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 Akram Brown, 42, of Newark, according to a May 20 press release from the ECPO. On Wednesday, May 19, Brown was shot on Mt. Vernon Place in Newark. He […]
NEWARK, NJ — Mark Washington, 57, of Irvington, and two men from South Carolina have been charged with conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including five pistols and one rifle, in and around Essex County, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced May 19. Torell Brown, 45, and Carter Wilkerson, 21, both of Orangeburg, S.C., and […]
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 Halee A. Wing, 42, of Millstone, according to a May 19 press release from the ECPO. On Tuesday, May 18, Wing was shot on the 100 block of Pacific […]
NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County man with a prior felony conviction admitted illegally possessing a machine gun, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced May 17. Anthony Reynolds, 26, of Newark, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti to one count of possession of a machine gun, one count of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Three male suspects were arrested by Essex County sheriff’s detectives and charged with multiple drug crimes on the morning of May 16 in Newark’s South Ward, according to a May 16 press release from the sheriff’s office. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that plainclothes officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics conducted a […]
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 16-year-old Jarrod Lawson, of Newark, according to a May 16 press release from the ECPO. On Sunday, May 16, Lawson was fatally shot on the 500 block of 15th […]
NEWARK, NJ — Shaquille Hankerson, 30, of Newark, was indicted for possessing a semiautomatic rifle loaded with a high-capacity magazine, several rounds of ammunition and a large quantity of oxycodone, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced May 14. Hankerson, aka “Jaquil L. Tukes,” is charged with one count of possession of a firearm and […]
NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County man with a previous felony conviction was arrested May 12 for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced May 13. Farrakhan Lovett, 24, Belleville, is charged by complaint with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Qshaun Brown-Guinyard, 27, of Newark, admitted to conspiring to defraud two banks of more than $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced May 13. Brown-Guinyard pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to an information charging him with one count […]
NEWARK, NJ — Keith Herd, 33, of Newark, was sentenced May 12 to 20 years in prison for his role as the leader of a heroin-trafficking conspiracy in Newark, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced May 12. Herd previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to a third superseding […]