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POLICE SEARCH FOR ARMED ROBBERS THAT ASSAULTED VICTIMS IN THE IRONBOUND

Newark

Police in Newark are on the hunt for the suspects that robbed and assaulted several people in the city's  Ironbound section early this morning. 

The suspects, only described as two black males armed with a gun, robbed a person on the 100 block of St. Francis Street around 2AM taking cash and a cell phone. The suspects then began to physically assault the victim with the gun before fleeing the scene according to reports.

 A short distance away, on Kossuth Street, several suspects fitting the same description from the St. Francis Street incident, pointed weapons at several victims taking personal possessions and physically assaulting a person at that location. 

The suspects are believed to occupying a silver Dodge Caravan and are reportedly heavily armed with weapons. 

Police are investigating. 

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