NEWARK, NJ — Hassan Hutson, 32, of Newark, and Marquise Robinson, 22, of East Orange, are being sought by Newark police for separate shooting incidents. On Friday, May 5, at approximately 9 p.m., police responded to the 700-block of South 19th Street on a call of a man shot. Police located the 36-year old victim, […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — A motor vehicle collision involving a car and a dump truck on Pompton Avenue in Cedar Grove resulted in the arrest of a 70-year-old West Orange woman for driving while intoxicated on the morning of April 5, according to police. Both drivers were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries following the accident. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Ali Harris, 23, of Newark, was arrested on Wednesday, April 5, for possession of a loaded firearm and CDS distribution. At approximately 2:21 p.m., officers patrolling the area of South 10th Street and Clinton Avenue were in an unmarked police vehicle when a male passed the vehicle emanating a strong marijuana odor. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Shakur Loyal, 18, of East Orange, sustained fatal injuries in a single vehicle crash. On Monday, April 3, at approximately 4:25 a.m., Newark police officers observed Loyal traveling at a high rate of speed in a Jaguar XF, previously reported stolen out of Bridgewater. Officers attempted to pull Loyal over, when he […]
NEWARK, NJ — A 17-year-old Newark resident has been arrested on Tuesday, April 4, and charged with the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Malik Bullock, also of Newark. Bullock was fatally shot on Friday, March 31, in the 400 block of Hawthorne Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A second male juvenile was shot, […]
NEWARK, NJ — Jonathan Balaguer, 29, of Newark, pled guilty on Tuesday, April 4, to the Oct. 9, 2014, fatal shooting of Julio Martinez, 35, also of Newark, before Superior Court Judge Verna Leath. Assistant Prosecutor Margarita Rivera, who handled the case, said Martinez was sitting in a car in the vicinity of 70 South […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced March 31 that an Essex County jury has convicted Basim Henry, 36, of South Orange of murder and felony murder for the Dec. 15, 2013, murder of 30-year-old Hoboken lawyer Dustin Friedland, following a trial before Superior Court Judge Michael L. Ravin. Henry was […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announced March 29 that the Prosecutor’s Major Crimes Task Force is continuing the investigation of the March 13 fatal shooting of Deborah Burton, 62, of Maplewood. Burton was shot while in the area of 43 Third St. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Two Essex County men were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 24 for their alleged roles in a September 2015 armed robbery of a club in Passaic, according to a press release from acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick. Jimmy Cooper, aka “Flip,” 32, of Irvington, and Keontrae Lawrence, aka […]
NEWARK, NJ — Charles Smallwood, 27, of Newark, was arrested for possession of a loaded handgun and controlled dangerous substances distribution on Saturday, March 18. During an investigation in the South Ward, at Elizabeth Avenue and Alpine Street, detectives of the Newark Police Division’s Special Enforcement Bureau observed a gray 2013 Jeep Cherokee with a […]