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 shooting, according to a May 26 press release from the prosecutor’s office On Sunday, May 25, Haneef Sanders, 27, of Newark, was shot in the area of 98 Maple Ave. in […]
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 shooting in the city of Newark, according to a May 22 press release from the prosecutor’s office. On Saturday, May 16, Devante Perry, 28, of Newark, was fatally shot in the […]
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, according to a May 15 release from the prosecutor’s office. On Friday, May 15, Quan Williams, 35, of Linden, was fatally stabbed in the area of South Orange and South […]
NEWARK, NJ — Lt. Hector Arocho of Newark’s 6th precinct is finally back home with his family. He was discharged from Newark Beth Israel Medical Center on May 13, after suffering a pulmonary embolism and a serious bout with COVID-19 symptoms. Although he tested negative for the virus, like so many, he experienced all of […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Newark man has been charged with illegally possessing a machine gun, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced May 8. Anthony Reynolds, 26, is charged by federal criminal complaint with one count of possession of a machine gun, one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of […]
NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County man was sentenced on May 6 to 10 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Shakey Hoover, 39, of Newark, was convicted March 27, 2019, of one count of being a felon in possession of a weapon following a […]
NEWARK, NJ — Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Newark on Saturday evening, April 25, according to a press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Shortly after 9 p.m., Newark police responded to the area of 91 Frelinghuysen Ave. on reports of a shooting. Arriving units observed evidence of a […]
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 shooting, according to an April 19 press release from the ECPO. On Friday, April 17, Khalif T. Ransom, 36, of Durham, N.C., was found in the 200 block of West Runyon […]
NEWARK, NJ — Leonard J. Melvin, 31, of Newark, has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter for the beating death of Eddie Feliciano, 60, of Newark, according to an April 17 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. On March 25, Feliciano was assaulted on the 300 block of West Market Street in […]
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 17-year-old Nasir Clayton, of Newark, according to an April 17 press release from the prosecutor’s office. On April 16, at approximately 12:52 p.m., Clayton was shot in the 300 […]