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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…
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…
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.,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
By Robert Florida Superior Court Presiding Judge Mark S. Ali sentenced James Height to life in prison for fatally shooting Renown Wilson, 55, of Orange, N.J. Back on August 9, 2023, a jury found Height, 54, guilty of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree unlawful possession of a gun, and second-degree possession of a gun for an…
By Robert Florida Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Belleville Chief of Police Mark Minichini announced today that Scott Hurring, 43, of Belleville, has been charged with murder for the fatal shooting of Erica Voloshin, 37, of Nutley. On October 1, at 10:24 a.m., Belleville police were notified of a shooting on…
By Robert Florida Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II announced that Matthew Swajkowski, 36, of Verona, was taken into custody on September 22 and charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, among other charges. Swajkowski was employed as a teacher at Verona High School, where he oversaw the school’s…
