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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Newark deli clerk murdered during botched robbery

Web produced by Bill King, Eyewitness NewsNEWARK (WABC) -- A shooting during an apparent botched robbery at a grocery store left one man dead in Newark late Thursday night.

The clerk, described as a hard-working man who recently became a father, was help up at gunpoint and shot when he struggled with the thieves.

He was identified by those close to him as Jamil Bader, and he was killed while working inside the Family Grocery on Clinton Avenue around 10 p.m. It is a family business owned by the victim's father.

Police say he was confronted by three suspects who held up the store at gunpoint. Bader reportedly attempted to tackle one of the suspects when another came from behind and shot him in the back of the head.

Jamil's uncle was also in the store with customers and witnessed the horror unfold. Family members said Jamil was engaged to be married and had a 1-year-old daughter who was the light of his life.

Residents who live near the bodega were outraged.

"He works six days a week, 12 hours a day," one nearby resident said. "He wasn't your average...kid. He wasn't hanging in the street. He wasn't gang banging. He was working in the store with his father."

The suspects escaped in a dark-colored four-door vehicle. Police were looking for three men armed with a .40-caliber handgun.

It is believed they fled without any money.

A makeshift memorial has been set up at the scene.

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Home invasion and robbery in North Haledon

Eyewitness NewsNORTH HALEDON, N.J. (WABC) -- Police are searching for the suspects in a chilling home invasion and robbery in North Haledon, New Jersey.

It happened Thursday afternoon in a home on Saw Mill Road.

Police say the homeowner heard a knock on the door and when he responded, a man placed a gun to his head and forced him back into the home.

Two other men followed behind him, with all three armed with guns.

Police say the homeowner was bound, gagged and hit.

After ransacking the home, the robbers left the homeowner tied up in the basement and took off on foot.

The Passaic County Sheriff's Department responded, but so far there have been no arrests.

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Suspects sought in violent store robbery

NEWARK (WABC) -- Mike Javier owns Monte's Supermarket on 15th Avenue in Newark, a fixture in his neighborhood for 40 years.

He has 16 security cameras and 3 very scared but lucky employees. At 10:30 Monday morning, two young men wearing hooded sweatshirts under jackets walked in.

They pretended to buy a drink and then a man in black pulls out a silver semi automatic handgun and demands money from the female cashier.

"She drops. As soon as she sees the gun she just drops to the ground," Javier explained.

Another employee puts his hands behind his back.

"He tells him to get down. He does, and then bam, he hits him," Javier said.

The gunman split his head open. Within minutes, it's all over. A puddle of blood on the floor and 3 workers who thought they were going to die.

Manny Santana was one of them.

"I mean you never think it's gonna happen," he said.

The pair of thugs got just 154 dollars, but what they took from Manny and the others cannot be measured.

"Get up every morning and go to work and they come in here to do that. It's not fair," he said.

"I just really want them to get caught cause the kid didn't have to get hit like that. And the girl, she went home and broke down. She has 3 kids," Javier said.

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Store owner shot and killed during robbery

Eyewitness NewsNEWARK, N.J. (WABC) -- The owner of a mini mart in Newark was shot and killed during a robbery Tuesday evening.

It happened around 6 p.m. at the JNC Mini Market located at 346 14th Avenue corner of South 18th.

When Newark Police arrived, they found 37-year-old Miguel Torres shot inside the store.

He was taken to University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The Homicide investigation is being conducted by the Essex County Prosecutor's Homicide Task Force and the Newark Police Department.

The investigation is active and investigators are currently viewing surveillance footage from around the location and other leads at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Newark Police.

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Man charged in fatal robbery at NJ gas station

Eyewitness NewsMORRISTOWN, N.J. -- Felony murder charges have been filed against a man accused in the dragging death of a northern New Jersey gas station owner.

Bail was set Sunday at $750,000 for 34-year-old Ronnie Fedo of Lake Hopatcong. He's also charged with aggravated manslaughter, death by auto, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and robbery in connection with Saturday afternoon's incident in Jefferson Township.

Speaking at a news conference Sunday in Morristown, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said Fedo arrived at the Getty Gas Station in a sport utility vehicle around 1:15 p.m. and went into its convenience store. At the time, the station's owner - 65-year-old Nisan Ambaroglu of Paramus - was working at the gas pumps and no staffers were in the store.

Fedo soon reached over the counter and took some lottery tickets that he put in his pants pocket, Bianchi said. Ambaroglu then entered the store a short time later and Fedo, after making unrelated purchase, left and entered his vehicle.

After realizing what had happened, Ambaroglu ran out and went to the driver's side window of the SUV in a bid to stop Fedo, who drove off and dragged Ambaroglu through the parking lot and then for about 100 yards on Route 15 South. Ambaroglu then fell from the vehicle and ended up in the roadway as Fedo drove away.

Ambaroglu, who had owned the gas station for about seven years, was taken to Saint Clare's Hospital in Dover, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. But further details on his injuries and a cause of death have not been disclosed By late Saturday afternoon, authorities had released video of the incident and photographs of the suspect. And around 10 p.m.

Saturday, Jefferson police were called by a worker at another township business - not far from the gas station - who recognized Fedo.

After further investigation, authorities went to Fedo's home and arrested him without incident. They also found the SUV they believe he was driving when the incident occurred.

Bianchi said Fedo was later admitted to a local hospital for treatment of a leg infection - which was unrelated to the gas station incident - and remained there Sunday afternoon. When he is released, he will be taken to the county jail.

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