NEWARK, NJ — Newark Housing Authority’s former director of information technology was sentenced Sept. 28 to two years in prison for using his position to embezzle NHA funds to purchase cell phones and other electronic devices, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Venancio Diaz, 57, of Jersey City, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge […]
NEWARK, NJ — A former U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced to 13 months in prison for conspiring to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Sept. 22. Ross Clayton, 31, of Irvington, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Julien X. Neals to an information charging him with […]
NEWARK, NJ — A former U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced to 13 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Sept. 21. Khaori Monroe, 29, of Newark, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Julien X. Neals to an information charging him with one count […]
NEWARK, NJ — An Essex County man has admitted to distributing and possessing with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Sept. 6. Raquan Rawls, aka “Bandz,” 24, of Newark, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge John Michael Vazquez by videoconference to two counts in a superseding indictment […]
NEWARK, NJ — Adeeb Salih, 30, of East Orange, has admitted to scheming with others to use credit cards and checks that were stolen from the mail by at least two U.S. Postal Service employees in order to make hundreds of thousands of dollars of purchases, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced Sept. 6. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Three Essex County men admitted their roles in murders in aid of racketeering on behalf of a drug enterprise, including the murder of a federal informant, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced Sept. 7. Tyquan Daniels, 26; Ali Hill, 29; and Thomas Zimmerman, 26, all of East Orange, pleaded guilty before U.S. District […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Belleville man was sentenced Aug. 24 to 11 years and three months in prison for distributing multiple images and videos of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Mauricio Calderon, 51, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi to an information charging him with one count of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Armando Conceicao, 57, of Newark, was indicted for his alleged role in a murder-for-hire scheme to kill a minor girl, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Aug. 16. Conceicao is charged in a two-count indictment with conspiracy to commit murder for hire, and causing another to travel interstate or using interstate facilities […]
NEWARK, NJ — Robert Alexander, 45, of Newark, was sentenced to one year in prison for obstructing justice while on pretrial release, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Aug. 17. Alexander previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti to a superseding indictment charging him with obstructing justice while on pretrial release. […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Bronx, N.Y., man admitted to possessing and distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Aug. 12. Perth De, aka “Parthasarthie Kapoor,” 48, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of distribution of […]