NEWARK, NJ — A Belleville man has admitted using a web-based application to distribute multiple images and videos of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Feb. 15. Mauricio Calderon, 51, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi to an information charging him with one count of distribution of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Jeffrey Bennett, 27, of Irvington, has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal checkbooks and credit cards from the mail; deposit fraudulent checks, including pandemic relief checks; and use stolen credit cards without authorization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Feb. 14. Bennett previously […]
NEWARK, NJ — Gospel singer Albert J. Lewis Jr., 75, of Newark, has been charged with criminal sexual contact, unlicensed practice of medicine and luring of an adult, according to a Feb. 10 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. The defendant was taken into custody on Tuesday, Feb. 8, without incident at his […]
NEWARK, NJ — Two people were arrested Feb. 10 for their alleged roles in a scheme to steal and alter checks from the mail by using stolen U.S. Postal Service keys that access mail receptacles and to fraudulently obtain funds from banks by depositing the stolen and altered checks, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced […]
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 Kevin T. Williams, 34, of Newark, according to a Feb. 7 press release from the ECPO. Late Saturday night, Feb. 5, Williams was stabbed in the 200 block of […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — A Newark resident was arrested Feb. 1, after having been criminally charged with shooting an Elizabeth man several times and killing him in the city this past August, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca jointly announced. Jefferson Louis, 25, is charged […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Belleville Police Chief Mark Minichini announced Dec. 17 that authorities have charged a suspect in connection with a stabbing incident that occurred on Saturday, Nov. 20, on Van Rensselaer Street in Belleville. Termaine Pines, 48, has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, […]
NEWARK, NJ — Two Newark sisters were indicted Dec. 17 in connection with a scheme to arrange sham marriages between U.S. citizens and noncitizens seeking to stay in the United States unlawfully, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Dec. 17. Andrea Torres, 55, and Regina Johnson, 57, were both charged by indictment with one count […]
TRENTON, NJ — On Dec. 15, acting N.J. Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced criminal charges against Department of Corrections Associate Administrator Sean St. Paul and four correctional police officers — a major and three senior officers — related to an incident in which inmates were assaulted and seriously injured at the Edna Mahan Correctional […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo announced Dec. 15 that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Nutley Police Department are investigating the murder of Barbara Ann Bezzone, 84, of Nutley. On Tuesday, Dec. 14, at approximately 8:21 p.m., […]