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Wesley Jean-Marie, 32, of Valley Stream, also faces weapons charges after the slaying of Leeana Cottle, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II.
Jean-Marie was arrested without incident in Valley Stream, a village in Nassau County, New York, the prosecutor said in a joint statement with Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara. He was being held ahead of an extradition hearing.
Cottle, of Newark, was shot late Tuesday on the 200 block of South 10th Street in the city, according to authorities. She died a short time later at a local hospital.
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A 21-year-old Newark woman was shot and killed while protecting her friend in an incident of domestic violence, news reports say.
Wesley Jean-Marie, of Valley Stream, New York, has been charged in the shooting death of Leeana Cottle, 21, of Newark, late Tuesday, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara.
Cottle allegedly was shot at about 11:30 p.m. on the 200 block of South 10th Street while attempting to shield her friend from 32-year-old Jean-Marie,
Cottle was taken to University Hospital in Newark where she was pronounced dead shortly before midnight, they said.
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A 31-hour SWAT standoff in Newark ended Friday afternoon when police returned fire on the 42-year-old suspect, police announced.
Detectives from the Essex County Narcotics Task Force were executing a warrant at a Clinton Place home around 6 a.m. Thursday when someone in the house fired shots at officers, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, Sheriff Armando Fontoura and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara said.
Officers took cover, evacuated residents in the other apartments at 34 Clinton Pl., and evacuated the homes in the two adjacent homes. As a result, eight people were relocated.