Group arrested for allegedly throwing eggs

Newark police officers received a call that people were throwing eggs from a car at pedestrians walking down East Cleveland Avenue on Monday, Sept. 17, according to MCpl. Gerald Bryda. The caller gave a description of the car and officers went to the scene, he said. However, university police had received the car description and stopped the vehicle before Newark police arrived, Bryda said. The officers found several empty egg containers in the vehicle, he said.

The passengers in the car, three 15-year-old boys and one 25-year-old woman, were arrested for disorderly conduct at 10:41 p.m.