ELIZABETH — A Union County grand jury has returned indictments against nine men involved with a dog fighting ring in Elizabeth, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Charged with two counts of dogfighting offenses, both third-degree crimes listed under New Jersey’s animal cruelty statute, are 19-year-old Shaquille Mars, 20-year-old Leon King, 20-year-old Rahman […]
NEWARK — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that 48 individuals, including one juvenile, were arrested as part of a major takedown following the execution of six search warrants; five in Newark and one in East Orange. One of the arrests was for murder and a second was for conspiracy to commit murder. Dubbed Operation T.I.D.E. (Targeted […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that six members of the New York-based Lucchese crime family – including a ruling boss in New York and a top New Jersey capo – pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering charges and face lengthy prison sentences. The men were charged in Operation Heat, an investigation by […]
PLAINFIELD — One of two defendants convicted of being responsible for the 2010 robbery and murder of a Plainfield taxi driver has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison for the crime, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park has announced. Wallace Parrish, 23, must serve the entire 30-year term before becoming eligible for […]
NEWARK — A Mountainside man today admitted his role in an international procurement network that obtained and smuggled more than $65 million worth of electronics from the United States to Russia in violation of export control laws, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Alexander Brazhnikov Jr., 36, a naturalized United States citizen born in Moscow, pleaded guilty […]
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 […]
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 […]