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Suspicious man observed near second and Mount Prospect avenuesNewark NJ

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audio iconSuspicious Activity
2nd Ave & Mt Prospect Ave, Newark, NJ 07104

According to the dispatch call, officers observed a male dressed in all black with a backpack near Second Avenue and Mount Prospect Avenue. The individual engaged in a possible hand-to-hand exchange through a fence and displayed scanning and suspicious behavior before walking west on Second Avenue.

Audio|Heard on: Union NJ Law Tac Group Calls
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02:43
Transcript:
00:00
Any surveillance scores by Broadway in second.
00:04
I'm not too far.
00:08
We had a male dressed in black with a backpack.
00:14
Walking around, head on a swivel.
00:16
I think west on second half.
00:20
I head over there as well.
00:23
Okay.
00:25
Round. Yeah, I don't have eyes on that individual anymore.
00:27
I'm looking around second in summer form.
00:31
Sorry, he's got.
00:33
We're in the area.
00:35
Yeah, I'm in the area circling around.
00:38
I'm negative right now.
00:41
We're coming in the area of the drone.
00:42
I'm still descriptive again.
00:46
Male, all black clothing.
00:50
A black backpack on.
00:52
Heading west on Second near Summer and Wake Fern, Whitman.
00:59
Whitman.
01:01
I copy. We're still in the car, but we're in the area looking to.
01:07
Now.
01:08
Prospect is second.
01:09
I just passed the middle, all black backpack sitting into that bag.
01:18
Possibly as far as in a male.
01:22
That's what you're talking about.
01:25
Yeah, that's in the, you know he's got on the front of them, the backpack?
01:30
Yeah, April.
01:33
Yeah, keep an eye on him.
01:35
He was on Broadway and then he went up to somebody through a fence.
01:39
Looks like he handed him something.
01:40
I couldn't see.
01:41
And then he came south like he was waiting for the bus and then he went west on second.
01:47
Yeah, when he was taking his backpack off, he started scanning the street.
01:55
You still have eyes on him there?
01:58
I'm looping back around to him.
02:00
I'm coming down now.
02:03
Any contact cars in the area? How are you looking to have that guy approached or no?
02:09
Yeah, I've had minimal to be approached.
02:12
Let's just see if I drive these anything, but definitely up to something.
02:15
Head on a swivel, he made some contact with people and now he's scanning the area.
02:22
Okay, I got eyes on him.
02:24
I'm looking through my mirror.
02:26
He's just posted up in front of the bodega.
02:30
He was texting and looking south down on Mount Prospect.
02:35
So what's the exact location? I missed it.
02:39
Mount Prospect and Second Avenue.
02:42
He's going back into the backpack now.

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Location mentioned:
2nd Ave & Mt Prospect Ave, Newark, NJ 07104

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Incident Timeline

  1. Contact made and situation resolved
  2. Updated description and coordination for approach
  3. Observation near Mount Prospect and Second
  4. Renewed visual contact and suspicious behavior
  5. Loss of visual contact and continued search
  6. Initial sighting of suspicious individual

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