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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that the spike in violent carjackings in Essex County that surged during the holiday season of 2010 was largely caused by three separate groups of juveniles who appeared to attack motorists for sport. Acting Prosecutor Laurino announced today that his office will seek to prosecute these…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Jamar Holmes, 31, of West Orange. Holmes is wanted for the stabbing death of Donald Andrews. Andrews, 40, of East Orange was fatally stabbed on New Year’s Day at a liquor store located at 81 Tremont Ave., Newark. Andrews was…
The death of Daniel Mejia, 23, of Newark has been determined to be a homicide. Mejia was found non-responsive in a parking lot on Honiss Street in Belleville on Tuesday, Jan. 4. at approximately 5:06 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Following an autopsy today, the cause of death has been determined to…
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Belleville Police Department are investigating a suspicious death in Belleville, near the Newark border. At approximately 5:06 a.m. Belleville Police were dispatched to 2 Honiss Street in Belleville. When they arrived at the scene they found an unresponsive male in the parking lot. He was later identified as…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that Carlos Rodriguez, 30, of Newark has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in connection with the death of Jennifer Riley, 26, of Newark. On New Year’s Day, Newark Police responded to a 6:30 a.m. 911 call at a home on Delavan Street in Newark. When they…
