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Yesterday, authorities announced that four men had been arrested in the fatal carjacking of a NJ lawyer who had finished shopping at a mall. Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray credited “good old-fashioned police work,” using tips, forensic evidence and the power of local, state and federal authorities. And it turns out that one of the suspects was caught because the vehicle used to drive to the mall was his mother’s car. […] The suspects, who face charges of felony murder carjacking conspiracy and weapons possession, are Karif Ford, 31; Basim Henry, 32; Kevin Roberts, 35; all of Newark; and Hanif...

Dustin Friedland, 30, a beloved lawyer from Hoboken, had just finished loading holiday gifts into his silver 2012 Range Rover on Sunday Dec. 15 outside of the mall when two men ambushed him and his wife. The names of the four suspects who have been arrested are: Hanif Thompson, 29; Karif Ford, 31; Basim Henry, 32; Kevin Roberts, 33.

Four men have been arrested over the death of a lawyer shot in front of his wife during a carjacking outside a New Jersey mall last week, authorities said on Saturday. The suspects in the fatal carjacking on Sunday last week, in which Dustin Friedland was killed at The Mall, Short Hills, were arrested in a series of raids overnight. Three of the men were arrested in their homes in New Jersey and the fourth was arrested in a Pennsylvania hotel, between 9pm on Friday and 3am Saturday. The suspects were identified as Hanif Thompson, 29, Karif Ford, 31, Basim...

A Range Rover stolen after a man was shot and killed in front of his wife Sunday evening during a carjacking at New Jersey mall has been found, police say. The vehicle was found in Newark, its police department confirmed to Fox News, a city approximately 10 miles away from the scene of the shooting. Authorities are still looking for two suspects who confronted the couple in the parking garage of the Mall at Short Hills in Millburn Sunday evening.

Police are checking surveillance video at the mall to identify the assailants who are caught on tape circling the parking lot in a green SUV according to the New York Daily News. One eyewitness on Sunday night told the Star-Ledger he saw a green Subaru speed out of the parking lot at “over 100 MPH” in his estimation. Friedland put up a fight to protect his wife according to the Daily News, refusing to hand over the keys as his wife sat inside their 2012 silver Range Rover. Four shots were fired according to the newspaper, including the fatal one...

A relative of the New Jersey attorney who died Sunday when thieves shot and carjacked him at a shopping mall says he wants the perpetrators to die for the "selfishness of their crime." "What do I want? I want the punks responsible to pay," said Dr. Mark Schare, the uncle of Dustin Friedland. "I want them to die. I want them to get what they gave." Schare's sharp-worded statement was aimed at assailants who approached Friedland, 30, and his wife, Jamie, in a parking garage Sunday night at Short Hills Mall, where the couple had been Christmas shopping. They shot...

Widow Jamie Schare Friedland told mourners Wednesday she was thankful for the time she had with her knight in shining armor — her husband Dustin, who died to protect her as armed robbers went after their $70,000 Range Rover. The weeping widow of a brave lawyer killed by carjackers at a New Jersey mall said farewell Wednesday to her knight in shining armor. "Dustin was the most chivalrous person," a crushed Jamie Schare Friedland told mourners at a packed synagogue. "He would run to make sure he opened the car door before I got there, for me. There wasn't a...

The tragic widow of New Jersey mall carjacking victim Dustin Friedland emotionally eulogized her slain hubby as “just the best person you ever met” at a funeral packed with hundreds of mourners on Wednesday. Standing just feet from the closed casket, Jamie Schare Friedland said that despite her loss, “I’m truly the luckiest person I know, and I still believe that because I married the best man in the entire world.” “I was lucky enough to be with him in the time we had,” said Jamie, 27. “There was not a better person, a better soul, in the entire world....

CBS 2 Was On The Scene As One Suspect Was Taken Into Custody Police captured four suspects overnight in the shooting that killed a Hoboken attorney at the Short Hills Mall last weekend. At a news conference Saturday morning, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said Hanif Thompson, 29, of Irvington; Karif Ford, 31, of Newark; Basim Henry, 32, of Newark; and Kevin Roberts, 33, of Newark, had all been charged in the Sunday attack. They were all charged with murder, felony murder, carjacking, possession of a weapon, carjacking Bail was set at $2 million for each man.

NEWARK (WABC) -- Four men are in custody in connection with last week's deadly carjacking at the Mall at Short Hills in New Jersey. The four have been charged with murder, felony murder, carjacking, conspiracy, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose. They are being held on $2 million bail each. The suspects have been identified as 29-year-old Hanif Thompson, of Irvington; 31-year-old Karif Ford, of Newark; 32-year-old Basim Henry, of Newark; and 33-year-old Kevin Roberts, of Newark. Dustin Friedland, a 30-year old lawyer from Hoboken, was shot in the head Sunday night inside the...

SHORT HILLS, N.J. – Four people are in custody in connection with a deadly carjacking outside an upscale mall in northern New Jersey that left a lawyer dead after two men shot him as he reportedly tried to protect his wife, authorities said early Saturday. Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County prosecutor's office, did not provide details or elaborate on the arrests, but said additional information will be released at a news conference Saturday morning, according to The New York Post. Dustin Friedland, 30, was shot in the head Sunday night in front of his wife in the...