UNION, NJ — A man charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend at his Union Township home is in custody, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo announced March 9. Jamar I. Webber, 20, is charged with first-degree murder and two related weapons offenses in connection with the death of 19-year-old Malikah Taylor, of Newark, having turned […]
CLARK, NJ — An Essex County man is in custody and criminally charged with causing a fatal two-vehicle collision on the Garden State Parkway, then trying to cover up his role in it, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo announced Feb. 17. Ronaldo Godwin, 43, of Newark, is charged with second-degree death by auto and […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Essex County resident Kareem O. Spann and Middlesex County resident Christopher B. Phillips have been arrested and charged in connection with a coordinated robbery of $20,000 in cash from a Springfield car dealership earlier this year, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo and Springfield Police Chief John Cook jointly announced Oct. 6. […]
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 […]
TRENTON, NJ — On Dec. 13, Attorney Gen. Gurbir Grewal announced final results of “Operation Jacked” and “Operation 17 Corridor,” major investigations and prosecutions that targeted international carjacking and stolen car-trafficking rings. The operations led to arrests and charges against more than 50 ring members in 2014 and 2015, and recovery of approximately 250 stolen […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — A 30-year veteran of the East Orange Police Department has been arrested and charged with numerous serious sexual crimes against two children, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo announced Oct. 16. Sgt. Edward Giles, 59, is charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault of a child, two counts of […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — A grand jury has determined the shooting of a 23-year-old Newark man by a retired Newark police officer in 2017 was justified, refusing to file charges for the incident, according to a July 25 press release from the Union County Prosecutor’s Office. According to the prosecutor’s office, the incident, which occurred on […]
UNION, NJ — The homicide of a Maplewood man in Union Township is under investigation, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced July 5 in a press release. The victim has been identified as Matthew Murrell, 25, of Maplewood. Police responded to a home on the 800 block of Salem Road in Union shortly […]