NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Crime Scene Investigations Bureau is investigating a vehicle-pedestrian collision that resulted in the death of a 5-year-old girl, according to a Feb. 1 press release from the ECPO. On Jan. 31 at 6:44 p.m., Newark police notified CSIB of a vehicle-pedestrian collision at the intersection of 6th […]
NEWARK, NJ — A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Carl Dorsey III, 39, of South Orange, who was shot and fatally wounded by a Newark police detective just after midnight on Jan. 1, 2021, according to a Jan. 26 […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the fatal shooting of Al-Supreme Davis, age 30, according to a Jan. 27 press release from the ECPO. On Jan. 26 at 7:28 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting on the 1000 block of Broad Street in Newark. […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Boubacar Doukoure, according to a Jan. 27 press release from the ECPO. On Jan. 24 at 5:29 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting on the 100 block of Clinton Avenue in Newark. Doukoure […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — A group of East Orange police officers recently formed the inaugural chapter of the East Orange Bronze Shields, a nonprofit organization that supports positive police-community interactions and provides advocacy for minority officers within the department. This is the third Bronze Shields chapter in New Jersey. Newark Police Department founded the first […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced Jan. 13 that an Essex County jury has convicted Zahir “Peewee” Moore, 22, of Newark, of first-degree murder for the 2019 shooting and killing of 19-year-old Waleik McCollum, also of Newark. On Sept. 29, 2019, Moore shot at McCollum nine times with a […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the fatal shooting of Omar Rivera, 38, of Belleville, according to a Jan. 16 press release from the ECPO. On Jan. 16 at 12:30 a.m., police responded to a report of a potential homicide on the 300 block of North 7th […]
NEWARK, NJ — The N.J. Attorney General’s Office is investigating a police encounter during which a civilian died on Thursday, Jan. 5, in Newark, according to a Jan. 6 press release. The identity of the decedent is not being released at this time. According to the preliminary investigation, Newark police officers pursued an individual on […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the fatal shooting of Khalif McDaniel, 33, of Newark, according to a Jan. 6 press release from the ECPO. On Jan. 6 at 12:22 a.m., police responded to a report of a shooting on the 500 block of South Orange Avenue […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the fatal shooting of Keith Holland, 45, of Newark, according to a Jan. 1 press release from the ECPO. On Jan. 1 at 7:51 a.m., police responded to a report of a potential shooting on the 100 block of Rose Terrace […]