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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced the arrests of two individuals in West Caldwell on narcotics charges. On Friday, March 26, 2010, detectives from the Prosecutor’s narcotics and gang task force, known as the VIPER Unit, arrested Joshua Soldano, 29, and Brian Leaman, 29, both of Ramsey, NJ. The investigation began when detectives…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced the arrest of Richard Smith, 28, of Newark for the Dec. 18, 2006 shooting death of Charles Mathis, 24, of Newark. He was charged with first degree murder and weapons offenses. Smith was already in custody on an unrelated matter when he was charged with the…
Acting Essex Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced the fatal shooting Ian Patrick Morris, 34, of East Orange. Morris was fatally shot at approximately 6:22 PM in the fifth stairwell outside of his apartment located at South Harrison Street in East Orange. Emergency Medical Services officers responded to the scene and Morris was pronounced dead at…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that an Essex County Grand Jury returned a six count indictment against Dale Cheatham, 53, of Newark for the Oct 22, 2009 murder of Deborah Long, 55, of East Orange. Cheatham, who had a longstanding relationship with Long, allegedly slit her throat with a razor box…
Lee Anthony Evans, 56, of Irvington and Philander Hampton, 53, of Jersey City were arraigned today, March 24, 2010, before the Honorable Peter J. Vazquez on murder and arson charges in connection with the 31-year-old cold case involving five teenage boys who vanished from Newark. Both men pleaded not guilty. Randy Johnson, 16, Melvin Pittman,…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino, Newark Police Director Garry McCarthy and Colonel Rick Fuentes, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, today announced the arrests of two individuals in one of New Jersey’s oldest cold cases. Arrested last night were Lee Anthony Evans, 56, of Irvington and Philander Hampton, 53, of Jersey City. Both…
Former Seton Hall University student and basketball player Kelly Whitney, 27, of Chicago entered a not guilty plea at an arraignment today, Monday, March 22, 2010 in Newark before the Honorable Amilkar Velez-Lopez on charges stemming from a robbery on March 15, 2010 in South Orange. Current student and former basketball player, Robert Mitchell, 23,…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino announced today, Friday, March 19, 2010, the arrest of former Seton Hall basketball player Kelly Whitney, 27, of Chicago in connection with the South Orange robbery allegedly involving Robert Mitchell, another former Seton Hall player and current student. Whitney was arrested at approximately 11 p.m. last night at a…
Seton Hall University student and basketball player Robert Mitchell, 23, of Brooklyn, N.Y. entered a not guilty plea at an arraignment today, Thursday, March 18, 2010 in Newark before the Honorable Amilkar Velez-Lopez on charges stemming from a robbery on March 15, 2010 in South Orange. The judge set bail at $650,000 and ordered a…
The arraignment for Preye Roberts is scheduled for Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at the Veterans Courthouse, CJP Courtroom 502 before the Honorable Velez-Lopez. In order for the press to bring cameras into the court room please contact the Essex County Court Administrator’s Office at 973-693-5701.
