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Neighborly Dispute Ends in Physical Altercation, One Arrest in Newark

Newark

By: Tracie Carter 

Police broke up a dispute between neighbors in a section of Newark's North Ward Monday evening. 

According to reports, officers were dispatched to the area of 136 2nd Avenue to investigate reports of a large fight shortly before 5:30 p.m. 

Police arrived and observed several individuals engaged in a dispute, with some fighting at that location. 

EMS units were called to the scene for non-life-threatening injuries while police took a least one person in custody after trying to alleviate the encounter. 

Police believe the incident was a dispute among neighbors that turned physical.

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