September 1st, 1988: Newark
A 20-year-old Orange woman died yesterday after being attacked in the street by six women who beat her before they stabbed her, according to Police Director Charles Cobbertt.
Authorities identified the victim as Aliha Reese of New Street. She was stabbed at New and Park Streets about 1:30 a.m. Police said the fight was over a man.
Cobbertt said arrest warrants have been issued for the six women suspects. He declined to release their names.
Reese and one of the suspects apparently fought over a man, Cobbertt noted. The dispute took place shortly after midnight Tuesday.
After the two fought in the street, the suspect left Reese, drove into Newark, got five women friends and the group returned to Orange in a van and a car, Cobbertt said.
According to the police director, they saw Reese "on the corner of Park and New streets, jumped her, beat her and stabbed her twice, once in the leg and once in the heart."
The victim "started running west on New Street, towards West Orange, but collapsed in the street," he added. Meanwhile, the suspects got back in their two vehicles "and fled the scene in an unknown direction."
Neighbors called the police. When several patrol cars responded to the intersection they found Reese "sprawled on the ground and bleeding," Cobbertt noted.
An ambulance took Reese to Orange Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m., he said.
Orange police yesterday asked the public to help them identify and locate a man and woman who staged an armed holdup at a Central Avenue business Monday Night.
The BP gasoline service station at Central and Oakwood avenues was robbed about 6 p.m., according to Police Director Charles Cobbertt.
The pair, in a tan-colored Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera that had "123" as part of its license plate number, threatened the attendant and robbed him of $303, Cobbertt said.
No shots were fired and the attendant was unharmed, Cobbertt said.
The gunman, about 5 feet 6, weighing about 195, had a moustache, a short Afro haircut and wore a gray pin-stripped suit, Cobbertt said.
His accomplice was about 5 feet 6, weighed about 170 pounds and had red marks on her face and neck.
“Reach Back with One Hand and Pull Someone Else Up With You.”
– Charles C. Cobbertt
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