NEWARK, NJ — Philip Hedgespeth, 45, of Newark, was sentenced to nine years and two months in prison for his role in robbing a barbershop, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced May 6. Hedgespeth previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler to an indictment charging him with one count of Hobbs Act […]
NEWARK, NJ — Aughkay L. Green, aka “K-Boogie,” 50, of Newark, was sentenced May 6 to 30 months in prison for being a felon in possession of two firearms, and for distributing heroin and cocaine base, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Green, a Newark Parking Authority employee, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara are seeking help from the public identifying two persons of interest wanted in connection with the murder of Debra Derrick, a 63-year-old grandmother who was fatally shot on her front porch in Newark. At approximately 8 p.m. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Terrance Nelson, 35, of Newark, has been arrested and charged with the May 1 murder of Shakur Robinson, 34, also of Newark, who was fatally shot in a home on the 500 block of South Clinton Street in East Orange, according to a May 4 press release from the Essex County […]
NEWARK, NJ — Ricky Terrell, 24, of Newark, was sentenced May 5 to five years in prison for possessing a handgun in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced May 5. Terrell previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge John Michael Vazquez via videoconference to a one-count information charging […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Peter Andrews, 28, of East Orange, has been charged in a fatal hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of Yahaira Marrero-Marcano, 43, of Newark, according to an April 30 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. On Wednesday, April 28, at approximately 10:31 p.m., Marrero-Marcano was struck by a […]
TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced April 29 that an alleged local leader of the Latin Kings street gang and eight inmates allegedly under his command in various correctional facilities — including Northern State Prison in Newark and New Jersey State Prison in Trenton — have been charged with forming a “hit […]
NEWARK, NJ — Nasir Williams, 24, of Newark, admitted distributing and conspiring with others to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced April 27. Williams pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Court Judge John Michael Vazquez to an information charging him with one count each of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Kevon Anderson, 25, of Newark, admitted illegally possessing a firearm and distributing methamphetamine, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced April 27. Anderson pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden to a superseding information charging him with one count of gun possession by a convicted felon and one […]
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 Eliameau Maxime, 32, of Orange, according to an April 26 press release from the ECPO. On Saturday, April 24, Maxime was shot in the early morning hours […]