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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today that Maurice Mosley, 19, of Newark was arrested at 10:55 a.m. today for the murder of Douglas Brown, 29, also of Newark. On July 16, 2011 at approximately 5:30 a.m. Brown was fatally shot during a robbery at Orange and…
DetailsAt 1:40 A.M. today, Anthony Davis, 19 was shot at 9-15 Fabyan Place. He succumb to his injuries at 3:48 A.M. at University Hospital. Also today, at 2:30 A.M., Newark Police responded to a shots-fired report at 221-223 Eastern Parkway. When the Police arrived, they found Frederick Smith, 24, of Newark shot multiple times. Smith…
DetailsAt about 2 A.M. this morning two males were killed in a collision after they collided into another vehicle at 15th Avenue and Bergen Street said, Acting Prosecutor Carolyn Murray. One of the occupants killed was identified as Zafir Abdul Rahman, 24 of East Orange; the second occupant (passenger) has been identified as Qaadir King…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today the suspect in the Monday, Aug. 15, police-involved shooting in Newark has been identified as Adrian Facto, age 44. At the time of the shooting, he was living in a homeless shelter in Newark. He previously lived in Wall Township.…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today a 15-year-old Irvington juvenile has been arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child in connection with injuries sustained by his girlfriend’s 11-month old baby girl. The mother of child, Crystal Spearman, 19, also of…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that Suamy Ortiz, 24, of Newark died in a fatal collision on Route I-280 and First Street in the City of Newark at approximately 1:09 AM today. Following an investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Vehicular Homicide Unit, Michael J. Hocutt, 44, of Maplewood was…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County jury convicted Juan Gonzalez, 47, of Newark of second degree sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman. The victim was a house guest at Gonzalez’s home in Newark when she was sexually assaulted on Aug. 1, 2010. She was asleep on a downstairs…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Acting Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio announced today that a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Dawn Reddick, a 29-year-old Charlottesville, Va., school teacher fatally shot in Newark on Friday,…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today an Essex County jury has convicted Kevin Lloyd, 42, of Newark of attempted murder, aggravated assault and two weapons offenses. “With an appalling disregard for the lives of others, Kevin Lloyd repeatedly fired a large-caliber handgun in a crowded parking lot full of women and young…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County jury convicted two defendants of drug possession and distribution. Quarwee Walker, 32, of Spotswood and Brian Witherspoon, 27, of Orange were found guilty of selling crack cocaine on multiple occasions at 231 North Clinton Street in East Orange. “Good police work by…
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