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Carjacking in Newark's East Ward Under Investigation

Newark

A strong armed carjacking that happened in the city's East Ward has police searching for a suspect.

Police responded to the 50's block of New York Ave. at around 10:15 p.m. on reports of a carjacking in progress.

Cops arrived to find the victim who reported being carjacked at strong arm by a black male wearing a dark colored hoodie (possibly blue).

The carjacked vehicle is being reported as a black 1997 Ford Explorer with a NJ license plate number "X94-AFX"

There were no physical injuries immediately reported.

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