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The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, [2] Newark, West New York [4] and the surrounding areas. The family is part of the nationwide criminal network known as the ...
Stabbing. Known for. Murder victim. Sakia Gunn (May 26, 1987 – May 11, 2003) was a 15-year-old African American lesbian who was murdered in what has been deemed a hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. Richard McCullough, was charged with her death and sentenced to 20 years in prison. [1] In 2008, a documentary was released about Gunn's murder ...
The Genovese crime family's New Jersey faction is a group of Italian-American mobsters within the Genovese crime family who control organized crime activities within the state of New Jersey. The New Jersey faction is divided into multiple crews each led by a different caporegime who oversees illegal criminal activities in labor racketeering ...
The Many Saints of Newark (marketed with the subtitle A Sopranos Story) is a 2021 American crime drama film directed by Alan Taylor and written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner. A prequel to Chase's HBO crime drama series The Sopranos, it takes place during the 1960s and 1970s in Newark, New Jersey. The film follows a violent gang war from ...
Caponigro was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1912. He operated in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey.As a made member of the Philadelphia crime family in the 1950s and 1960s, he became a recognized crime figure after being identified by mob turncoat Joseph Valachi in 1963.
The Newark Police Department is the largest municipal police force in New Jersey. In 2011 the size of the police department was reduced by 13% (167 officers) as the result of budget cuts. [14] [15] In November 2013, the NPD re-hired five officers who had been laid off, and another four who had previously worked in Camden . [16]
Newark's old Penn station, ca. 1911 1910-era map of ethnic enclaves in Newark, New Jersey Newark was bustling in the early-to-mid-20th century. Market and Broad Streets served as a center of retail commerce for the region, anchored by four flourishing department stores: Hahne & Company , Bambergers and Company, S. Klein and Kresge-Newark .
Website. newarknj .gov. Newark ( / ˈnjuːərk / NEW-ərk, [24] locally: [nʊɹk]) [25] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area. [26] [27] [28] As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 311,549.