2024 Summer Youth Internship Program
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Court Rules That Police Don’t Need Warrant to Open Suitcase of Fleeing Man
By Robert Florida The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a man who fled from police during an arrest while leaving his suitcase behind cannot legally object to officers searching his suitcase without a warrant. The man, Curtis Gartrell, is charged with guns and drug offenses. Frank J. Ducoat, Director of the Essex County…
Reward Offered For Info On the Person Who Shot Newark Imam Hassan Sharif
By Robert Florida Essex County Crime Stoppers is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person (s) who fatally shot Imam Hassan Sharif (Call 973 621-4111). The reward came in the wake of a press conference at ECPO, where law enforcement officials said they will work together to make an…
Domestic Violence Sanctuary Program
“Sanctuary” A Domestic Violence Response Initiative An Outreach Program of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy What is “Sanctuary”? Sanctuary is an intensive, interactive 100-hour training program designed to equip community residents to provide crisis intervention and outreach services to domestic violence related assault, sexual assault, child abuse, stalking, property crime victims, as…
Fatal Shooting Under Investigation
By Robert Florida Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé announced that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the fatal shooting of Antoine Alston, 39, of Newark. On December 19, at 3:58 a.m., Newark police responded to a report…
Man Fatally Shot; Young Boy Injured in Belleville
By Robert Florida Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Belleville Chief of Police Mark Minichiniannounced that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the fatal shooting of Francis Medina, 37, of Belleville. A 4-year-old boy was injured in the shooting. On December 16, at about 2 p.m.,…
AP Michele Miller Featured in ABC 20/20 Episode
By Robert Florida On Friday, Dec. 8, ABC’s 20/20 will air an episode featuring Assistant Prosecutor Michele Miller, who tried the James Ray case. The show will air from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., and feature other assistant prosecutors and detectives from ECPO. In May 2023, Ray was found guilty of murdering Angela Bledsoe, his…
Newark Man Convicted of Bank Robbery
By Robert Florida Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II announced that an Essex County jury convicted Esau Grant, 29, of Newark, of robbing the Capital One Bank in Newark. On July 3, 2021, Grant was captured on video inside the Springfield Avenue bank robbing a teller by handing him a threatening…
Detectives Seek Public’s Help Identifying Abandoned Baby
By Robert Florida Newark – Thirty-seven years after discovering a dead baby, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office seeks the public’s help in identifying the newborn, who was found abandoned in South Orange a day after Thanksgiving. On the morning of November 28, 1986, sanitation workers found the baby atop a trash can behind an apartment…
Assistant Prosecutor Honored for Advocating for Crime Victims
By Robert Florida Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II announced that Assistant Prosecutor Michele Miller received the Outstanding Victim Advocacy in a Single Case award from the New Jersey County Prosecutors Association (CPANJ). During CPANJ’s recent conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin presented the award to Miller,…
