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UPDATE: Suspect Arrested For Violent Attack on Juvenile in Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Detectives arrested a man and charged him with the violent assault of a juvenile Wednesday. 

Officials said the suspect, around 40-years-old, was tracked down to a neighborhood in Newark today. 

Elizabeth Police said just before 4 p.m., Wednesday, officers were dispatched to the vicinity of Marshall and 3rd streets to investigate reports of an injured person. 

Upon arrival, police found a severely beaten, unconscious teenager at that location. 

This victim is in critical condition and the motive for the attack is under investigation. 

Police have not released a motive for the assault. 

 

 

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