NEWARK, NJ — Alexander Varice, 27, of South Orange, was sentenced Oct. 5 to 21 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud two banks out of more than $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Varice’s conspirators, Allen Varice, 25, of East Orange; […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced Oct. 6 that convicted serial killer Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, now 25, of Orange, was sentenced to 160 years in prison for killing three young women and attempting to kill a fourth between August and November 2016. In December 2019, an Essex County jury convicted […]
NEWARK, NJ — Nasir Williams, 24, of Newark, was sentenced to 65 months in prison for distributing and conspiring with others to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Sept. 28. Williams previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Court Judge John Michael Vazquez to an […]
NEWARK, NJ — Qshaun Brown-Guinyard, 27, of Newark, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to defraud two banks of more than $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on Sept. 29. Brown-Guinyard previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton […]
NEWARK, NJ — William Valentin, 43, of Newark, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the September 2017 armed robbery of a jewelry exchange in Elizabeth, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced Aug. 25. Valentin was previously found guilty of one count of conspiring to commit Hobbs Act robbery, one […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — An East Orange man has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud two banks of $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 18. Allen Varice, 25, of East Orange, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference […]
NEWARK, NJ — Lamont Stephenson, 46, has been sentenced to 31 and a half years in New Jersey State Prison for the murder of his fiancee, Olga “Ivy” DeJesus, and her dog, according to a July 29 press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. On June 17, Stephenson entered a guilty plea to first-degree […]
NEWARK, NJ — Dashawn Duncan, 27, of South Orange, was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in conspiring to defraud two banks of $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced July 28. Duncan, along with co-conspirators Nasheed Jackson, 24, of Newark, and Alexander Varice, […]
NEWARK, NJ — Raquin Tanner, 25, of Newark, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for his role in a carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced July 26. Tanner previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to one count of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Nasheed Jackson, 24, of Newark, was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in conspiring to defraud two banks of $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced July 22. Jackson — along with Alexander Varice, 22, and Dashawn Duncan, 27, both of […]