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 […]
UNION COUNTY — Officers from the Union County Sheriff’s Office arrested more than three dozen people on warrants for unpaid child support across Union County this week. During a three-day intensive Non-Support Sweep, teams of officers knocked on doors in every municipality in the county making 38 arrests without incident. The officers cleared 48 warrants for […]
ROSELLE PARK — Roselle Park Police responded to the 400 block of Maplewood Ave at 3:05 this morning for a reported stabbing. Responding units found several people near the intersection of Seaton Ave. One individual was suffering from a stab wound to the upper torso. The victim, 20, is a former Roselle Park resident now […]
LINDEN — On Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. an off-duty Newark police officer was sitting in his parked vehicle on the 1000 block of Orchard Terrace on the side of the Linden High School Academy of Science and Technology building when he told police that he was approached by a dark-skinned male, age 30’s, […]
LINDEN — On Thursday, Dec. 5, at 1:17 p.m. Linden police responded to a residence on the 200 block of W. Munsell Ave. on a 9-1-1 call of a burglary. Officers were told that a white pickup truck was fleeing the scene with the suspects. Responding officers observed the pickup truck heading south on S. […]