East Orange Man Found Guilty of Murdering Teenager and Attempted Murder in Separate Shootings
Newark, N.J.- Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced today that a jury has convicted James Tolbert, 31, of East Orange, of murder and attempted murder in connection with two separate shootings in 2022 and 2023. On October 9, 2026, after a day of deliberations, a jury found Tolbert guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree…
