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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that the Honorable Michael L. Ravin sentenced Jamil Kollie, 19, of Newark to 15 years in New Jersey State Prison. Under the No Early Release Act, Kollie must serve 85 percent of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole. In December 2012, an Essex County jury…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Jennifer A. Heiner-Pisano, 28, of Rutherford entered a guilty plea today to before the Honorable Judge Peter V. Ryan, J.S.C. Heiner-Pisano pleaded guilty to forgery, falsifying bank records and misapplying entrusted clients’ funds. From July 2012 through September 2012, Heiner-Pisano carried out a scheme that…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Keevin David, 20, of Springfield was sentenced to 55 years by the Honorable Peter J. Vazquez, J.S.C., for the murder of 18-year-old Tyrell Coleman of Orange. On Jan. 25, 2011, Coleman was walking home from school around noon when he was shot multiple times by…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel A. DeMaio announced today that Rasul Burt, 30, of East Orange has been charged with attempted murder for shooting an off-duty Essex County sheriff’s office last night at Mercedes and Mink, a bar on Springfield Avenue in Newark. The 25-year-old off-duty Essex County…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that the Honorable Verna G. Leath, J.S.C., sentenced Maurice Mosley, 22, of Newark to 30 years for the murder of Douglas Brown, 29, also of Newark. On July 16, 2011 Douglas was fatally shot after he and two women were ordered out of a van and…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County grand jury issued a no bill, declining to indict Patricia Krentcil, 44, of Nutley. Krentcil was facing second degree child endangerment charges for allowing her then 5-year-old daughter to get in a tanning booth. On April 17, 2012 school officials noticed burns…
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office has rejected Kisha C. Curtis’ application for entry into the Pretrial Intervention Program (PTI). PTI is a diversionary program. The charges pending against a defendant are dismissed after they successfully complete the program. Assistant Prosecutor Margarita A. Rivera put the state’s position on the record in court today before the…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an 11-year veteran of the Newark Police Department was convicted by an Essex County jury of 3rd degree aggravated assault, 2nd degree official misconduct and simple assault for striking a Newark man in the face with his police issued weapon. Following a week-long trial before…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Maritza Torres-Falu, 54, and Luis A. Velez, 55, both of Newark, were arrested this morning and charged with conspiracy, tax fraud and money laundering. The charges arise from their failure to file state tax returns or register three businesses: a consulting company called Latin Eagles…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County jury convicted Yvonne Walker, 46, of Irvington of murdering Casetta Blunt, 88, also of Irvington. The older woman regularly allowed Walker into her home to do odd jobs in exchange for cash. Walker said the two got into an argument over $40…
