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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is actively investigating the murder of 17-year old Kamara Ingram of Irvington. Ingram was shot at approximately 9:45 pm yesterday while sitting on the porch of a residence in the…
Tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 2:30 to 4:30 PM) the Essex County Family Justice Center, a partnership between multiple agencies that assist victims of domestic violence, will officially open its new location at 89 Market Street in Newark. Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray will be among those…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Jerold Wise, 28, of Newark was sentenced today by the Honorable Alfonse J. Cifelli to life in prison for the murder of Curtis Johnson, 22, also of Newark. Wise must serve a minimum of 35 years before he is eligible for parole. On Sept. 8,…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Travis Hartsfield, Jr., 25, of Newark has been indicted for the murder of his 20-month old daughter, Asiyah Hartsfield. It is alleged that on March 15, 2011, while caring for his daughter, the father repeatedly punched the child in the head and the torso, causing…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Mary Hardaway, 38, of Newark has been charged with filing a false police report after she falsely reported her vehicle had been carjacked. On Sept. 30, Hardaway reported her 2002 Nissan Murano had been carjacked in the vicinity of Springfield and South 12th Street in…
