NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County jury has convicted Harold Colbert, 45, of Irvington, of murder for fatally shooting Daquan Cuttino, 25, of Newark, according to an Aug. 9 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Following a trial before Superior Court Judge Martin Cronin, Colbert was found guilty of murder, unlawful possession of […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Newark man with previous felony convictions has admitted to illegally possessing firearms and ammunition as part of a planned revenge shooting, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 10. Raheem Allen, 34, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini to an information charging him with one count of […]
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 Prince Sweeney, 35, of East Orange, according to an Aug. 9 press release from the ECPO. A little after midnight on Aug. 9, East Orange patrol units were dispatched to […]
NEWARK, NJ — Jared Walker, 24, of Newark, has admitted his role in a carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 3. Walker pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi to a three-count indictment charging him with carjacking, possession of a firearm by […]
WEST CALDWELL, NJ — Anthony Dattoli, 18, of West Caldwell, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, vehicular aggravated assault while intoxicated in a school zone, leaving the scene of an accident and endangering an injured victim, according to an Aug. 3 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. It is alleged that on […]
NEWARK, NJ — Tamir Duval, 22, of Newark, has admitted he illegally possessed a firearm and conspired to defraud two banks of $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 3. Duval pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to an indictment charging […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Maplewood Police Chief Jimmy DeVaul announced Aug. 6 that Yohan Hernandez, 20, of Newark, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Moussa Fofana, 18, of Maplewood. On Sunday, June 6, at approximately 9:38 p.m., Maplewood police officers were dispatched to an […]
NEWARK, NJ — Lamont Stephenson, 46, has been sentenced to 31 and a half years in New Jersey State Prison for the murder of his fiancee, Olga “Ivy” DeJesus, and her dog, according to a July 29 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. On June 17, Stephenson entered a guilty plea to first-degree […]
NEWARK, NJ — A pharmacy employee admitted to conspiring to offer and pay bribes and kickbacks in exchange for having prescriptions steered to the Morris County pharmacy where she worked, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced July 30. Magdalena “Maggie” Jimenez, 56, of Newark, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Michael A. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Lamont West, 42, of Newark, who was previously convicted of multiple felonies, has admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing narcotics with intent to distribute and possessing the firearm in furtherance of narcotics trafficking, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced July 27. West pleaded guilty before U.S. […]