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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Orange Police Director John E. Rappaport announced today that 25 individuals involved in street level drug distribution have been charged as part of a joint operation with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and Orange Police Department. The four-month long investigation dubbed “Operation Clean Sweep’’ ended this past…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Maplewood Police Chief Robert Cimino announced today that Dwayne Flourney, 26, of Maplewood has been arrested and charged with murdering his father and grandmother. The victims are Sandra Flourney, 76, a retired school teacher, and Brian Flourney, 52, an investigator employed by the Union County Public Defender’s…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Barbara Queen, 75, a retired West Orange school teacher currently living in East Hanover, has been charged with first degree financial facilitation and theft for her role in a scheme to sell fraudulent stock. On Feb. 10, of this year, Queen was charged with engaging…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today that detectives from the Newark Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are attempting to determine the identity of a person who washed ashore on the South bank of the Passaic River adjacent to the exit…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today that Newark Police and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force arrested Garrett Bryant, 38, of Newark for the murder of Al-Kareem Dunell, 33, of Irvington. “I applaud the tireless efforts of the members of the Newark Police…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County jury convicted Nirell Logan, 26, of Irvington of first degree carjacking and second degree conspiracy to commit robbery and/or burglary. In a case tried before the Honorable Peter V. Ryan, J.S.C., the jury deliberated for two days before returning a verdict late…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio are reporting two separate fatalities in the City of Newark : The first was a single car crash on Route 21 northbound by the Grafton Avenue exit at 9:30 pm on Saturday, Feb 25, 2012 . A Toyota being driven by a 21…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County Grand Jury has indicted Kyron Washington, 24, of Newark for the murder of Arlene Fields, 42, of East Orange. The Grand Jury returned a five-count indictment charging Washington with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, second-degree aggravated assault, second-degree unlawful possession of a…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Forrest Thomas, 45, of Newark was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Carol Spratt, his mother-in-law. An ailing, 76-year-old woman who was on oxygen 24 hours a day, Spratt relied on Thomas to take care of her. Thomas was convicted of murdering…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Jose Carranza, 32, of Newark was found guilty by an Essex County jury of three counts of felony murder and four counts of first degree armed robbery. He was acquitted of three counts of murder, sexual assault, one count of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit…
