ELIZABETH, NJ — A Union County jury has returned a guilty verdict against an Elizabeth man who robbed a security guard of several hundred dollars in 2014, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Carl Dixon, 27, was convicted of second-degree robbery and simple assault after several hours of jury deliberation spread over two days following a […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — An Elizabeth resident is accused of killing his girlfriend in her home on Easter Sunday, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Arturo Alomas, 33, is charged with a single count of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 26-year-old Trenice Johnson. Police responded to the Mravlag Manor housing complex in Elizabeth […]
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Department of Transportation officials announced that the Pulaski Skyway is scheduled to be closed in both directions this weekend and next weekend to install deck panels as the rehabilitation of the historic 83-year-old bridge advances. Beginning at 10 p.m. tonight, through 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9, NJDOT’s contractor, CCA Civil […]
TRENTON, NJ – Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy announced that 16 defendants have been arrested in “Operation Safeguard,” a joint operation by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice and ICE Homeland Security Investigations that targeted offenders who used an online file-sharing network to download and distribute child pornography, including videos of young children being […]
NEWARK, N.J. – A California CPA was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for abusing his positions at a worship center in New Jersey and a non-profit in California to steal more than $4 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Donald Gridiron, 51, of Pomona, California, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty […]
NEWARK, NJ — Twenty-one brokers, recruiters, and employers from across the United States who allegedly conspired with more than 1,000 foreign nationals to fraudulently obtain student and foreign worker visas through a “pay to stay” New Jersey college were arrested this morning by federal agents, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. The defendants were arrested in New York, Washington, […]
ELIZABETH — A Union County jury has returned guilty verdicts against a Hillside man for shooting two people, one fatally, four years ago, Acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced. Jonathan James, 22, was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes […]
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Department of Transportation officials today announced that southbound traffic on the Pulaski Skyway is scheduled to be shifted onto two sections of the newly completed northbound lanes on Monday, April 4, as the rehabilitation of the historic 84-year-old bridge advances. The Skyway will be closed in both directions this weekend to […]
UNION, NJ — Members of the Union Police Department responded to the Garden State Motel, 1650 Rt. 22, Friday March 25, at 11:55 p.m., after a woman called 911 and said she was robbed at gunpoint. Officers on scene investigated the robbery, in which the victim reported that she was supposed to meet up with […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — A Plainfield woman has been sentenced to five years in state prison for threatening a group of people with a loaded shotgun a little less than two years ago, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park has announced. Brittany Banks, 25, must serve at least 42 months of that term before becoming eligible […]