IRVINGTON, NJ — Following the execution of a search warrant for her basement apartment, a female suspect was arrested on drug charges in Irvington by Essex County sheriff’s detectives and Bloomfield police officers on the afternoon of Thursday, Feb. 8. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that, as a result of the search at 356 Union Ave., […]
NEWARK, NJ — A juvenile was arrested on the morning of Sunday, Feb. 11, for possession of a loaded .40 caliber handgun. Newark police have removed 16 guns from city streets thus far this week. This arrest came after a citizen reported that a juvenile suspect had pointed a gun at him near the intersection […]
NEWARK, NJ — Rick King, 34, of Newark, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for killing Amit Patel, a Newark store clerk. Superior Court Judge Mark Ali sentenced King to life for the first-degree murder. He was also sentenced to a consecutive 40-year sentence for the robbery. In December 2017, an […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating a fatal stabbing. On Sunday, Jan. 28, at approximately 2 p.m. Ricardo Valla, 34, of Newark was stabbed. On Monday Jan. 29, he died from his injuries. He was pronounced dead at University […]
NEWARK, NJ — Police seized four guns, including an assault weapon, during the execution of a series of search warrants on the evening of Friday, Feb. 2. Detectives of the Newark Police Division’s Narcotics Unit and officers from the New Jersey State Police Entry Unit executed search warrants at three locations on Mapes Avenue, following […]
NEWARK, NJ — Joseph Bossie, 18, of East Orange, was arrested for possession of a loaded handgun on Wednesday, Jan. 31. At approximately 3:30 p.m., officers patrolling the area of 15th Avenue and South 18th Street observed a vehicle that had committed a motor vehicle violation. They conducted a motor vehicle stop. Officers observed that […]
NEWARK, NJ — Varlee Goolsby, 27 and Dwight Peebles, 21, both residents of Newark, were arrested for receiving stolen property, an automobile that was reported stolen on Tuesday, Jan. 30. On Thursday, Feb. 1, at approximately 1:45 p.m., an officer from the 5th Precinct was in the area of Shabazz High School, when she observed […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced Jan. 30 that four men have entered guilty pleas, admitting their roles in a West Orange home invasion in June in which a husband, wife and young child were terrorized. The defendants Edward Bentura, 33, Yodelin Diaz, 25, Lidio Martinez Miese, 30, and Jesus […]
NEWARK, NJ — A political consultant admitted her role in a fraud scheme related to contracts with the Newark Watershed Development Corp. and kickbacks to officials there, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced on Jan. 29. Dianthe Martinez Brooks, 42, of West Orange pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares in Newark federal court […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced Jan. 26 that Gery Destra, 21, of Maplewood was sentenced to 29 years in New Jersey State Prison on Jan. 25 by Superior Court Judge Verna Leath for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl. In October of 2017 an Essex County jury convicted Destra of […]