Newark Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Girlfriend

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Sahad Byrd, 23, of Newark pleaded guilty before the Honorable Peter J. Vazquez to aggravated manslaughter for killing his girlfriend, Chiquitah Mayes, 21, also of Newark. On April 8, 2011 Byrd fatally stabbed Mayes at her grandmother’s Treacy Avenue home in Newark as she was…

Man Arrested for Murder of Newark Woman

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today Virgil Suggs, 42, of Newark has been arrested and charged with the murder of Bronique McLeod, 24, of Newark. McLeod was shot while sitting in a vehicle in the 300 block of Hawthorne Avenue in Newark at approximately 11:28 p.m.…

Murder In Branch Brook Park Under Investigation

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating a fatal stabbing at Branch Brook Park. Fredrick Lamont Daniels, 41, was fatally stabbed this morning at the park. He was pronounced dead at University Hospital 12:29 a.m. The preliminary investigation indicates the stabbing…

Essex County Prosecutor Investigates Police Pursuit

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Lamar Hill, 20, of East Orange has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault, eluding and receiving stolen property following a police pursuit yesterday that resulted in four people being injured. The preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 1:50 p.m. yesterday officers from the East…