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Oct. 24, 2014 East Orange Police Officer and Two Others Indicted Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County Grand Jury has returned a 21-count indictment charging East Orange Police Officer Rajheher Massenburg, 35, of East Orange, with official misconduct and conspiracy to distribute narcotics following a…
DetailsNewark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray, along with officials from Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced today that Samuel Nyanteng, a naturalized American who was born in Ghana, was arrested at his Hillside home this morning and charged with perjury, false swearing and conspiracy. It is alleged that Nyanteng,…
DetailsNewark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray along with Newark Police Director Eugene Venable and West Orange Chief of Police James P. Abbott announced today arrests in two unrelated murders. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the June 25 murder of 19-year-old Brendan Tevlin of Livingston. A registered sex offender and…
DetailsNewark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Virgil Suggs, 43, of Newark was sentenced to life in prison for the October 2012 murder of Bronique McLeod, a 24-year-old mother of two. On Oct. 1, 2012, for no apparent reason, Suggs open fire on a van carrying four people while they…
DetailsNewark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Eugene Venable announced today that Kaseem Callender, 18, of Newark and a 17-year-old juvenile have been arrested for the murder of Raheem Hughee, 33, of East Orange. On June 28, Hughee was shot and killed in the area of 41-45 Mountain View…
DetailsNewark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that James Sterling, 30, also known as James Megget, of Elizabeth entered a guilty plea yesterday to two counts of aggravated manslaughter. On Nov. 19, 2012, while driving a Chrysler Pacifica SUV, Sterling hit an ambulance, setting off a multi-vehicle crash on South Orange…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and East Orange Police Chief William Robinson announced today that the three people killed Wednesday in a motor vehicle collision on South Grove Street near the intersection of Central Avenue in East Orange, at approximately 8:50 p.m., have been identified. They are: Tyrief A. Parker, 24, of East…
DetailsActing 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…
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