Newark Police Officer Convicted of Aggravated Assault
By Robert Florida Jovanny Crespo, a suspended officer of the Newark Police Department, was convicted by an Essex County jury of First Degree Aggravated Manslaughter, Second Degree Aggravated Assault and Second Degree Official Misconduct for shooting two men, one fatally, during a car chase through Newark in January 2019. Following a ten-week-long trial before Superior…
