LINDEN — On Dec. 24, at 4:20 p.m. police responded to the Home Depot in Aviation Plaza, on a report of a shoplifter fighting with security personnel. Arriving officers had to separate the loss prevention officer, male, 32, and the suspect, later identified as Kenneth V. Iacone, 43, of Staten Island. Iacone was observed on […]
PLAINFIELD — A homicide in Plainfield is under investigation, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced yesterday. The victim, 25-year-old Rashad Daye of Green Brook, was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Several hours earlier, at approximately 5:33 a.m. Wednesday, a Plainfield police officer heard multiple gunshots fired in the area of […]
IRVINGTON — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Irvington Police Director Joseph Santiago announced yesterday that the Irvington Police and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigation a shooting incident. Five males were shot — three fatally — at Slicks go-go bar on Nye Avenue & 21st Street in Irvington […]
ELIZABETH –A West Orange man who once managed a Cranford-based law practice has admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from half a dozen clients, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced Tuesday. Appearing Monday before state Superior Court Judge Robert Mega, 41-year-old Sergio Pastor pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree theft by failure to make […]
UNION — The Children’s Department of Union Public Library has scheduled the following programs at the main library during the month of January: Preschool Storytime for children 3 ½ through kindergarten will be held on Thursdays, Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 at 10:30 a.m. No registration is required. The Saturday Storytime and Craft Program will […]
RAHWAY — The Snow Miser and the Heat Miser have certainly been at odds lately. Just when residents thought they might have a white Christmas, the Heat Miser jumped in as temperatures reached record highs in some areas across the county. The snow is nearly all but gone, and despite the best efforts of the […]
OBITUARIES: • ALLEN — Irene Wanko, of Linden; Dec. 17. Great-grandmother of three. • BARBATO — Angela Fernicola, formerly of Union. Livingston HS teacher. • BASKERVILLE — Eula Mae, of Linden; Dec. 14. N.J. Bell retiree, 82. • BELENETS — Dave, of Mountainside; Dec. 15. Leaves wife, four children. • BRADLEY — Ann Marie, of […]
ELIZABETH — A Newark man has been arrested and charged with shooting an off-duty police officer during a suspected attempted robbery outside an Elizabeth nightclub earlier this month, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced Friday. Taquan Ward, 21, was arrested without incident Friday morning in Newark and charged with two counts of first-degree robbery, second-degree possession of a […]
HILLSIDE — A Hillside woman has been indicted on charges she stabbed an acquaintance to death earlier this year, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced Friday. On Friday morning a Union County grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Ebony Harris, 24, who is charged with first-degree murder, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, […]
NEWARK – Two Elizabeth women admitted today to conspiring to commit bank fraud by depositing more than half a million dollars in counterfeit checks into different TD Bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Latisha White, 28, and Synethia Bland, 30, each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William Martini to one count of bank fraud conspiracy in the […]