BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Democrat Councilman Joseph Lopez, the mayoral candidate who was removed from the Essex County Democratic Committee party line last week for the June 7 primary election and replaced by incumbent Mayor Michael Venezia, said in a telephone interview on Tuesday that he was attempting to find support to have his name reinstated on […]
NEWARK, NJ — In a unanimous vote, the NJ Transit board of directors appointed William Crosbie as the new executive director of NJ Transit during a special meeting on Wednesday, April 6. The appointment is effective on or about Monday, April 25. Crosbie succeeds Dennis J. Martin, who has served as the agency’s interim executive […]
ORANGE, NJ — Mayoral candidate Janice Morrell issued a press release Friday, April 1, denying any involvement with negative campaign literature focused on images and statements about Councilwoman at Large Donna K. Williams sleeping on the job. Morrell is running for mayor on the “Change We Need Voice We Deserve” ticket in the nonpartisan municipal […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The funeral for 2014 mayoral candidate, longtime Irvington municipal employee and local Haitian community leader Jean Lamothe was at Eglise Baptiste de la Nouvelle Jerusalem Church on Saturday, April 2. The church, located on Nye Avenue, just off Springfield Avenue and across the street from Civic Square, had an area outside cordoned […]
NEWARK, NJ – An Irvington resident was arraigned today on multiple drug charges following his arrest in Newark’s North Ward last night by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura said that in response to numerous neighborhood complaints of open-air drug trafficking in the area of Parker Street and Park Avenue, detectives from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics conducted a […]
TRENTON, NJ – Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy announced that 16 defendants have been arrested in “Operation Safeguard,” a joint operation by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice and ICE Homeland Security Investigations that targeted offenders who used an online file-sharing network to download and distribute child pornography, including videos of young children being […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray has announced that Jose Robles, a captain in the Newark Fire Department, has been indicted for making and selling pirated DVDs out of his comic book store located at 53 University Ave. in Newark. Robles, 50, of Newark is charged with second degree trademark counterfeiting, second degree […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County grand jury has indicted Dino D’Elia and Anthony Buono – two former Newark police officers – on official misconduct, conspiracy and computer theft charges for stealing and then selling information from databases used by law enforcement to investigate insurance fraud. The two […]
NEWARK, NJ — Twenty-one brokers, recruiters, and employers from across the United States who allegedly conspired with more than 1,000 foreign nationals to fraudulently obtain student and foreign worker visas through a “pay to stay” New Jersey college were arrested this morning by federal agents, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. The defendants were arrested in New York, […]
NEWARK — Two alleged male Bloods gang members and a female suspect were arraigned today on multiple weapons and drug charges following their arrests on Monday by a law enforcement task force composed of detectives from the Essex County Sheriff’s Office and the Irvington and Bloomfield police departments. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that the investigation began on Friday […]