NEWARK, NJ – NPSD Press Release- Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé requests the public’s help with identifying a male suspect, who exited the vehicle pictured-below to attack a man with a metal object on August 15, 2022.
Police responded to a report about an aggravated assault that occurred at approximately 6:15 a.m. at Clinton Avenue and South 11th Street. As the victim was walking toward that intersection, the male suspect got out of a white pickup truck carrying a metal object that he hit the victim with several times. The suspect then fled westbound on Clinton Avenue toward Clinton Place, and the victim was treated at University Hospital for a broken arm he sustained during the assault.
The suspect, described as a 5’8” Black male with black hair, weighs between 150 to 160 pounds. He was wearing a white shirt, blue jeans and a white jacket
