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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that Maria Pomavilla, 19, of Newark died from injuries she sustained after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. On Saturday, April 17, 2010 Ms. Pomarilla, who lived in the Ironbound section of Newark, was hit by a motor vehicle at the intersection of Warwick and Adams…
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the death of a black male whose burnt body was found on the 200 block of Rose Street in Newark. Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino today announced that the body discovered by Newark firefighters this morning on Rose Street in Newark is Melvin Williams, 43, of…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced today that Rosa Mino, 70, of Harrison was struck while crossing Broad Street, between Bridge and Lombardy, in Newark at approximately 12:30 p.m. on April 14. The driver of the car, which has preliminarily been identified as a black or dark colored Cadillac STS, fled the scene…
At approximately 5 p.m. a male was shot. An hour later he was pronounced dead at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The incident occurred in the 90th block of Willoughby Street in Newark. It is actively being investigated by Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Squad and the Newark Police Homicide Squad.…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced that Andre Austin, 23, of East Orange was found by Newark Police dead in the driver’s seat of a car on Tremont Avenue in Newark at approximately 3 a.m. today. Austin had been shot in the chest. A female passenger was in the vehicle with Austin. She…
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced that Bernando Bermudez was fatally shot at approximately 3:11 a.m. Sunday, April 11, 2010 outside the Stadium Bar located at 290 Mulberry Street in Newark. Bermudez, 34, of Dade County, Florida, apparently got into a dispute with the shooter. Next of kin has been notified. The investigation…
Acting Essex Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino announced the fatal shooting Ian Patrick Morris, 34, of East Orange. Morris was fatally shot at approximately 6:22 PM in the fifth stairwell outside of his apartment located at South Harrison Street in East Orange. Emergency Medical Services officers responded to the scene and Morris was pronounced dead at…
Yesterday morning at approximately 6:55am, Maplewood police officers responded to Henry Place in Maplewood on a report of a male found in bed unresponsive. The male, who was pronounced dead, was later identified as Arthur Downey, age 27. It has been determined by the medical examiner that the manner of death was asphyxia and the…
Acting Prosecutor Robert Laurino announced today that detectives from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office interviewed Fairfield Police Officer Veneziano, age 26, in connection with the injuries he sustained during a shooting incident which occurred on January 30, 2010. Acting Prosecutor Laurino reported that Officer Veneziano indicated that the shooting was sparked by “road rage”. Laurino…
