NEWARK, NJ — Three Essex County men have been charged in connection with possessing five firearms, and distributing, as well as possessing with the intent to distribute, controlled dangerous substances in Orange, East Orange and Newark, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 20. Myron Fulton, 29, of East Orange, is charged by complaint […]
PATERSON, NJ — Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced that a state grand jury indicted Shomahree Brown, 37, of East Orange, along with 14 individuals from Paterson, according to an Aug. 11 press release from the N.J. Attorney General’s Office. These 15 defendants are alleged members and associates of a drug ring run by […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Newark man with previous felony convictions has admitted to illegally possessing firearms and ammunition as part of a planned revenge shooting, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 10. Raheem Allen, 34, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini to an information charging him with one count of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Lamont West, 42, of Newark, who was previously convicted of multiple felonies, has admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing narcotics with intent to distribute and possessing the firearm in furtherance of narcotics trafficking, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced July 27. West pleaded guilty before U.S. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Two Newark men made their initial court appearances on July 22 on gang-related narcotics distribution and firearms charges, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced the same day. Ronnie Holley, 32, and Shadee Holley, 31, both of Newark, are each charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Experts from Seton Hall University and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine will host a virtual conference on Friday, July 30, to address the record number of opioid deaths in the nation, treatment options and training clinicians to prescribe addiction medication. The virtual conference, “Recovery from Opioid Use Disorders: State-of-the-Art Science to Advance […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — A former pharmacy procurement technician was indicted on July 6 for stealing prescription HIV medications from the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange, New Jersey, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Lisa M. Hoffman, 48, of Orange, is charged by indictment with one count each of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Fifteen people have been charged for their alleged roles in a Newark heroin and crack-cocaine distribution organization that sold hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal drugs out of a residential building on Fairmount Avenue, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 29. The alleged leader of the operation, Jakai […]
NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County man with a felony record made his initial court appearance on charges of carrying two loaded handguns and a quantity of heroin and cocaine, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on June 22. Brandon Jacobs, 30, of Newark, is charged by complaint with one count of possessing as […]
NEWARK, NJ — A suspected member of the Bloods street gang was arrested, and two semiautomatic handguns, as well as more than $11,000 in illegal narcotics and drug proceeds, were recovered during a June 22 drug investigation, according to a June 23 press release from the Essex County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that […]