NEWARK, NJ — Richard Chambers, 38, of East Orange, who was wanted for a shooting that occurred on Tuesday, Jan. 31, was arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 7. On Jan. 31 at approximately 11:54 p.m., a suspect fled after shooting a 25-year-old Newark man near Fairmount Street and South Orange Avenue. The victim arrived at University […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department are investigating the fatal shooting of Raheem Jenkins, 36, of Newark. On Tuesday, Feb. 7, at approximately 10:30 p.m., Jenkins was fatally shot in the vicinity of 30 Coeyman St., Newark. He was pronounced dead at the scene. […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Fugitive Apprehension Team arrested Aquil Baldwin, 25, of Newark, who was wanted for a shooting and for an armed robbery. On Saturday, Aug. 6, police responded to Georgia King Village on a call of shots fired. A 17-year-old male victim had been shot and arrived at University Hospital for treatment of […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department are investigating a fatal shooting. On Wednesday, Feb. 1, at approximately 4:45 p.m., Victor A. Brantley, 26, of Newark was fatally shot in the vicinity of Garside Street and Bloomfield Avenue. A second male, who just happened to […]
NEWARK, NJ — Sadot Council, 32, of Newark, was convicted on Thursday, Feb. 2, by an Essex County jury of the murder of Anthony Mayse, 33, also of Newark, following a trial before Superior Court Judge Richard T. Sules. According to Assistant Prosecutor Adam Wells, who tried the case, Mayse was shot and killed on […]
TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced Jan. 27 that an Essex County man was sentenced to state prison in connection with a major international carjacking and stolen car trafficking ring that stole high-end cars in New Jersey and New York and shipped them to West Africa. The man was indicted last year […]
NEWARK, NJ — Tawanna Sneed, 52, of Newark, was arrested for an arson incident that occurred on Monday, Jan. 30. At approximately 3 p.m., members of the Newark Fire Division responded to a residential building in the 200-block of 18th Avenue on a call of smoke. Firefighters observed smoke venting from one of the apartments […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating a homicide. Jermaine Maddox, 35, of East Orange was fatally shot on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at approximately 11:03 p.m., in the 200 block of North Arlington Avenue in East Orange. At this time, no […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Maplewood Police Chief Robert Cimino announced Jan. 30 that Maplewood Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating an incident in which three people were found dead in a Maplewood apartment on Sunday, Jan. 28. The victims have […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Maplewood Police Chief Robert Cimino announced that authorities are investigating an incident in which three people were found dead in a Maplewood apartment on Jan. 29. At approximately 11:45 a.m., the Maplewood Fire Department responded to an apartment on Van Ness Court to check […]