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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County Grand Jury indicted Kisha Curtis, 27, of Albany, N.Y. on one count of animal cruelty. On March 16, the dog named “Patrick” was found in a plastic bag at the bottom of the garage chute of a Newark apartment building. Today, an…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced two defendants pleaded guilty today to participating in a criminal scheme to smuggle drugs and contraband in to the Essex County Correctional Facility. Former Essex County Corrections Officer Joseph Mastriani, 31, of Bloomfield pleaded guilty to one count of second degree official misconduct. Mastriani, who had been…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County jury convicted Michelet Glaude, 42, of Irvington of attempted murder, kidnapping, aggravated assault, criminal restraint, terroristic threats and unlawful taking of a means of a conveyance. The victim was a 26-year-old woman who had previously dated Glaude. “This was a horrific crime.…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today that David Seeley, 50, of Washington Township (Hunterdon County), N.J. was struck and killed today while working outside of Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Newark. At approximately 10:27 a.m. a 70-year-old Newark man struck Seeley and two other men, who…
DetailsThe man charged with the murder of Silvia M. Paucar, 37, of Newark is scheduled to make his first court appearance tomorrow before the Honorable Peter J. Vazquez at approximately 9 a.m. Roberto Ortiz, 32, of Newark is charged with killing Paucar on Nov. 9. Her body was found in a car in the 100…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the fatal shooting of Dehaven Chatman, 19, of Newark. Yesterday afternoon Chatman was found in front of 20 14th Avenue in Newark with a gunshot wound at approximately…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task has obtained a warrant for the arrest of Lawrence A. Williams, 19, of Newark. Williams is charged with the murder of David T. Collier, 38, of Newark. Collier was fatally stabbed…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Jerrod Little, 29, of Newark has been sentenced to 20 years in New Jersey State Prison by the Honorable Michael L. Ravin for attacking three girls in East Orange. On March 20, 2009 Little attempted to kidnap an 11-year-old and a 14-year-old in East Orange.…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is actively investigating the murder of 17-year old Kamara Ingram of Irvington. Ingram was shot at approximately 9:45 pm yesterday while sitting on the porch of a residence in the…
DetailsTomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 2:30 to 4:30 PM) the Essex County Family Justice Center, a partnership between multiple agencies that assist victims of domestic violence, will officially open its new location at 89 Market Street in Newark. Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray will be among those…
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