Warrant Issued for Man Charged with Torching Mayoral Candidate’s Campaign Bus
First Use of New Law Passed Last Year By Legislature
DetailsRoseland Man Arrested for Sexual Assault
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Roseland Police Chief Richard McDonough announced today that William Siudmak, 55, of Roseland, was arrested Friday, March 14, and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault, four counts of sexual assault and six counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The crimes are alleged to…
DetailsLaw Enforcement and School Officials Discuss School Safety
Acting Attorney General John Hoffman, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and more than 100 Essex County school and law enforcement officials gathered in Newark today to discuss school security. The goal of the summit was to foster communication between first responders and school administrators. “In the wake of the mass murder at Sandy…
DetailsIrvington Man Sentenced to Life for Murder
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today Andre Mells was sentenced to life in prison by the Honorable Michael L. Ravin, Judge of the Superior Court, for the 2011 murder of Idris Denmark. On Jan. 9, 2014, an Essex County jury convicted Mells, 27, of Irvington of murder for the May 29, 2011…
DetailsFormer County Parks Department Employees Plead Guilty to Theft
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that two former Essex County Parks Department employees pled guilty today to one count of theft before the Honorable Siobhan Teare, Judge of the Superior Court. Rocca Gonnella, 47, of Toms River and Albert Maldonado, 42, of Elizabeth both entered guilty pleas. The men each admitted…
DetailsFormer Glen Ridge Registrar Charged with Theft
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Glen Ridge Police Chief Sheila Byron-Lagattta announced today that following a joint investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and Glen Ridge Police the former Glen Ridge Borough Registrar, Tresor Gopaul, 30, of Montclair has been arrested and charged with stealing in excess of $50,000 from the…
DetailsIrvington Woman Convicted of Aggravated Arson for Torching Ex-Lover’s West Orange Home
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County jury has convicted Kelly Fowler, 45, of Irvington of aggravated arson for setting her former girlfriend’s West Orange home on fire. Following a nine-day trial before the Honorable Sherry Hutchins-Henderson, Judge of the Superior Court, the jury found Fowler guilty on three…
DetailsPennsylvania Woman Convicted of Hitting Man with Car Following Argument
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County jury convicted Charlene Cook, 24, of Emmaus, Pa., of aggravated assault for hitting her boyfriend with a car during an argument. On Nov. 20, 2011, at approximately 4 a.m. Cook, her boyfriend and his sister has just left a nightclub in West…
DetailsFour Indicted in First Human Trafficking Case Under New Law
First indictment under new comprehensive anti-trafficking law.
DetailsEssex County Jury Convicts Irvington Man of Murder
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County jury has convicted Andre Mells, 29, of Irvington of the May 2011 murder of Idris Denmark, 27, of Newark. Denmark was shot ten times with two guns at 4:30 in the afternoon on May 29, 2011 in New Hope Village on Norfolk…
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