Monday, 5 January 2009 – 3:53 pm
The Associated Press is reporting today that a 17% rise in burglaries in Newark in 2008 has been, according to critics, in part due to the city’s ban on barbed wire: Critics say Newark barbed wire ban helps criminals.
It’s not surprising with all the positive coverage about the 30% drop in violent crime that the [...]
Wednesday, 31 December 2008 – 5:06 pm
Very good news for Newarkers: Newark murders decline as police focus on drug-related shootings.
Since then, representatives of local, county and federal law enforcement agencies have gotten together every couple of weeks to divvy up the city’s worst drug spots. The initiative, called Violent Enterprise Strategic Targeting, focused on busting lots of street-level crews and their [...]
Tuesday, 25 November 2008 – 8:25 am
This week’s NJ corruption scandal follows the money to City Council President Mildred Crump’s former chief of staff, Keith O. Reid.
He was accused of accepting $10,000 in bribes from a fake insurance agency set up by federal authorities to insure municipal contracts. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Gramiccioni, one of the attorneys who handled the [...]
Tuesday, 28 October 2008 – 4:27 pm
Newark suspends special police officer after arrest of TV cameraman
Newark police said today they suspended a special police officer who had arrested a Channel 2 news cameraman and put him in a chokehold while he was filming a demonstration on Sunday.
Christine Sloan, a Channel 2 newswoman who was present during the arrest, wrote on the [...]
Tuesday, 28 October 2008 – 4:02 pm
2 suburban schools refuse trips to Newark for football
The city’s recent rash of violence has begun to have an impact on school sports as neighboring communities decline to send their children to city football fields.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School and Cranford High School balked at playing games rescheduled from last Friday and Saturday. Newark school Superintendent [...]
Monday, 20 October 2008 – 11:54 pm
I’m not sure if the Ledger is getting better at reporting it, or I’m getting better at noticing it, or criminals are more persistent in enacting it, but crime in Newark has been in the news just about every day these past couple of weeks. Here’s a quick rundown of recent events.
Sunday, Oct 19: 13-year-old [...]
Thursday, 16 October 2008 – 1:07 am
Credit: sfd911 on MSN Groups
From City Hall:
The two new trucks are equipped with “Jaws of Life” tools, which means that nine Newark Fire Department truck companies and two heavy rescue units will be equipped with these tools, providing the City with its highest level of coverage ever.
Newark Fire Department rescue teams will be able to [...]
Monday, 6 October 2008 – 11:02 pm
Tentative agreement would end Newark police feud
The agreement struck between the Superior Officers Association and McCarthy appears to cede more day-to-day control to the police director. In exchange, Campos will serve in an emergency management capacity, reporting to the mayor.
Doesn’t seem like the most efficient system, and I question the likelihood that McCarthy wouldn’t continue [...]
Friday, 12 September 2008 – 4:57 am
Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James reports to prison on Monday
James’ sentence begins while he continues his efforts to appeal the judge’s guilty ruling for fraud and conspiracy charges during his last term in office.
During decades spent in public service, Sharpe James collected an array of impressive titles, such as mayor, state senator and college professor.
For [...]
Monday, 8 September 2008 – 9:43 am
“3 Found Dead In ‘Coverup’ Newark Fire”:http://wcbstv.com/local/essex.homicide.house.2.812269.html
At least one of three people confirmed dead in a house fire Monday morning was shot, and the Essex County prosecutor said it appears the fire was set to conceal a homicide.
“It’s a horrific crime scene,” Prosecutor Paula Dow told News12 New Jersey. “We have multiple victims and [...]
Tuesday, 2 September 2008 – 9:19 am
“Newark and the Future of Crime Fighting”:http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/01/0057225&from=rss
Slashdot, a popular technology blog, picks up the “future of crime fighting” meme kicked off by “TechCrunch’s interview with Mayor Booker”:http://dailynewarker.com/blog/2008/08/newark-and-the-future-of-crime-fighting/. The discussion is, unsurprisingly, negative against the cameras due to potential civil-rights violations with regard to privacy.
Booker is quick to point out that the city [...]
Monday, 25 August 2008 – 9:29 pm
“Newark and the Future of Crime Fighting”:http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2008/tc20080822_240216.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories
BusinessWeek picks up on the tech enforcement meme kicked off by TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington. This upbeat piece connects the dots between crime prevention and economic development. (Hat tip to Bill Chappel for the link)
Already though, the business community is beginning to throw its weight behind Booker’s plan. [...]
Saturday, 16 August 2008 – 10:32 pm
“A Bullet Tears Through a Ceiling, and 2 Lives”:http://mobile.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/nyregion/16newark.xml
The Times shares the lives of the two teenagers who were involved in Thursday’s accidental fatal shooting. Bukhari Washington was slain by a bullet from an assault rifle owned by Terrance Perry in the downstairs apartment while Perry was toying with the weapon.
How the rifle [...]
Thursday, 14 August 2008 – 3:32 pm
“Newark man arrested in shooting of 15-year-old”:http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/15yearold_boy_shot_dead_in_new.html
Tragic story about the apparent accidental shooting of a boy by a 19-year-old with a military rifle in the apartment below.
A 19-year-old man said he accidentally fired the military-style rifle that killed a Newark teenager in his bed this morning, Newark police announced this afternoon.
Bukhari Washington, 15, was pronounced [...]
Monday, 28 July 2008 – 8:21 pm
“35 hours of violence shatter Newark’s peaceful streak”:http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/young_boy_shot_in_the_neck_in.html
Disheartening news dominates Newark’s headlines for the past couple of days as the Ledger recounts four violent crimes within a 35 hour period. The tragedy of it all but overshadows the record drop in the city’s murder rate, which has nearly been cut by half compared to [...]
