NEWARK, NJ — Three Essex County men have been charged in connection with possessing five firearms, and distributing, as well as possessing with the intent to distribute, controlled dangerous substances in Orange, East Orange and Newark, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 20. Myron Fulton, 29, of East Orange, is charged by complaint […]
NEWARK, NJ — The first of 12 defendants charged in a stolen mail scheme has admitted responsibility for conspiring to launder money in connection with fraudulently deposited checks, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 17. Hans Pierre, 33, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an […]
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 […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Kenneth Graham, 49, of Newark, was indicted by a federal grand jury for his alleged role in a January gunpoint robbery of a cell phone store in East Orange, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 19. Graham is charged by indictment with one count of Hobbs Act Robbery and […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Newark man with previous felony convictions has admitted to illegally possessing firearms and ammunition as part of a planned revenge shooting, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 10. Raheem Allen, 34, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini to an information charging him with one count of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Jared Walker, 24, of Newark, has admitted his role in a carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 3. Walker pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi to a three-count indictment charging him with carjacking, possession of a firearm by […]
NEWARK, NJ — Tamir Duval, 22, of Newark, has admitted he illegally possessed a firearm and conspired to defraud two banks of $250,000 using stolen credit cards and blank checks, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Aug. 3. Duval pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to an indictment charging […]
NEWARK, NJ — A pharmacy employee admitted to conspiring to offer and pay bribes and kickbacks in exchange for having prescriptions steered to the Morris County pharmacy where she worked, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced July 30. Magdalena “Maggie” Jimenez, 56, of Newark, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Michael A. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Lamont West, 42, of Newark, who was previously convicted of multiple felonies, has admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing narcotics with intent to distribute and possessing the firearm in furtherance of narcotics trafficking, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced July 27. West pleaded guilty before U.S. […]
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, […]