ORANGE, NJ — The Orange Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating a fatal pedestrian incident, according to a Sept. 23 press release. On Thursday, Sept. 23, Orange resident Donald Banks, 65, was struck and killed in the driveway of his Pierson Street home. The preliminary investigation indicates […]
NEWARK, NJ — A public school teacher from Essex County has admitted his role in conspiring to defraud the N.J. School Employees’ Health Benefits Program with phony claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Sept. 22. Jason Nardachone, 51, of Nutley, who taught in the Lodi School District, pleaded guilty […]
NEWARK, NJ — Wayne Ram, a 44-year-old self-described religious leader, is accused of sexually assaulting a young male who sought spiritual guidance from him, according to a Sept. 20 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. The crime allegedly occurred in Orange on Aug. 7, when the young man met up with Ram at a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating the fatal shooting of Troy Traynham, 59, of East Orange, according to a Sept. 22 press release from the ECPO. On Saturday, Sept. 18, Traynham was shot outside his Chestnut Street apartment. The victim […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced Sept. 15 that Sheriff Armando Fontoura’s Crime Stoppers Program is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Deborah Burton, a 62-year-old grandmother from Maplewood, who […]
NEWARK, NJ — Jeffrey Bennett, 27, of Irvington, has admitted 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, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Sept. 15. Bennett pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge […]
NEWARK, NJ — Shatuwan McCall, 20, of Newark, pleaded guilty to firearms and marijuana distribution offenses before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty by videoconference, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Sept. 15. McCall was charged with one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, one count of possession with […]
NEWARK, NJ — Kevon A. Anderson, 25, of Newark, was sentenced Sept. 15 to three years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and possession of methamphetamine and marijuana, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced. Anderson previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden, who imposed the sentence via videoconference. According to […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Belleville man has admitted his role in a multi-state car theft and fraud ring, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Sept. 9. Eric Morgan, 34, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini in Newark federal court to an information charging him with three counts of wire fraud. According […]
NEWARK, NJ — Two area men admitted to drug distribution charges in connection to conspiring to distribute cocaine base and distributing fentanyl and cocaine base, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Sept. 9. Tyrell Wilson, aka “Hell Rell,” 36, of Rahway, pleaded guilty Sept. 9 before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark […]