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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…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino has announced the Medical Examiner has ruled the deaths of the male and female found at the Hotel Rivera a double homicide. At approximately 8:30 A.M. yesterday the Newark Police responded to the hotel after guests at the hotel were complaining of a foul odor on the 6th. Floor.…
Acting Prosecutor Robert Laurino has announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Professional Standards bureau and Homicide Squad, in conjunction with the Newark Police Department, are investigating the fatal police related shooting of Rashaan Gilbert, 33 of 1582 Leslie Street, Hillside, New Jersey by officers of the Newark Police Gang/Drug Unit. The shooting occurred…
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Newark Police Department are currently investigating the suspicious death of a male and a female found dead in a room at the Hotel Rivera located at 169 Clinton Avenue, Newark, N .J. At approximately 9:15 AM, Newark Police responded to the hotel after guests complained of a foul…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that authorities are seeking assistance in a Newark homicide. Last night at approximately 10:20 pm Alsamad Davis, 34, of Irvington was fatally shot outside a residence located on Brookdale Avenue in the city of Newark. Moniefa Bullock, 31, of Newark was also shot in the leg.…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Rodolfo Godinez, 27, of Newark has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus twenty years – a total of 245 years — for the schoolyard murders of Iofemi Hightower, 20, Dashon Harvey, 20, Terrance Aeriel, 18, and the attempted murder of Natasha Aeriel, now…
Media Advisory: Oquan Blake aka Samaad Blake was arrested without incident last night at approximately 10 p.m.at his mother’s home in Newark. Blake was wanted for the murder and sexual assault of a 7-month-old baby girl, Dalaysia Rhymer. He is not expected to have a court appearance today.
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Jose Reyes, 35, of Newark has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for sexually assaulting three young boys. At the time of his arrest, Reyes was employed as the manager at the Can Do Fitness Center, located at 750 Morris and Essex Turnpike…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has issued a warrant for the arrest of Oquan Blake, 24, of Newark. Blake is wanted for the murder and sexual assault of Dalaysia Rhymer, a 7-month-old baby girl. She is the daughter of a woman Blake dated. The mother left…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced the arrest of Terique Ganes, 32, of Irvington and Vetosa Smith, 31, Newark for the armed robbery of an attendant at the Gulf gas station located at 1444 Stuyvesant Avenue, Union at approximately 1:38 p.m. today. The suspects used a red Honda Accord. They pulled into…
