An “emotionally disturbed” woman trashed a memorial for fallen Newark Detective Joseph Azcona this week — just days before the officer’s private wake on Thursday.
Set up in front of Newark City Hall by the local Fraternal Order of Police union, the memorial featured the detective’s police cruiser decorated with black bunting, balloons, flowers and a photo of Azcona, the 26-year-old cop shot to death during a March 7 gun sweep, allegedly by a teen wielding an automatic weapon.
But the unidentified vandal ravaged the shrine at about 8:10 p.m. Tuesday, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said — and photos taken afterward showed the scope of the damage…