NEWARK, NJ — An alleged member of a Jersey City gang has been charged with the March 31, 2020, murder of a Jersey City resident, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced July 8. Phillip Wiggins Jr., 24, of Newark, is charged by complaint with one count each of murder in aid of racketeering, discharging […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — A former pharmacy procurement technician was indicted on July 6 for stealing prescription HIV medications from the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange, New Jersey, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Lisa M. Hoffman, 48, of Orange, is charged by indictment with one count each of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On July 9 at approximately 8:53 p.m., Maplewood police officers were dispatched to the area of Hughes Street after receiving multiple calls of an individual shot, according to a July 10 press release from the Maplewood Police Department. When officers arrived, they located two Maplewood men, ages 21 and 23, who had […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating a double shooting that resulted in the death of Malik A. McCallister, 38, and Tarik R. Barnes, 42, brothers who lived together in Rahway, according to a July 5 press release from the ECPO. The two […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Bloomfield Police Department are investigating a fatal pedestrian incident that resulted in the death of an 83-year-old man and critical injuries to his wife, according to a July 5 press release from the ECPO. On Saturday, July 3, Anthony Manochio, 83, […]
NEWARK, NJ — Fifteen people have been charged for their alleged roles in a Newark heroin and crack-cocaine distribution organization that sold hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal drugs out of a residential building on Fairmount Avenue, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 29. The alleged leader of the operation, Jakai […]
NEWARK, NJ — Wallace Johnson, 32, of Newark, was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison for assaulting and carjacking at knifepoint a U.S. Postal Service employee, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 30. Johnson previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez to an indictment charging him with […]
EAST ORANGE / NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced on Saturday, June 26, that two Essex County sex offenders wanted by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey State Parole Board were captured in Pennsylvania by U.S. Marshals and task force officers from the Middle District of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Deautay M. Haines, 19, of Jersey City, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Akram Brown, 42, of Newark, according to a June 24 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. On Wednesday, May 19, Brown was shot on Mt. Vernon Place in the city of Newark. He was […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Newark man was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a large international money laundering conspiracy and using a stolen identity in furtherance of the scheme, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 22. Edwin Deleon-Batista, 37, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Katharine […]