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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced Jose Colon, 19, of Newark has been arrested on narcotics possession and distribution charges. Detectives from the Prosecutor’s VIPER Unit, the major narcotics unit of the Prosecutor’s Office, developed intelligence that Colon was distributing cocaine in the North Ward of Newark and initiated an investigation. After…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced Eric K. Warugongo, 35, of Clark was arrested for possession of 518 oxycodone tablets. Detectives received a tip that Warugongo, a native of Kenya, was distributing narcotics at the Pathmark on Lyons Avenue in Irvington. They seized a 1994 Cadillac and discovered the narcotics. An additional…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Markis Langley, 37, of Rahway was shot multiple times last night at approximately 7 p.m. as he entered his vehicle in front of 563 South 17th Street in Newark. His injuries were fatal. Witnesses said a maroon vehicle with tinted windows, possibly a Subaru, pulled…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Charles Smith, 65, of East Orange has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, Beverly Goldson Smith, 64, also of East Orange. Mr. Smith was also charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Charles Gatling, 21, of Union was fatally shot last night at approximately 9:20 p.m. in the 100 block of 40th Street in Irvington. A second man, Djuan Cirino, 19, of Union sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound. The two men, traveling in a Pontiac Grand…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced Tamir Little, 31, and Samirah Lightford, 23, both of Irvington, have been indicted and arrested on complaints charging them with the murder of 3-year-old Neveah Turner. Tamir Little, the victim’s father, was indicted on murder charges and endangering the welfare of a child. Lightford was also…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Vincent Trevino, 21, of Newark pleaded guilty to first degree aggravated manslaughter for the death of Nicholas Roldan, 18, of Newark. On Dec. 6, 2007, Roldan was fatally shot in front of the Chicken Shack on Bloomfield Avenue and Third Street. According to Assistant Prosecutor…
Closing arguments in the case of State v. Rodolfo Godinez are tentatively scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday, May 19, 2010 before the Honorable Judge Michael Ravin, 11th Floor, Essex County Veterans Courthouse, 50 West Market Street, Newark, NJ. All requests regarding cameras or other video or electronic equipment, including laptops, in the court room must be…
Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Richard Figueroa, 24, of Belleville was struck and killed this morning in Bloomfield in the area of Watsessing and Bloomfield Avenues. Figueroa was pronounced dead at 12:48 p.m. The preliminary investigation has revealed that the vehicle that struck the pedestrian may have had a mechanical malfunction.…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Michael Davis, 33, of Newark was fatally shot on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at approximately 12 midnight. He died from his injuries on Sunday, May 16, 2010. Newark Police responded to a report of shots fired. When they arrived on the scene they found Davis…
