Plainfield woman sentenced to 87 months in prison for role as lookout, getaway driver in armed bank robberies

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NEWARK — A Plainfield woman was sentenced to 87 months in prison for playing a role in three armed robberies of banks in Somerset and Middlesex counties, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Andrea Dorsey, 54, of Plainfield, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty to an information charging her with three counts of bank robbery. McNulty imposed the sentence […]

Linden woman sentenced to 70 months in prison for fraud leading to theft of $7 million in charity HIV and cancer medication

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TRENTON – A Linden woman was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in prison for her role in defrauding a charity program out of more than $7 million in donated HIV and cancer medication by using her access to a company hired to administer the program, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.  Lateefah McKenzie Body, 35, was previously convicted […]

Former Essex County Parks Department employees plead guilty to theft

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NEWARK – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray announced that two former Essex County Parks Department employees pleaded guilty today to one count of theft before the Honorable Siobhan Teare, Judge of the Superior Court. Rocca Gonnella, 47, of Toms River and Albert Maldonado, 42, of Elizabeth both entered guilty pleas. The men each admitted […]

Hillside tax preparer pleads guilty to preparing fraudulent tax returns

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NEWARK –The owner of KLJ Consultants, Inc., a commercial tax preparation business located in Hillside, pleaded guilty today to willfully preparing false tax returns for clients. Karan Jenkins, 55, entered her plea in federal court before U. S. District Court Judge William Walls. Jenkins pleaded guilty to a one count information that charges her with aiding and assisting in […]

Plainfield man sentenced to 21 years for violent sexual assault

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PLAINFIELD — A Plainfield man has been sentenced to 21 years in state prison for a violent sexual assault that took place in 2011, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced yesterday. Edwin Chimilio-Calletano, 32, also will be under parole supervision for life, according to the terms imposed Friday morning by state Superior Court Judge Joseph Donohue. Following […]

Suspicious person call leads to burglary arrest in Cranford

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CRANFORD — A suspicious person call in a residential neighborhood resulted in three burglary arrests by the Cranford Police Department yesterday. Police credited an alert neighbor who witnessed two suspects attempting to enter an unoccupied home on Morse Street. The resident notified police, who immediately responded to the area with multiple patrol and detective units. […]

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