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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Eugene Venable announced today that the woman found dead in Newark yesterday has been identified as Milta Aponte Castellano, 48, of Farmingdale. Shortly after 11:00 am yesterday, Newark police officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Empire Street on a report of an…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Irvington Police Director Tracy Bowers announced today that the Irvington Police Department and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigating a fatal shooting. The victim has been identified as Kwasi Muhammad, 35, of Newark. Muhammad was fatally shot in the 700 block of…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Fidel Ortez, 48, of West New York, pled guilty to knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision that resulted in the death of Jeffrey Zeisler, 61, of Howell. On Nov. 12, 2012, Zeisler was found dead at Newark Liberty International Airport after being…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Sheilah Coley have announced that authorities have made an arrest in connection with June 10, 2014 shooting death of Coulibabry Zoumana Wilson. Wilson, who was a student at Weequahic High School, was shot during a disturbance in the 100 block of Leslie Street on…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Sheilah Coley have announced that authorities are investigating two shooting homicides in Newark on Friday, June 6, 2014. The first incident occurred in the 100 block of Muhammad Ali Avenue at approximately 2:40 p.m. Newark police officers were dispatched to a shooting call at…
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DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that the Honorable Robert H. Gardner, Judge of the Superior Court, sentenced Nicholas Welch, 29, of East Orange to life in New Jersey State Prison for the September 2010 murder of Jessica A. Moore, a 19-year-old Seton Hall sophomore from Disputante, Virginia. In addition to the…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that the Honorable Siobhan Teare, Judge of the Superior Court, has sentenced Yusuf Abdullah, 41, of Newark to 7 years in state prison for second degree aggravated arson. On April 28, 2014, Abdullah, also known as Yusuf Camp, plead guilty to the charges, admitting that he purposely…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that Andrew Burrows, 25, of Newark was sentenced today to 17 years in New Jersey State Prison for the Aug. 20, 2012 killing of Russell Lighten, Jr., 24, of also of Newark. On March 25, Burrow pled guilty to aggravated manslaughter. Under the terms of a plea…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Charles P. Torres, 55, of North Bergen pled guilty in Superior Court today before the Honorable Sherry Hutchins-Henderson, Judge of the Superior Court, to multiple counts, including human trafficking and sexual assault. Specifically, Torres pled guilty to two counts of first degree human trafficking, promoting…
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