TRENTON, NJ — On Dec. 15, acting N.J. Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced criminal charges against Department of Corrections Associate Administrator Sean St. Paul and four correctional police officers — a major and three senior officers — related to an incident in which inmates were assaulted and seriously injured at the Edna Mahan Correctional […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo announced Dec. 15 that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Nutley Police Department are investigating the murder of Barbara Ann Bezzone, 84, of Nutley. On Tuesday, Dec. 14, at approximately 8:21 p.m., […]
NEWARK, NJ — Eleven people have been charged for their respective roles in a fentanyl and crack-cocaine distribution organization that sold large quantities of controlled substances in the area of Brookdale Avenue and Abinger Place in Newark, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Dec. 15. Leon Clark, aka “Dino,” 40; Abdul Price, aka “Ab” […]
NEWARK, NJ — A U.S. Postal Service employee has been arrested for stealing mail, including stealing credit cards and stimulus checks from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Dec. 2. Parrish Brookins, 29, of East Orange, is charged by complaint with one count of mail theft by a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced Dec. 1 that 18-year-old Zion Jenkins and a 16-year-old female juvenile have been arrested in East Orange and charged with receiving stolen property. According to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, the preliminary investigation indicates that on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at approximately 8:22 […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The night of Nov. 11, the East Orange teenager who had been missing for four weeks was spotted in New York City — just one day before a scheduled candlelight vigil praying for the 14-year-old’s safe return. The teenager, a runaway, had been staying at a women’s shelter in Brooklyn. In […]
NEWARK, NJ — Jonathan D. Williams, 46, of Newark, was arrested Nov. 3 for threatening to injure a federal judge, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Williams is charged by criminal complaint with making a threat to assault and murder a United States judge. According to documents filed in this case and statements made […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and East Orange Police Chief Phyllis Bindi announced Oct. 21 that James Lewis, 51, has been arrested in Florida and charged with the murder of Troy Traynham, 59, of East Orange. On Saturday, Sept. 18, Traynham was shot outside his Chestnut Street apartment […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Belleville Police Chief Mark Minichini announced Oct. 13 that a North Arlington man has been arrested and charged with sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and luring a minor. Bradley O’Dell, 57, was taken into custody on Friday, Oct. 8, […]
NEWARK, NJ — Stephanie Martinez, 39, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Raul Rios, 34, according to an Oct. 1 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. On Tuesday, Sept. 28, at approximately 8:58 a.m., Rios’ body was found in a parking lot on the 400 block of Springfield Avenue in […]