Newark Man Carjacked Woman, Arrested Hours Later: Police

NEWARK, NJ — Newark police arrested a man who allegedly carjacked a woman in the Ironbound section of the city on Tuesday, authorities said.

According to the Newark Department of Public Safety, Tazmire Morris, 26, of Newark, was apprehended within two hours of the carjacking.

Newark police released the following allegations about the incident:

“Police responded to a call about a carjacking in progress that occurred around 11:46 a.m. at Adams and Ferry streets on May 4. The victim told officers that she was sitting in the passenger seat of a relative’s BMW when an unknown male, later identified as Morris, jumped into the driver seat of the car and demanded that she get out. Believing the suspect had a weapon, the victim told officers that she got out of the vehicle. Morris drove off heading north on Adams Street, but he was spotted nearly two hours later by 4th Precinct officers on 15th Avenue and South 7th Street. They arrested him without incident after a brief pursuit that ended at 16th Avenue and South 8th Street.”

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