Shooting In Newark Leaves One Man Dead

By Robert Florida Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the fatal shooting of  Nasir Dudley, 20, of Newark. On January 24, at 6:53 p.m., Newark police responded to a report…

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.,…

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…