NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced April 14 that Diego Ayala, 35, of Newark, has been sentenced to 25 years in New Jersey State Prison for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl and filming the crime. The sentence was imposed by Superior Court Judge Christopher S. Romanyshyn. Under the terms […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — An Irvington man previously convicted of multiple felonies was sentenced to three years in prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced March 26. Sharif Clarke, 39, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti to count one of an indictment charging him with being […]
NEWARK, NJ — Two members of the Newark street gang known as the “Famous Boyz” were sentenced to prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced March 23. Malik Minor, aka “YK,” 23, of Newark, was sentenced to five years and three months in prison, and five […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced in a Sept. 22 press release that an Essex County man was sentenced to state prison for distributing videos and images of children being sexually abused —including child rape videos —– using a file-sharing network. He was arrested in “Operation Safety Net,” a multi-agency child protection operation […]
LINDEN, NJ — Christine Powell, of Newark, has been sentenced to jail after admitting to trying to use falsified prescriptions to obtain large quantities of high-dose oxycodone pills at a Linden pharmacy late last year, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo and Linden Police Chief David Hart jointly announced Sept. 14. Powell, 60, was ordered […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Newark man and associate of the street gang known as the “Famous Boyz” was sentenced Sept. 15 to eight years and two months in prison for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and possessing with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jonathan Garcia, aka “Bebo,” […]
NEWARK, NJ — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II announced Aug. 21 that Richard E. Schade, a supervisor at NJ Transit who masterminded a scheme to steal millions from the transit agency, was sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison by Superior Court Judge Arthur Batista. Schade, 63, of Lumberton, was a […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Newark man was sentenced Aug. 18 to seven and a half years in prison for drug and weapons offenses, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Terrance Bradley, 28, of Newark, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to an information charging him with one count of possessing with intent […]
SUMMIT COUNTY, CO — Craig Sikorsky, 51, of Dillon, Colo., was sentenced July 27 to a total of 18 years in the Department of Corrections for two charges: sexual exploitation of a child, a class-4 felony, to which he pleaded guilty Jan. 13; and attempted sexual assault of a child, a class-5 felony, to which […]
NEWARK, NJ — Elias Serrano, 51, of Newark, was sentenced to eight years in New Jersey State Prison by Superior Court Judge James L. Jukes on July 24, according to a press release from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Serrano was sentenced to eight years for possession with the intent to sell heroin within 500 […]