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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that a husband and wife were hit by a BMW early this morning in Newark. Jose Goncalves, 52, of Union was struck and killed in the vicinity of Park Avenue and 7th Street in Newark. Mr. Goncalves was standing outside his lunch truck “Joe’s Café’’ with…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that an Essex County jury convicted Abbijial Sloan, 42, of Newark of first degree murder for killing his wife, Nicole Sloan, 37, also of Newark. The jury deliberated for less than three hours before returning a verdict finding Sloan guilty of first degree murder, endangering the…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that the New Jersey Supreme Court denied the prosecutor’s motion for leave to appeal the ruling suppressing the statement given by Gerardo Gomez in connection with the August 2007 Newark school yard slaying case. Earlier this year a three-judge panel of the Appellate Division of Superior…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that Melvin Jovel, 21, of Elizabeth, who admitted murdering three Delaware State University students and attempting to murder a fourth, was sentenced to 245 years in state prison today by the Honorable Michael L. Ravin, Judge of the Superior Court. Judge Ravin sentenced Jovel to three…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that a 17-year-old Nutley youth was charged with possession of child pornography today, a felony. The juvenile, whose name is not being released because of his age, was charged following an investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crime Unit. Investigators from the Essex County…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that an Essex County Grand Jury has returned a four-count indictment today charging three men with the murder of Edgardo Ruiz, 42, of Newark. Rafael M Velez, 26, of Newark, Anthony Ruiz, 31, of Newark and Adrian Torres, 35, Elizabeth were all charged with the murder…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that a 17-year-old juvenile was arrested in Norfolk, Virginia and charged with the murder of 69-year-old Luz Hernandez of Orange. The juvenile, whose name will not be released at this time because of his age, remains in custody in Norfolk, Va. Ms. Hernandez was killed during…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that William Shannon, 69, an official scorer for Major League Baseball, died in a house fire in West Caldwell this morning. Shannon lived in the home with his mother, Mildred Shannon, 92. Ms. Shannon sustained what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries. She was taken…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that Bartholomew Bradley, 53, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Newark, has been charged with the murder of a homeless Guatemalan immigrant. Back in May a decomposed body of a Hispanic male washed up at the Passaic River Sewage treatment facility on Wilson Avenue in Newark. The body…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that the second suspect in the Maplewood homicide of Victoria Carmen White turned himself in to the 4th Precinct of the Newark Police Department. Alrashim Chambers, 23, of Newark walked into a police station and surrendered to Newark Police late Sunday night. He was taken into…
