NEWARK, NJ — Two alleged members of a Jersey City gang have been charged with the June 30, 2018, shooting of five people, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced Feb. 5. Jalil Holmes, aka “Broadday,” 20, of East Orange, and Jidon Rogers, 37, of Jersey City, made their initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy Waldor […]
NEWARK, NJ — Christopher Poole, 26, of Newark, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Rasheed “O.J.” Olabode, 27, also of Newark, according to a Feb. 5 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. “There is nothing we can do to bring back Rasheed, but we hope that, with this sentencing, his family […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Two Irvington men, one of whom is currently attending the Irvington Fire Academy in order to become a firefighter, have been charged for operating a “mill” for the manufacture of illegal narcotic pills in an Irvington residence, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced in a Jan. 31 press release. Elijah Lee, 27, who […]
NEWARK, NJ — Roberto Grillo, 40, of Bloomfield, was convicted by an Essex County jury of sexually assaulting a girl from the age of 12 to 16, according to a Jan. 30 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Following a trial before Superior Court Judge Martin Cronin, the jury deliberated for less than […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Former Columbia High School teacher Nicole Dufault, 40, entered a guilty plea before Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin to three counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact, according to a Jan. 23 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. The guilty plea was entered as jury selection was under way for a […]
NEWARK, NJ — Rahiym Washington, 32, of Newark, was sentenced to 20 years in New Jersey State Prison after an Essex County jury found him guilty of second-degree aggravated assault for shooting his friend and leaving him paralyzed, according to a Jan. 23 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. The crime occurred on […]
NEWARK, NJ — Hassan S. Shoulars, 26, of Newark, has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the death of Avent Holston, 27, of Newark, according to a Jan. 22 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Holston was fatally shot on Oct. 28 on the 300 block of […]
NEWARK, NJ — As part of an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in Newark’s West Ward, a semiautomatic handgun and close to $2,000 in illegal narcotics were seized the evening of Jan. 16 as Essex County sheriff’s detectives arrested an adult male. According to Sheriff Armando Fontoura, officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics conducted […]
NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County woman and a Canadian man were indicted Jan. 17 for their roles in a securities fraud scheme that induced victims to invest $30 million worth of cash and cryptocurrency based on fraudulent misrepresentations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Edith Pardo, 68, of Bloomfield, and Boaz Manor, 46, of Toronto, […]
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 Marquis Forman, 27, of East Orange, according to a Jan. 16 press release from the ECPO. On Wednesday, Jan. 15, at approximately 7:42 p.m., Forman was shot on the […]