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Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Caldwell Police Director Nichele L. Patrick announced today that an investigation is underway into a fatal hit-and run accident that killed a woman in Caldwell on Friday, January 16, 2026. On January 16, 2026, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Caldwell Police Department responded to the area of the 400…
Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced today that a Livingston woman has been charged with third-degree theft in connection with the alleged theft of $17,360 from an East Orange high school. Khaliah Johnson, 44, of Livingston, is charged with stealing the funds from a Cicely Tyson High School of Performing Arts fundraising account. Johnson was…
Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced today that a Newark man has been sentenced to life in prison, plus 60 years, for a 2023 shooting that killed one person and wounded four others on a Newark street. The Honorable Judge Harold W. Fullilove, Jr. J.S.C., presided over both the trial and the sentencing. On October…
Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Essex County Sheriff Amir Jones announced today that a reward of up to $10,000 is being offered through the Essex County Crime Stoppers program for information leading to an arrest in connection with the 2020 fatal shooting of a Newark man. The victim, Laquan Nowlin, 32, of East Orange,…
Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II today announced that Andre Higgs, 53, of Watchung, has been convicted by a jury in a second trial for the 2015 murder of his former girlfriend Latrena May, of East Orange. Higgs was found guilty of first-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun. Following those verdicts,…
