NEWARK — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that the Honorable Ronald D. Wigler, the Criminal Presiding Judge in Essex County, sentenced Richard Whatley, 21, of Hillside to 18 years in New Jersey State Prison for fatally shooting Teshon Clegg, a 32-year-old father of three. Clegg was fatally shot on May 27, 2013 at a Memorial […]
NEWARK — A Westfield man was sentenced to 12 months in prison for his role in a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme in which he obtained more than $1 million in illegitimate proceeds, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Amedeo Gaglioti, 60, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to an information charging him with […]
ELIZABETH — A Union County jury has returned guilty verdicts against a man accused of being responsible for the fatal beating of Elizabeth resident Victor Vasquez in 2012, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Abraham Roman, 33, of Elizabeth was convicted of second-degree reckless manslaughter and third-degree theft after about four hours of jury deliberation following […]
UNION — A Union woman has been arrested and charged with stabbing her husband to death on Monday, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Julia Morris, 73, is charged with murder in connection with the death of 80-year-old George Morris. Members of the Union County Homicide Task Force arrived at the couple’s home on […]
NJ Transit will vote in July on measure for 9-percent fare hike in October
Peter Fiorilla, Staff Writer UNION COUNTY, NJ — On a ninth-floor boardroom at New Jersey Transit Headquarters in Newark, where NJ Transit’s proposed fare hike and service cuts were being publicly discussed, there wasn’t enough room for everyone who wanted a seat. Not even close. The room’s 60 or so seats were occupied well before the […]
LINDEN, NJ — On May 25, at 1:35 p.m., police responded to a residence on the 10 block of West Edgar Road on a report of an unconscious female who possibly overdosed. Officers say they found a 27-year-old Linden woman who was unresponsive and barely breathing. Linden Officers Dan Turon and John Vasquez administered Narcan […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders has announced the schedule for the county’s 2015 Road Resurfacing program. The project will resurface 13 County roads in 12 towns. The program is scheduled to begin in late June and run through September. Work is scheduled for nighttime in all but one instance. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — In cooperation with The Smithsonian, Columbia University and the University of Maryland, Union County Parks has designed a new signage system that connects to a virtual field guide so that it is possible to learn about a tree, from how it propagates to the region it inhabits, with a click of […]
NEWARK — A Union County man who allegedly robbed one bank and attempted to rob another at gunpoint has been charged federally, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Marlon Peek, 39, of Plainfield, has been charged by complaint with one count of bank robbery, one count of attempted bank robbery, and one count of using and brandishing a firearm […]
UNION — One in six Americans struggle with hunger and nearly 400,000 children in New Jersey live in food insecure homes. Beginning Saturday, May 9, The Mavins Group will launch a week-long Move For Hunger food drive in partnership with The National Association of Senior Move Managers to help mothers feed their families. The drive […]