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The County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey announces the availability of four scholarships for law school students. The County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey Foundation, a nonprofit corporation, was created by the County Prosecutors Association for the purpose of awarding scholarships. Each year, the foundation offers one-year scholarship in the amount of $2,500 paid directly…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced the arrest of Richard Smith, 28, of Newark for the Dec. 18, 2006 shooting death of Charles Mathis, 24, of Newark. He was charged with first degree murder and weapons offenses. Smith was already in custody on an unrelated matter when he was charged with the…
Acting Essex Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced the fatal shooting Ian Patrick Morris, 34, of East Orange. Morris was fatally shot at approximately 6:22 PM in the fifth stairwell outside of his apartment located at South Harrison Street in East Orange. Emergency Medical Services officers responded to the scene and Morris was pronounced dead at…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that an Essex County Grand Jury returned a six count indictment against Dale Cheatham, 53, of Newark for the Oct 22, 2009 murder of Deborah Long, 55, of East Orange. Cheatham, who had a longstanding relationship with Long, allegedly slit her throat with a razor box…
Lee Anthony Evans, 56, of Irvington and Philander Hampton, 53, of Jersey City were arraigned today, March 24, 2010, before the Honorable Peter J. Vazquez on murder and arson charges in connection with the 31-year-old cold case involving five teenage boys who vanished from Newark. Both men pleaded not guilty. Randy Johnson, 16, Melvin Pittman,…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino, Newark Police Director Garry McCarthy and Colonel Rick Fuentes, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, today announced the arrests of two individuals in one of New Jersey’s oldest cold cases. Arrested last night were Lee Anthony Evans, 56, of Irvington and Philander Hampton, 53, of Jersey City. Both…
Former Seton Hall University student and basketball player Kelly Whitney, 27, of Chicago entered a not guilty plea at an arraignment today, Monday, March 22, 2010 in Newark before the Honorable Amilkar Velez-Lopez on charges stemming from a robbery on March 15, 2010 in South Orange. Current student and former basketball player, Robert Mitchell, 23,…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino announced today, Friday, March 19, 2010, the arrest of former Seton Hall basketball player Kelly Whitney, 27, of Chicago in connection with the South Orange robbery allegedly involving Robert Mitchell, another former Seton Hall player and current student. Whitney was arrested at approximately 11 p.m. last night at a…
Seton Hall University student and basketball player Robert Mitchell, 23, of Brooklyn, N.Y. entered a not guilty plea at an arraignment today, Thursday, March 18, 2010 in Newark before the Honorable Amilkar Velez-Lopez on charges stemming from a robbery on March 15, 2010 in South Orange. The judge set bail at $650,000 and ordered a…
Yesterday morning at approximately 6:55am, Maplewood police officers responded to Henry Place in Maplewood on a report of a male found in bed unresponsive. The male, who was pronounced dead, was later identified as Arthur Downey, age 27. It has been determined by the medical examiner that the manner of death was asphyxia and the…
