ORANGE, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Orange Police Director Todd Warren announced on March 31 that Khalil A. Wheeler-Weaver, 25, has been charged with the murder of 15-year-old Mawa Doumbia, of Newark. Wheeler-Weaver, a former Orange resident, is currently serving a 160-year prison sentence for killing three young women […]
NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County jury has convicted Najeeh Green, 30, of Newark, of vehicular homicide and other charges in connection with the death of Priscilla Godoy, a 29-year-old Newark mother, according to a March 31 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. On May 5, 2018, Green was involved in a crime […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department, is investigating a fatal stabbing of James Dunlap, of Newark, according to a March 14 press release from the ECPO. On Saturday March 12, Dunlap was fatally stabbed in the 40 block of Miller Street […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Roberto Ubiera, 58, of Newark, has been convicted on all counts in connection with the murder of Tarlok Singh, 55, of East Orange, according to a March 16 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. In the early morning hours of Aug. 16, 2018, Singh was fatally stabbed by a […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Orange Police Department are investigating the fatal shooting of Anton Douglas, 24, according to a March 17 press release from the ECPO. On Wednesday, March 16, at approximately 5:18 p.m., officers from the Orange Police Department were dispatched to the 500 […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating a quadruple shooting that resulted in the death of one person, Fuquan Davis, 44, of Irvington, according to a March 17 press release from the ECPO. On Wednesday, March 16, at approximately 10:59 p.m., Davis was shot while standing in front […]
MONTCLAIR / WEST ORANGE, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced March 10 that the male found dead on a hiking trail at Eagle Rock Reservation on the West Orange and Montclair border has been identified as Kelsey Steels, 31, of New York City. The preliminary investigation indicates the victim was […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara announced March 10 that Deandre Smith, 36, of Newark, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Newark resident Frankie Fields, 30, who was fatally shot in Newark on March 7. Smith is charged with […]
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 Sharique J. Ray, 28, of Newark, according to a March 9 press release from the ECPO. On Tuesday, March 8, Ray was shot on Huntington Terrace in Newark. He […]
NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County jury has convicted Jeremy Arrington, 31, of a triple murder, according to a March 5 press release from the ECPO. He was convicted of murdering a female college student, as well as two children. The two children, Ariel Little Whitehurst, age 7, and her 11-year-old brother, Al-Jahon Whitehurst, were […]