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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that 13 people were arrested during the predawn hours today, including two corrections officers, a probation officer and a special education teacher for orchestrating an elaborate criminal scheme to smuggle drugs, cell phones and other contraband to inmates in the Essex County Correctional Facility. Among those…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino will hold a press conference today, Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 1 p.m. to announce the arrests of individuals, including corrections officers, a probation officer and a school teacher, involved in an intricate jail smuggling ring. The press conference will take place in the 3rd Floor Media Room…
Saleem Wright, 24, of Irvington who was charged with death by auto in the case of the 5-year-old Julianne Vega, is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow – Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 9 a.m. – before the Honorable Peter Vazquez. His courtroom is located at the Essex County Veterans Courthouse, Room 604, 50 West Market…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced the arrest of Saleem Wright, 24, of Irvington. Wright has been charged with death by auto, leaving the scene of a fatal accident and endangering an injured victim in connection with the death of 5-year-old Julianne Vega. Wright surrendered at approximately 2:30 p.m. to Rev. Ron…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that 5-year-old Juliana Vega was struck and killed by a hit and run driver at approximately 8:38 p.m. yesterday near 30 Columbia Avenue as she was crossing the street. The little girl was transported to University Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 9:04 p.m. This…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that an autopsy performed by the Essex County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that DeFarra “Dean’’ Gaymon, a 48-year-old Georgia man, died from a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. Gaymon was fatally shot at approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, July 16, 2010 by an undercover Essex…
Anthony Ambrose, Chief of Detectives for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, has identified Defarra Ivan Gaymon,48 of Suwanee, Georgia as the person shot by an Essex County Undercover Sheriff’s Detective in Branch Brook Park, Newark last evening. The undercover Sheriff’s Detective was in the area of the Park investigating complaints of sexual activity occurring in…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino announced today that on Thursday, July 15, 2010 an Essex County Jury found Elise Munafo age 24 of Kearny, New Jersey guilty of 2nd degree Aggravated Assault, 3rd degree Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purpose, 4th degree Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, 4th degree Aggravated Assault by…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino has announced the arrest of a suspect for a June 1, 2010 robbery incident in Newark, during which an Essex County Sheriff’s Officer was grazed by a bullet from his own weapon. The suspect has been identified as 22 year old Fernandit Carpio of Newark. Fernandit is presently incarcerated…
Acting Prosecutor Robert Laurino announced today that on July 13, 2010, the Appellate Division affirmed the murder conviction and life sentence imposed on Arthur Tiggs. In June 2007, Tiggs was convicted of the April 6, 2006 murder of Lance Pettiford outside the Cave Lounge on Halsey Street in Newark, N.J. Tiggs was attending his birthday…
