ROSELLE PARK — A Roselle Park woman accused earlier this year of setting fire to her apartment and leaving her 2-year-old daughter unattended inside has been indicted, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced today. Murlande Colin, 27, is charged with second-degree aggravated arson and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. The date was July 9 when […]
NEWARK – Nine members of a massive, international counterfeit goods conspiracy have admitted their roles in the scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Hai Dong Jiang, 37, and Fei Ruo Huang, 37, both of Staten Island; Hai Yan Jiang, 34, of Richardson, Texas; Xiance Zhou, 39, and Jian Chun Qu, 33, both of Bayside, N.Y.; and Ming Zheng, […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that the former Transportation Manager/Supervisor for the Hazlet Township and Piscataway Township School Districts pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing $565,772 from the two school districts by authorizing payments to fictitious bus companies for transportation services that were never provided to the districts. In addition, her former boyfriend […]
TRENTON – A Monmouth man admitted yesterday to evading taxes on income from his ownership of a casino in Trinidad, resulting in an approximately $1.3 million loss to the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. David Migliore, 50, of Brielle, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Mary Cooper in Trenton federal court to one count of an indictment […]
TRENTON — A Mercer County man admitted today he conspired with the Mayor of Trenton and others to extort bribes and kickbacks in connection with a Trenton parking garage project, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Joseph Giorgianni (a/k/a “Jo Jo”), 64, of Ewing Township, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp in Trenton federal court to Count […]
TRENTON – A Brooklyn man admitted yesterday to participating in three armed robberies of electronics stores, including two armed robberies in Woodbridge and Linden, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Terrell McQueen, 30, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joel Pisano in Trenton federal court to a superseding information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robberies. […]
ELIZABETH — A local man accused of attacking and trying to sexually assault a woman in Elizabeth nearly three months ago has been arrested and charged, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced yesterday. Wukeem Lewis, 54, is charged with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree attempted aggravated sexual assault, and second-degree attempted sexual assault. The date was Sept. 15 when Lewis […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that a central New Jersey man who ran a now-defunct insurance brokerage company was sentenced to state prison for his role in a scheme to misappropriate more than $660,000 by failing to remit insurance premiums to seven insurance companies. Brian P. Mohen, 47, who currently lives in […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin announced today that a Superior Court judge has approved two settlements in the Passaic River litigation that will provide the State with $165.4 million, and permit the DEP to immediately proceed with its substantial legal claims against principal defendant Occidental […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman has announced that an Essex County man was sentenced to state prison today for trafficking identities of 15 individuals who had applied for credit at the used-car dealership where he worked as a salesman. Stuart Simpson, 52, of Newark, was sentenced to three years in state prison by […]