Three Essex County residents arrested in alleged scheme to falsify motor vehicle emissions tests

TRENTON, NJ — N.J. Attorney Gen. Christopher S. Porrino announced Dec. 6 that a former motor vehicle inspector and two current inspectors have been indicted on charges that they fraudulently used a data simulator to generate false results for motor vehicle emissions inspections, which rely on data from onboard diagnostic systems. Two car owners also […]

Police arrest Irvington man for assault

NEWARK, NJ — Kevin Little, 35, of Irvington, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 8, for assaulting a woman and locking her into the trunk of a parked vehicle on Wednesday, Dec. 7. At approximately 8:17 p.m., police responded to a call involving a male striking a female on the street at South 20th Street and […]

Police arrest Newark man for armed robbery

NEWARK, NJ — Malik Manning, 26, of Newark, was arrested for an armed robbery that occurred on Friday, Dec. 2. At approximately midnight, two male suspects approached a 69-year-old victim and his friend in the area of Walnut Street and New Jersey Railroad Avenue and demanded their money at gunpoint. The suspects removed cash and […]

Police arrest three men and three juveniles for burglary

NEWARK, NJ — Keshawn Newsome, 19, Dahquell Jones, 20, Quawee Starks, 21, and three male juveniles were arrested for a burglary that occurred on Monday, Dec. 5. At approximately 2 p.m., officers responded to a call of a burglary in progress at a residential building in the 100-block of Avon Avenue. Police located the six […]

Fugitive Apprehension Team arrests Newark man for carjacking

NEWARK, NJ — Omar Wright, 32, of Newark, was arrested for an armed carjacking that occurred on Sunday, Oct. 23. At approximately 9 p.m., a 31-year-old male victim parked his vehicle in the area of Clinton Avenue and South 10th Street, when he was approached by two suspects, who robbed him and stole his vehicle […]

Police F.A.T. arrests Newark man for pharmacy robbery

NEWARK, NJ — Damir Daniels, 24, of Newark, was arrested by the Fugitive Apprehension Team on Friday, Dec. 2, for a pharmacy robbery on Friday, Nov. 18. At approximately 10:06 a.m., three male suspects wearing dark clothing and masks entered the St. Peter’s Pharmacy located at 15-17 Ropes Place. One brandished a handgun and robbed […]

Arrest made in Orange double murders and shooting

NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Orange Police Director Todd Warren announced that Stevenson Valentin, 28, of Maplewood has been charged and arrested in connection with the murders of Marcus Milien, 1, and Morlens Milice, 21; and the shooting of two others which occurred Nov. 3 on Cleveland Avenue in […]

Man arrested for trying to steal child’s backpack

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Today, Dec. 2, at approximately 8:15 a.m., a student of Seth Boyden School reported that a male had attempted to take his backpack while he was walking to school on Jacoby Street, according to a release from the Maplewood Police Department. The police were contacted and responded.  Officers arrested Jordan Jones, 22, […]