TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office released a recording from a security camera that captured a portion of a police encounter that occurred just after midnight on Jan. 1, during which Detective Rod Simpkins of the Newark Police Department fired his service weapon at Carl Dorsey III, 39, of South Orange, fatally […]
NEWARK, NJ — A federal grand jury indicted Cedric Lewis, 30, of Bloomfield, for illegally possessing several firearms, including an AM-15 rifle, as well as quantities of crack-cocaine and heroin with the intent to distribute, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced in a Jan. 21 press release. Lewis is charged with two counts of […]
NEWARK, NJ — A fourth man was arrested Jan. 19 for his role in a conspiracy to steal and transport across state lines luxury cars from towns in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Bilal Cureton, 30, of Newark, is charged by amended complaint with conspiring to transport […]
BLOOMFIELD / WEST ORANGE, NJ — Two suspects have been arrested and charged as the result of a joint investigation between the Bloomfield and West Orange police departments in connection with 40 tire and rim thefts that occurred throughout the county, according to a joint press release from the two towns on Jan. 20. Wadner […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Pennsylvania man who worked as a tax preparer in Newark admitted to helping his clients file falsified tax returns that generated larger refunds, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced in a Jan. 20 press release. Sylvain Dienhoue, 53, of Tobyhanna, Pa., pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating the murder of Maria Lasso, 45, of Newark, according to a Jan. 15 press release from the ECPO. It is alleged that on Thursday, Jan. 14, Lasso was attacked by her husband, Jose […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Jan. 13, Wallace Johnson, 32, of Newark, admitted assaulting and carjacking at knifepoint a U.S. Postal Service employee, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced. Johnson pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez in Newark federal court to an indictment charging him with carjacking and assaulting a federal employee. According […]
NEWARK, NJ — A member of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips was sentenced Jan. 12 to 100 months in prison for his role in an attempted murder charged as part of a RICO conspiracy, as well as narcotics trafficking, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Sean Hills, aka “Half A Brain,” “Half” and […]
NEWARK, NJ — A former Newark police officer was sentenced Jan. 7 to nine years in prison for conspiring to defraud the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation and giving kickbacks to its former executive director, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced. Janell Robinson, 45, of Newark, was previously convicted of one count of conspiracy […]
ORANGE, NJ — On Tuesday, Jan. 5, members of the Orange Police Department Street Crimes Gang & Narcotics Task Force conducted a narcotics investigation on the 300 block of Cleveland Street, due to citizen complaints of open-air narcotics trafficking occurring at this location, according to a Jan. 6 press release from the police department. During […]