TRENTON, NJ — Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced on March 18 that five defendants have been indicted on charges that they conspired to steal, receive and/or fence at least a dozen mostly high-end vehicles worth approximately $600,000. They were charged in a multicounty investigation by the New Jersey State Police Motor Vehicle Crimes […]
NEWARK, NJ — Jefferson Robert, 31, of Newark, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for conspiring to fraudulently obtain more than $700,000, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on March 18. Robert previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Julien X. Neals to an information charging him with conspiring to commit […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Nutley Police Director Alphonse Petracco and Chief Thomas Strumolo announced the arrest of Richard Dunn, 58, of Nutley, in a March 15 press release. According to Strumolo, Dunn, a Nutley High School substitute teacher, had been under investigation for the previous week for allegations of inappropriate behavior while teaching class on March […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating a fatal stabbing of James Dunlap, of Newark, according to a March 14 press release from the ECPO. On Saturday March 12, Dunlap was fatally stabbed in the 40 block of Miller Street […]
NEWARK, NJ — Joseph A. McCallum Jr., a member of the Newark Municipal Council and board of directors of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation, now known as Invest Newark, has admitted to scheming to obtain bribes and kickbacks, and subscribing to a false personal tax return for 2018, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced March 15 that a 15-year-old male was shot in a police officer–involved shooting. His name is not being released at this time. The preliminary investigation indicates that on Tuesday, March 15, at approximately 7:31 a.m., Newark police officers were dispatched to the 100 […]
NEWARK, NJ — Nine people were arraigned March 15 on illegal drug and firearms charges contained in a 17-count indictment, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Gilbert Bermudez, aka “Troub,” 29; Brian Elijah Mitchell, aka “Slash,” 32; Jaahan Mitchell, 32; Keith Rogers, aka “Dog” and “Z,” 45; Isaiah Bullock, 26; Jennifer Rivera, 41; and Shamika […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At approximately 1 a.m. on this date Wednesday, March 16, an 18-year-old Maplewood resident was the victim of a strong-armed robbery — no weapons were involved — in the 330 block of Boyden Avenue, according to a press release from the Maplewood Police Department. The victim reported that he had gone outside […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Roberto Ubiera, 58, of Newark, has been convicted on all counts in connection with the murder of Tarlok Singh, 55, of East Orange, according to a March 16 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. In the early morning hours of Aug. 16, 2018, Singh was fatally stabbed by a […]
NEWARK, NJ — The former owner of a New Jersey marketing company admitted his role in a scheme to defraud public and private health benefits programs of more than $6 million through the billing of medically unnecessary compounded prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced March 17. Michael Drobish, 43, of Cedar Grove, pleaded guilty […]