ORANGE, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray has announced that murder charges have been filed against Khalil Wheeler-Weaver in connection with death of Joanne Brown, 33, of Newark. Brown’s body was discovered on Dec. 5 in a vacant house in the 300 block of Highland Avenue in Orange. The cause of death […]
TRENTON, NJ — N.J. Attorney Gen. Christopher S. Porrino announced Dec. 6 that a former motor vehicle inspector and two current inspectors have been indicted on charges that they fraudulently used a data simulator to generate false results for motor vehicle emissions inspections, which rely on data from onboard diagnostic systems. Two car owners also […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Montclair Police Chief Todd Conforti have announced that authorities have arrested a suspect in the murder of Sarah Butler, 20, of Montclair. On Dec. 6, detectives arrested Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, 20, of Orange and he has been charged with one count of murder and one […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Orange Police Director Todd Warren announced that Stevenson Valentin, 28, of Maplewood has been charged and arrested in connection with the murders of Marcus Milien, 1, and Morlens Milice, 21; and the shooting of two others which occurred Nov. 3 on Cleveland Avenue in […]
NEWARK, NJ — Members of the mounted police arrested three men for a shooting incident that occurred on Monday, Nov. 14. At approximately 2:15 p.m., mounted officers were patrolling the area of Lyons Avenue and Clinton Place, when they observed Alex Cora, 39, of Newark, shooting a firearm at William A. Jones, 20, and Quamarly […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Newark Department of Public Safety reported that an NJ Transit bus and a passenger vehicle collided at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Market Street on Oct. 24. At approximately 4:33 a.m., the bus was traveling eastbound on Market Street and the passenger vehicle, a silver 1996 Honda […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announced on Oct. 23 that police have arrested Hakeem O. Gayle, 22, of Maplewood for crashing his vehicle through the door of a Newark business while allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol on Oct. 22. According to the press release from the Newark Department […]
UPDATE: This story was updated approximately 10 minutes after posting to reflect additional data provided by the Maplewood Police Department, in addition to the information already provided by the Newark Public Safety Department. MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A 13-year-old Newark resident, whom Newark police had arrested on Friday, Oct. 14, and was ordered to be released […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Livingston Police Chief Craig M. Handschuch announced Sept. 20 that John Coulouris, 18, of Hackensack has been arrested and charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child by distributing child pornography, invasion of privacy, terroristic threats and two counts of cyber […]
NEWARK, NJ — The NJ Transit Police Department arrested a man who allegedly assaulted a train conductor Sunday, Sept. 11, after being asked for a train ticket, according to a Sept. 12 release from NJ Transit. Peer Fikhman, 22, of Israel was arrested and charged with aggravated assault on a conductor and theft of services […]