A Day of Brutal Violence and Newark's First Gay Couples Wed

Albert Coutinho, who resigned his seat representing the Ironbound in the state Legislature last month, was sentenced to three years’ probation after admitting he stole donations to his family’s charity.

South Ward Councilman Ras Baraka announced he was supporting Luis Quintana’s bid to become interim mayor until elections next May. Mayor Cory Booker is leaving city hall Oct. 31, when he will be sworn in as US Senator.

Booker officiated some of New Jersey’s first same-sex marriages at city hall.A few days earlier, the state became the 14th in the country to recognize gay marriage. 

In separate incidents, four people were murdered in Newark in one day, including an older couple who had been beaten and stabbed in their home.