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Most-Read Newark Stories of July

Cop killer gets a long sentence and a bus driver and protestors rally against George Zimmerman verdict.

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A man who allegedly held a woman captive for weeks in a Pennsylvania home was arrested in Newark.

A NJ Transit employee was charged with lewdness and endangerment after a woman shot cell photo video of him allegedly masturbating while driving through the Lincoln Tunnel. 

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Five computer hackers were indicted for allegedly stealing information from more than 160 million credit and debit cards.

Newark police and FBI agents arrested a city man wanted for a March shooting. 

A police officer shot a man in the head, wounding him, after he allegedly tried to run him down while driving a stolen car.

A Paterson gang member was sentenced to 39 years in prison for killing an off-duty Newark police detective.

The three declared candidates for mayor of Newark collectively raised nearly $1 million in campaign contributions, according to finance reports filed with the state.

Protestors shut down Broad and Market streets after George Zimmerman was cleared of murder and manslaughter charges in the death of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American honor student whose case touched off similar protests across the nation.

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