3 injured in Newark shooting

    Prosecutor: 1 dead, 3 injured in Newark shooting
    1 dead, 3 injured in 2nd Newark shooting in less than 24 hours Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 10:35 PM EDT Updated: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 10:10 AM EDT NEWARK - One person was killed and at least three others were injured Monday evening in a shooting in Newark, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. It was the second quadruple shooting in the city reported in less than 24 hours.Authorities said the fatal shooting happened just before 5:45 p.m. on the 700 b..
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  • Police suspect synthetic pot in spate of Newark illness

    Police suspect synthetic pot in spate of Newark illness
    A solar eclipse, Jersey tomatoes and a Smokey Robinson benefit concert - all in "7 things to know this week in New Jersey." John C. Ensslin
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  • Synthetic pot sickens at least 10 in Newark, cops say

    Synthetic pot sickens at least 10 in Newark, cops say
    NEWARK -- Multiple people were ill after apparently ingesting synthetic marijuana in Newark Monday, authorities confirmed. Newark police first responded to a sick person on Park Place at 8:12 a.m. Monday, Department of Public Safety Captain Derek Glenn said. Over the next five hours, police responded to nine other people at various locations across the city who were also sickened, authorities said. "Police are investigating the likelihood the influx (of illness) is being caused by individuals h..
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  • Newark woman faces pot charges

    Posted: Aug. 22, 2017 12:01 am SPARTA -- The odor of marijuana coming from a parked vehicle led to the arrest of a Newark woman on charges including drug possession, police said. Nicole Walker, 31, was charged with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. At approximately 12:08 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 17, a Sparta police officer was walking to his personal vehicle when he walked past a parked vehicle with its window partially open. As he wal..
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  • Solar eclipse to block out 75 percent of sun in New Jersey

    Solar eclipse to block out 75 percent of sun in New Jersey
    EDISON - While portions of the United States experienced a total solar eclipse on Monday, residents in New Jersey were only be able to see a partial solar eclipse, with 75 percent of the sun blocked out. Regardless, many gathered across the Garden State to experience the event.In Newark, the moon started to move over the sun just before 1:30 p.m. Monday. It reached maximum coverage around 2:45 p.m. Related: Liberty Science Center hosts solar eclipse watch eventPhotos: New Jersey sol..
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  • Belleville police seek car possibly involved in theft case

    CLOSE Belleville Police Detective Sgt. John McAloon discusses the best practices for motorists to follow if stopped by police while driving. Matt Kadosh/NorthJersey.comA Belleville Police SUV(Photo: Matt Kadosh/NorthJersey.com/File)BELLEVILLE — Authorities remained on the lookout Monday for a car fitting the description of one wanted in connection with an attempted theft from a motor vehicle, police said.Officers spotted the car the shortly after midnight on Sunday, Aug. 13, and chased i..
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  • ICE deports man wanted on murder charge in Dominican Republic

    ICE deports man wanted on murder charge in Dominican Republic
    NEWARK -- A Dominican Republic man wanted on charges he shot someone to death at a restaurant in his home country was been deported from the U.S. last week, authorities said. Kelbin Alberto Perez De Los Santos, 36, was arrested in Hackensack in February, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. He came to the United States in July 2016 shortly after he killed another person with a shotgun in a dispute at a restaurant in Los Girasoles, according to the U.S. Marshals Servi..
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  • Jury selection for US Senator Bob Menendez corruption trial underway

    Jury selection for US Senator Bob Menendez corruption trial underway
    NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The final stage of jury selection for next month's corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey gets underway in Newark.Attorneys will question potential jurors Tuesday. A panel of 12 jurors and four alternates could be seated by the end of the week. The Democrat was charged in 2015 with accepting gifts and campaign donations from a Florida eye doctor in exchange for using his position in Congress to lobby for the man's business interests.The doctor, Salomon Me..
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