BELLEVILLE, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Belleville Police Chief Mark Minichini announced April 22 that Johnny Rivera, 52, of Bronx, N.Y., has been arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, Candy Torres, 50, of Belleville. On March 12, family and friends were unable to reach the victim by phone. […]
NEWARK, NJ — On April 21, the Department of Justice announced criminal charges against 21 defendants in nine federal districts across the United States for their alleged participation in various health care–related fraud schemes that exploited the COVID-19 pandemic. These cases allegedly resulted in more than $149 million in COVID-19–related false billings to federal programs […]
NEWARK, NJ — John Carpenter, 41, of Lebanon, Mo., has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, sexual assault, manufacturing child exploitation material and subjecting two young children to sexual abuse, according to an April 19 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. The charges arose out of an investigation that started […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — On Monday, April 11, at approximately 12:45 p.m., an employee was shot to death in an East Orange store located at the corner of Springdale Avenue and Lincoln Street. Essex County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson Katherine Carter told the Record-Transcript that the victim was Gregorio Reyes, 60, of Newark. According to surveillance […]
ORANGE, NJ — On April 13, Lt. Hector Rosado and Sgt. Craig Barnett of the Orange Police Department encountered a commotion between a group of males in a rear parking lot of a multifamily apartment dwelling on the 300 block of Park Avenue, according to a press release from the city. The officers were responding […]
NEWARK, NJ – Marco Alvarez, 46, of Bloomfield, admitted his role in a scheme to embezzle more than $300,000 from the hotel company for which he worked, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced April 14. Alvarez pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas to an information charging him with one count of […]
NEWARK, NJ — A former U.S. Postal Service USPS employee admitted that he conspired to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced April 14. Ross Clayton, 31, of Irvington, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Julien X. Neals to an information charging him with conspiring to commit wire fraud. […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating the fatal stabbing of 52-year-old Clacius Tate, of Newark, according to an April 12 press release from the ECPO. On Monday, April 11, at approximately 7:11 p.m., Newark police officers responded to a […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced April 8 that Jeremy Arrington, 32, of Newark, was sentenced to 375 years in New Jersey State Prison for murdering three people and attempting to murder three more after becoming enraged over a Facebook comment. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Ronald D. Wigler, […]
TRENTON, NJ — Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor announced April 8 the arrest of a Newark doctor on charges of forgery, obtaining a controlled dangerous substance by fraud and health care claims fraud. The arrest was the result of an investigation by the Office of the […]