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The 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…
DetailsThere has been an arrest in the homicide that occurred in the Vailsburg section of Newark last evening, whereby a 16-year old victim was fatally shot. Kristin Best, 18, of Newark, he has been charged with Aggravated Manslaughter, Possession of a Weapon and Possession of a Weapon for unlawful purpose. These charges are mere accusations.…
DetailsToday, at 4:45P.M. An off duty Newark officer shot a suspect who tried to rob him at gunpoint on Poe Avenue, in the City of Newark. The suspect fled and was found at East Orange General Hospital with a bullet wound to the chest. He is listed in critical condition. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino announced the arrest of Jamal Abdul Silvera, 21, of 115 South Clinton Street, East Orange for Felony Murder in connection with the death of James Callaway, 63 of Maplewood. At 9:50 a.m. this morning, Silvera used physical force and carjacked a West Orange Township employee who was operating a…
DetailsActing Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced that East Orange Police pursued a vehicle into Irvington last night after observing a 2004 Honda Accord being driven erratically. At approximately 1050 P.M., officers observed the vehicle being driven erratically by a lone driver in the area of Cambridge Street. The driver, Robert Hayward, 39 of…
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