IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating a double shooting that resulted in the death of Malik A. McCallister, 38, and Tarik R. Barnes, 42, brothers who lived together in Rahway, according to a July 5 press release from the ECPO. The two […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Bloomfield Police Department are investigating a fatal pedestrian incident that resulted in the death of an 83-year-old man and critical injuries to his wife, according to a July 5 press release from the ECPO. On Saturday, July 3, Anthony Manochio, 83, […]
EAST ORANGE / NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced on Saturday, June 26, that two Essex County sex offenders wanted by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey State Parole Board were captured in Pennsylvania by U.S. Marshals and task force officers from the Middle District of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is still investigating a traffic stop that happened in Bloomfield in November 2020 in which Bloomfield Police Department officers fired their weapons. Mayor Michael Venezia wrote in a social media post on Nov. 9 that the BPD officers were alerted about a wanted felony vehicle on Bloomfield […]
NEWARK, NJ — Deautay M. Haines, 19, of Jersey City, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Akram Brown, 42, of Newark, according to a June 24 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. On Wednesday, May 19, Brown was shot on Mt. Vernon Place in the city of Newark. He was […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the East Orange Police Department are investigating the fatal shooting of Ahlayah Bowens, 18, of East Orange, according to a June 21 press release from the ECPO. On Sunday, June 20, Bowens was shot on Hoffman Boulevard at approximately 9:10 p.m. […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating the fatal shooting of Christopher Williams, 31, of Somerville, according to a June 18 press release from the ECPO. On Friday, June 18, Williams was fatally shot on the 200 block of Washington […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating the fatal shooting of Rasheen Scott, 40, according to a June 21 press release. On Monday, June 21, Scott was shot on the 500 block of S. 17th Street at approximately 12:40 a.m. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced June 17 that Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura’s Crime Stoppers Program is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Moussa Fofana, 18, of Maplewood. At approximately 9:38 p.m. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Latysha Simmons, 29, of Newark, has been arrested and charged with murder in the stabbing death of Darien Wharton, also 29 and of Newark, according to a June 14 press release from the Essex County Prosucutor’s Office. It is alleged that Simmons fatally stabbed Wharton during an altercation at his home on […]