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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio are asking for help from the public in apprehending the two suspects wanted for the murder of Miguel A. Torres, 37, of Newark. Mr. Torres, the owner of the JNC Mini Mart, located at 346 14th Avenue in Newark, was shot at…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that William C. Martucci, 69, of Millburn was arrested today and charged with 2nd degree Theft by Deception and 2nd Degree Financial Facilitation. It is alleged that between 2004 and 2007, Martucci induced a California man to invest $100,000 in fraudulent stock. Martucci removed the $100,000…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced Isaiah Wise, 53, of Newark was sentenced today to seven years in New Jersey state prison by the Honorable Peter V. Ryan, J.S.C., for stealing nearly $1 million from Saint Barnabas Long Term Care Division. Wise, former manager of the billing office at Saint Barnabas, set up…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and Newark Police have made an arrest in connection with the death of Alexis Robinson, a 29-month-old baby girl. The baby girl was transported from her home in the 500…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force and the Newark Police Department are investigating the fatal shooting of a two-year-old boy. The child has been identified at Mikhy Robinson. Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio said, “I am…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Shahid Baskerville, 20, of Morristown pleaded guilty to four counts of robbery, one count of conspiracy and one count of aggravated criminal sexual contact in connection with the Aug. 4, 2007 triple murder of three college students at the Mount Vernon School in Newark. Under…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that two Newark women were sentenced to state prison time for attempting to kill another woman. Christiana Ortiz, 28, of Newark was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for attempting to kill her ex-girlfriend. Co-defendant Emilyn Flores, 27, also of Newark, was sentenced to three…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that on Friday, Dec. 16, an Essex County jury convicted Forrest Thomas, 44, of Newark of murdering his mother-in-law Carol Spratt, 76, also of Newark. A frail, ailing woman who was on oxygen 24 hours a day, Spratt relied on Thomas to take care of her. Yesterday,…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County jury convicted Parsippany restaurant owner Spyridon Gizas, 52, of 10 ten counts for his role in a credit card fraud scheme. The jury deliberated for an hour before finding, Gizas, the owner of Harold’s Deli in Parsippany, guilty of two counts of…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that a North Carolina man was convicted of breaking into an Irvington apartment, hogtying and sexually assaulting two women over four hours. An Essex County jury convicted Anthony Massenburg, 40, of Louisburg, N.C. of 14 counts, including attempted murder, aggravated assault, sexual assault, criminal restraint, terroristic…
