ELIZABETH, NJ — With the snow and cold weather in the past, cyclists’ thoughts are now turning to a signature annual event—the Tour de Elizabeth. On Sunday, May 17, the City of Elizabeth, in cooperation with Groundwork Elizabeth, the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders HEART grant program, local representative governments, non-profit partners, and businesses, […]
ELIZABETH — An Elizabeth man has been sentenced to nine years in state prison for the violent robbery of a city gas station in 2013, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced. Matthew Potter, 41, must serve at least 85 percent of that term before becoming eligible for parole under the terms set by state Superior […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that three people were indicted today on first-degree charges of conspiracy and money laundering for allegedly stealing $700,000 from various banks through a counterfeit check scheme. The Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau obtained a seven-count state grand jury indictment charging the following defendants with first-degree conspiracy, […]
CRANFORD – Barbara Gaba has been chosen by the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Greater Elizabeth Area Section, to be a recipient of the Prestige Recognition Award, “NCNW Educational Excellence Award.” Gaba serves as the Provost of Union County College’s Elizabeth campus and is an Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs for the College. She is an […]
TRENTON – Former Roselle mayor Jamel Holley received the oath of office from Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto on Monday to become a member of the New Jersey General Assembly. “Jamel has proven his dedication to residents of New Jersey by tirelessly standing up for families in his hometown of Roselle,” said Prieto. “He brings with […]
TRENTON – A Newark man yesterday admitted his role in an armed carjacking and subsequent involvement in a scheme to bribe a corrections officer to smuggle contraband, including marijuana and cell phones, into the Essex County Correctional Facility, a federal pretrial detention facility, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Quasim Nichols, 30, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Mary Cooper to […]
ELIZABETH — A Union County grand jury has returned indictments against the Elizabeth man accused of murdering his wife last February, then hiding her body in a vacant home and reporting her missing, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced. Abayuba Rivas, 40, was indicted Friday on charges of murder, two weapons offenses, desecration of human remains, endangering the […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that 18 men were indicted by a state grand jury for allegedly operating a major weapons trafficking ring based in Newark that was illegally selling numerous guns, including high-powered assault rifles. The primary target of the investigation faces many counts of first-degree unlawful possession of a weapon. […]
ELIZABETH — A third suspect has been identified, arrested, and charged in connection with an attempted robbery that resulted in the death of a Brooklyn man in Elizabeth last fall, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced Monday. Travis M. Picou, 36, of Paterson turned himself in to members of the Union County Homicide Task Force on […]
ELIZABETH — A Union County jury has convicted an Elizabeth man of murdering his wife a little more than three years ago, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced today. The jury deliberated for a matter of hours over the course of two days following an approximately three-week trial before state Superior Court Judge Robert Mega, […]