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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that the Honorable Peter J. Vazquez, J.S.C., sentenced Kareem Spence, 35, of South Plainfield to three years probation for insurance fraud. A former East Orange police officer, on Nov. 19, 2010 Spence entered a guilty plea to one count of 3rd degree insurance fraud. Citing the…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that Kenneth A. Duckett, 39, of Orange was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Monica Paul, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his two children. On June 26, 2008, Duckett walked into the Montclair YMCA, where scores of children were swimming and playing, and…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that the spike in violent carjackings in Essex County that surged during the holiday season of 2010 was largely caused by three separate groups of juveniles who appeared to attack motorists for sport. Acting Prosecutor Laurino announced today that his office will seek to prosecute these…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino is asking for the public’s assistance in locating Jamar Holmes, 31, of West Orange. Holmes is wanted for the stabbing death of Donald Andrews. Andrews, 40, of East Orange was fatally stabbed on New Year’s Day at a liquor store located at 81 Tremont Ave., Newark. Andrews was…
DetailsThe death of Daniel Mejia, 23, of Newark has been determined to be a homicide. Mejia was found non-responsive in a parking lot on Honiss Street in Belleville on Tuesday, Jan. 4. at approximately 5:06 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Following an autopsy today, the cause of death has been determined to…
DetailsThe Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Belleville Police Department are investigating a suspicious death in Belleville, near the Newark border. At approximately 5:06 a.m. Belleville Police were dispatched to 2 Honiss Street in Belleville. When they arrived at the scene they found an unresponsive male in the parking lot. He was later identified as…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that Carlos Rodriguez, 30, of Newark has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in connection with the death of Jennifer Riley, 26, of Newark. On New Year’s Day, Newark Police responded to a 6:30 a.m. 911 call at a home on Delavan Street in Newark. When they…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today Kenneth Duckett, 39, of Orange was found guilty by an Essex County Jury. Duckett was convicted of murdering the mother of his two children, Monica Paul, 31, of Montclair. Duckett was also convicted of two weapons offenses. The trial began on Dec. 1. Assistant Prosecutors Rachel…
DetailsActing Prosecutor Robert Laurino announced today that six Essex County Correction’s Officers have been charged with assault on three different prisoners, between April and September of this year at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark. Some of the officers were charged with assaulting more than one victim. This was a joint investigation by the…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced that on December 17, 2010 an Essex County Grand Jury returned a three count indictment against Danielle Johnson, 27 of East Orange, for the April 12, 2010 murder of Andre Austin, 23 of East Orange. At approximately 3 a.m. on that date, Newark Police responded to a…
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