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 shooting of Michael Rutledge, 34, of Newark, according to an Aug. 25 press release from the ECPO. On Monday, Aug. 23, just before 9 p.m., Newark police officers responded to a […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced Aug. 26 that Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura’s Crime Stoppers Program is increasing its reward to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Debra Derrick, a 63-year-old grandmother who was fatally […]
NEWARK, NJ — William Valentin, 43, of Newark, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the September 2017 armed robbery of a jewelry exchange in Elizabeth, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced Aug. 25. Valentin was previously found guilty of one count of conspiring to commit Hobbs Act robbery, one […]
NEWARK, NJ — D’Sean Roper, 27, of Newark, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty to an information charging him with one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 24. According to documents filed in this case and statements made […]
NEWARK, NJ — A former U.S. Postal Service employee has admitted stealing credit cards sent through the mail as part of a conspiracy to commit access device fraud, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 24. Kyle Williams, 36, of the Vauxhall section of Union, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Claire […]
NEWARK, NJ — Three Essex County men have been charged in connection with possessing five firearms, and distributing, as well as possessing with the intent to distribute, controlled dangerous substances in Orange, East Orange and Newark, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 20. Myron Fulton, 29, of East Orange, is charged by complaint […]
NEWARK, NJ — The first of 12 defendants charged in a stolen mail scheme has admitted responsibility for conspiring to launder money in connection with fraudulently deposited checks, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 17. Hans Pierre, 33, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an […]
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 shooting of Antonio McCrimmon, 27, of Newark, according to an Aug. 17 press release from the ECPO. On Monday, Aug. 16, at approximately 7:53 p.m., Newark police responded to a report […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — An East Orange man has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud two banks of $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 18. Allen Varice, 25, of East Orange, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Kenneth Graham, 49, of Newark, was indicted by a federal grand jury for his alleged role in a January gunpoint robbery of a cell phone store in East Orange, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 19. Graham is charged by indictment with one count of Hobbs Act Robbery and […]