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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Everett Rand, 40, of Newark has been arrested for the murder of David Payton, 39, of Newark. Rand was also charged with weapons offenses, possession of heroin, and possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school. Payton was found in an unoccupied…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that an Essex County Grand Jury indicted Al White for the murder of Byron Lockett, 42, of Newark. On Oct. 9, 2009, Lockett was shot multiple times outside Marlo’s Restaurant and Bar on Lyons Avenue in Irvington. An altercation occurred in front of the bar, according…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced an Essex County Grand Jury returned a five-count indictment charging Jose A. Beltran, 49, with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. In the early morning hours of Dec. 18, 2009, Beltran was driving a black Lincoln Navigator, on the Garden State Parkway in Irvington when…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced the arrest of Donell Anderson, 39, of Montclair. Anderson was charged with weapons offenses, impersonating a police officer, kidnapping, attempted aggravated sexual assault and two counts of aggravated sexual assault. On Friday, June 11, at approximately 3 p.m. Anderson, using what appeared to be a police…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that an indictment was returned by an Essex County Grand Jury charging Stephanie Miles, 28, with aggravated manslaughter for the death of Raymond Utley, Jr., 33. Both were residents of Newark at the time. Miles was also indicted on weapons charges. The indictment charges that on…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Quincy Green, 36, of Irvington has been indicted for the murder of 62-year-old Victor Petsch, also of Irvington. Between Aug. 24 and 26, 1999, Petsch was stabbed to death during the course of an armed robbery. The victim was found on the second floor of…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced Jose Colon, 19, of Newark has been arrested on narcotics possession and distribution charges. Detectives from the Prosecutor’s VIPER Unit, the major narcotics unit of the Prosecutor’s Office, developed intelligence that Colon was distributing cocaine in the North Ward of Newark and initiated an investigation. After…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced Eric K. Warugongo, 35, of Clark was arrested for possession of 518 oxycodone tablets. Detectives received a tip that Warugongo, a native of Kenya, was distributing narcotics at the Pathmark on Lyons Avenue in Irvington. They seized a 1994 Cadillac and discovered the narcotics. An additional…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Markis Langley, 37, of Rahway was shot multiple times last night at approximately 7 p.m. as he entered his vehicle in front of 563 South 17th Street in Newark. His injuries were fatal. Witnesses said a maroon vehicle with tinted windows, possibly a Subaru, pulled…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Charles Smith, 65, of East Orange has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, Beverly Goldson Smith, 64, also of East Orange. Mr. Smith was also charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.…
