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 16-year-old Jarrod Lawson, of Newark, according to a May 16 press release from the ECPO. On Sunday, May 16, Lawson was fatally shot on the 500 block of 15th […]
NEWARK, NJ — Keith Herd, 33, of Newark, was sentenced May 12 to 20 years in prison for his role as the leader of a heroin-trafficking conspiracy in Newark, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced May 12. Herd previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to a third superseding […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Newark Police Department are investigating a fatal pedestrian motor vehicle incident that resulted in the death of Adrian Bradford, 54, of Newark, according to a May 12 press release. At approximately 3 a.m. on Tuesday, May 11, Bradford was walking in the middle of the […]
NEWARK, NJ — Philip Hedgespeth, 45, of Newark, was sentenced to nine years and two months in prison for his role in robbing a barbershop, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced May 6. Hedgespeth previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler to an indictment charging him with one count of Hobbs Act […]
NEWARK, NJ — Aughkay L. Green, aka “K-Boogie,” 50, of Newark, was sentenced May 6 to 30 months in prison for being a felon in possession of two firearms, and for distributing heroin and cocaine base, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Green, a Newark Parking Authority employee, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara are seeking help from the public identifying two persons of interest wanted in connection with the murder of Debra Derrick, a 63-year-old grandmother who was fatally shot on her front porch in Newark. At approximately 8 p.m. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Ricky Terrell, 24, of Newark, was sentenced May 5 to five years in prison for possessing a handgun in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced May 5. Terrell previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge John Michael Vazquez via videoconference to a one-count information charging […]
NEWARK, NJ — Nasir Williams, 24, of Newark, admitted distributing and conspiring with others to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced April 27. Williams pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Court Judge John Michael Vazquez to an information charging him with one count each of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Kevon Anderson, 25, of Newark, admitted illegally possessing a firearm and distributing methamphetamine, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced April 27. Anderson pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden to a superseding information charging him with one count of gun possession by a convicted felon and one […]
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 Maurice Hudson, 43, according to an April 26 press release from the ECPO. On Friday, April 23, Hudson was fatally shot in a park located on the 500 block […]