Crime & Safety
Newark Woman Charged With Killing Pedestrian From Jersey City
A 31-year-old Jersey City man was crossing the street in Newark when a car hit and killed him, prosecutors say.
Newark, NJ - Authorities have arrested a 24-year-old Newark woman in connection with the fatal hit and run of a local pedestrian on April 9.
Police arrested Shawniece Strothers on Thursday and charged her with aggravated manslaughter and death by auto.
According to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, around 6:40 a.m. on April 9, Mahmoud M. Baza, 31, of Jersey City, was killed while he crossing Mulberry Street at the intersection of Market Street.
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The vehicle that struck Baza fled from the scene and was subsequently located a few blocks away, prosecutors stated.
Police arrested Strothers after detectives from the Prosecutor’s Major Crimes Task Force conducted an investigation. She was transported to the Essex County Correctional Facility; her bail was set at $350,000.
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