Essex County sheriff’s officers arrest two for alleged carjacking, gas station robbery

NEWARK, NJ — Two juvenile suspects were arrested Saturday evening, Oct. 22, by Essex County Sheriff’s Office detectives assigned to the Sheriff’s Bureau of Narcotics. They were arrested for their alleged involvement in a carjacking on Frelinghuysen Avenue in Newark and an armed robbery of an Exxon station at McCarter Highway and Bridge Street in […]

Newark man charged with carjacking and firearms offenses

NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County man was arraigned for his alleged role in an armed carjacking in Montclair, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Oct. 19. Andy Cook, 23, of Newark, was charged by indictment on Oct. 4 with one count of carjacking, one count of conspiracy to use a firearm during a crime […]

Newark man charged with Montclair carjacking

NEWARK, NJ — Andy Cook, 23, of Newark, has been charged with a carjacking that occurred in Montclair, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Feb. 28. Cook is charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit carjacking, one count of carjacking and one count of conspiracy to use a firearm during a crime […]

Roselle man sentenced to prison for carjacking Uber driver in Newark

NEWARK, NJ — Rakeem McNair, 22, of Roselle, has been sentenced to 85 months in prison for his role in a Newark carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced Nov. 10. McNair previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to an information charging him with one […]

Essex County man admits role in armed carjacking

NEWARK, NJ — Jared Walker, 24, of Newark, has admitted his role in a carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 3. Walker pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi to a three-count indictment charging him with carjacking, possession of a firearm by […]

Man charged in robbery, sex assault and carjacking

NEWARK, NJ — Austin Be-Kwao, 23, of Newark, has been charged with robbing, carjacking and sexually assaulting a 55-year-old Newark woman, according to a July 28 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. In July of 2019, the victim told police she was driving home from church and stopped to use an ATM on […]

Newark man sentenced to prison for carjacking, assaulting mail carrier

NEWARK, NJ — Wallace Johnson, 32, of Newark, was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison for assaulting and carjacking at knifepoint a U.S. Postal Service employee, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 30. Johnson previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez to an indictment charging him with […]

Roselle and Newark men admit to carjacking Uber driver

NEWARK, NJ — Two men today their roles in a Newark carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced March 22. Rakeem McNair, 21, of Roselle, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count each of carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of the carjacking. Raquin Tanner, […]

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