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Newark East Ward Armed Robbery Under Investigation

Newark

Police in Newark's Ironbound section are looking for a suspect who robbed a resident in a section of the East Ward Sunday morning. 

Officers were dispatched to the vicinity of 56 Van Buren Street around 3:17 a.m. 

Police arrived and were told by the victim that a male suspect armed with a weapon approached and took their cash along with a mobile phone near the Burger Bound. 

The suspect fled the scene and has not been captured by police.

No physical injuries have been reported. 

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