NEWARK, NJ — Fifteen people have been charged for their alleged roles in a Newark heroin and crack-cocaine distribution organization that sold hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal drugs out of a residential building on Fairmount Avenue, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 29. The alleged leader of the operation, Jakai […]
NEWARK, NJ — Wallace Johnson, 32, of Newark, was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison for assaulting and carjacking at knifepoint a U.S. Postal Service employee, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 30. Johnson previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez to an indictment charging him with […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Newark man was sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in a large international money laundering conspiracy and using a stolen identity in furtherance of the scheme, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 22. Edwin Deleon-Batista, 37, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Katharine […]
NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County man with a felony record made his initial court appearance on charges of carrying two loaded handguns and a quantity of heroin and cocaine, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on June 22. Brandon Jacobs, 30, of Newark, is charged by complaint with one count of possessing as […]
NEWARK, NJ — Shawn Alexander, 52, of Newark, was sentenced to 10 years and eight months in prison for possession of heroin with intent to distribute, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 24. Alexander previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty to count two of an indictment, charging him with possession […]
NEWARK, NJ — A member of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips appeared in court June 16 on charges that include attempted murder and murder as part of a RICO conspiracy, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced the day of the court appearance. Elijah Williams, aka “Lil Smith,” 21; Jason Franklin, aka “Freak” and “OG […]
NEWARK, NJ — Jahaad Flip, 20, of Newark, admitted to conspiracy to commit bank fraud by soliciting U.S. Postal Service employees to steal checkbooks and credit cards from the mail; depositing fraudulent checks, including pandemic relief checks; and using stolen credit cards without authorization, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 16. Flip pleaded […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — A member of the Lucchese crime family was sentenced to 30 months in prison for planning and carrying out an aggravated assault on the husband of one of the former stars of the Bravo television show “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 10. […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Peruvian woman admitted smuggling approximately 7 kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Peru, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 10. Yolanda Fonseca Melgarejo, 59, a legal permanent resident of the United States and a citizen of Peru, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Jamaican man admitted that he smuggled approximately 2.8 kilograms of cocaine into the United States, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced June 8. Perez Omar Gibbs, 38, of Trelawny, Jamaica, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden to an information charging him with one count of […]