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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is actively investigating three fatal shootings. There were four shootings in Newark this morning. Three were fatal. In addition, two people were shot in Irvington, but survived. The dead have been identified as Shawn Miller, 20, of…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force is actively investigating the fatal shooting of Katrina Owens, a 37-year-old corrections officer from the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. Owens was attending a barbeque with a male friend in the Newark/East Orange area when a…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County Grand Jury declined to bring any charges against Sheriff’s Officer Edward Esposito, 30, in connection with the shooting death of Atlanta businessman DeFarra Ivan Gaymon, 48. On July 16, 2010 at approximately 6 p.m. Gaymon was fatally shot in Branch Brook Park…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that two people were killed in fatal motor vehicle incidents in Newark over the weekend. “The number of pedestrians and motorists on our streets is increasing everyday; it is critical that we take proactive measures to prevent and reduce tragedies like these on our roadways. We…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today an Essex County jury convicted Phillip Holden, 40, of Newark of murdering Karen Cunningham, 55, also of Newark. Mrs. Cunningham had gone to the store to buy a bag of potato chips. She was stepping into her car when she was caught in the crossfire. She…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that a man opened fire on his girlfriend in East Orange, killing her in the apartment they shared, and then turned the gun on himself committing suicide. Last night East Orange Police responded to 377 North Grove Street on a report of a shooting. When they…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today Rajeem Scott, 20, of East Orange has been arrested for filing a false police report. It is alleged Scott falsely reported to the Newark Police Department that he was a victim of a carjacking two days ago. He reported his carjacked at knife point of his…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today Anthony Rogers, 22, of Newark died today. Rogers was shot multiple times on May 31 in Newark in the vicinity of 89 Littleton Avenue. He was transported to University Hospital where he remained until today when he was pronounced dead at 10:30 a.m. The Essex County…
DetailsYvonne Walker, the 45-year-old Irvington woman charged with the murder of 88-year-old Casetta Blunt, is scheduled to be arraigned today – Tuesday, June 21, before the Honorable Peter J. Vazquez, J.S.C. at 9 a.m. Members of the press interested in bringing cameras into the court room must contact the Trial Court Administrator’s Office at 973-693-5701.
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray, joined by Attorney General Paula T. Dow and other Essex County law enforcement officials, announced today the creation of a county-wide Essex County Prosecutor’s Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force. The Task Force will be made up of a total of 29 officers from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, the…
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