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, […]
ELIZABETH — A Union County grand jury has returned indictments against the two men charged with killing a Brooklyn resident last fall after an attempt to rob him went awry, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced. Ali Garner, 28, and Keon Lewis, 30, both of Elizabeth, were indicted Tuesday on charges of first-degree felony murder, first-degree […]
ELIZABETH — Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting that took place Thursday night in Elizabeth, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced today. The victim has been identified as Teyvon Ray, 20, of Elizabeth. Police rushed to the area of Bond and 2nd streets shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday to find Ray suffering from gunshot wounds. He […]
ELIZABETH — The Elizabeth Avenue Partnership recently celebrated its annual Tree-Lighting Ceremony by lighting a 40-foot Spruce tree in the heart of the district known as Union Square Plaza on Elizabeth Avenue before a large community gathering composed of business owners, elected officials, municipal and county employees and children. Lots of children! The event came with all the trimmings; a […]
ELIZABETH — The two men responsible for the fatal shooting of an Elizabeth man outside a nightclub in 2011 have been sentenced to a combined 95 years in state prison, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced today. Jamil Hearns, who was 32 at the time of the shooting, was sentenced to 45 years and Joey Fowler, […]
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced that four family members were indicted today on first-degree drug charges for allegedly operating a heroin and cocaine mill in their residence in Elizabeth. They also are charged in connection with opiate pain pills seized at their home. The Division of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized Crime […]
ELIZABETH — Eduardo Lago of Newark, who was convicted earlier this year of fatally shooting a woman in Elizabeth in 2010, has been sentenced to 40 years in state prison for the crime, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park announced this week. Lago will be required to serve more than 38 years of that […]