IRVINGTON — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Irvington Police Director Joseph Santiago announced yesterday that the Irvington Police and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force are investigation a shooting incident. Five males were shot — three fatally — at Slicks go-go bar on Nye Avenue & 21st Street in Irvington […]
NEWARK – Two Elizabeth women admitted today to conspiring to commit bank fraud by depositing more than half a million dollars in counterfeit checks into different TD Bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced. Latisha White, 28, and Synethia Bland, 30, each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William Martini to one count of bank fraud conspiracy in the […]
ELIZABETH — An Elizabeth man has been convicted of charges he knocked over a police officer with his car and fled the scene following a routine traffic stop in 2011, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced today. Hakeem Allen, 27, formerly of Newark, was found guilty of second-degree eluding police and second-degree aggravated assault following a two-week trial […]
ELIZABETH — Union County Freeholder Vernell Wright joined Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage in cutting the ribbon at the grand opening of the As Seen on TV store at 620 Elizabeth Ave. Also in attendance were Susan Gomez of the Retail Skills Center, Dave Strochak, Executive Director of the Elizabeth Avenue Partnership, Isaias Rivera, Director of the Retail Skills Center, Mary […]
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 […]
UNION COUNTY – The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the County Manager have invited everyone to the 58th annual “Christmas Carol Sing-a-long Around the Rotunda Christmas Tree” on Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 11 a.m. The event will be held in the rotunda of the Union County Courthouse building, 2 Broad St., Elizabeth. County […]
UNION COUNTY — An Elizabeth man is facing multiple drug charges after thousands of dollars’ worth of synthetic marijuana was seized from his home and the convenience store where he worked, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced yesterday. Shabib Al Ramadina, a 39-year-old Jordanian national, is charged with two second-degree drug offenses, two third-degree drug offenses, and a […]
UNION COUNTY — A Union County, N.J., man was sentenced last week to 33 months in prison for pretending to be an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer to defraud illegal aliens seeking to apply for legal status in the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Ruben Alvarado, 28, of Elizabeth, previously pleaded guilty […]
ELIZABETH — A police officer is recovering from injuries sustained after being shot in Elizabeth, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced today. The 32-year-old officer with the South Plainfield Police Department, who was off duty at the time of the incident, was rushed to a local hospital at approximately 2 a.m. after being shot outside the Jersey […]
LINDEN — On Nov. 28, at 7:18 p.m., officers assigned at the Wal-Mart in Linden were alerted to a dispute in the parking lot between two women. An on-duty Linden Fire Department captain on scene monitoring the crowd situation told an officer that one of the women was allegedly in possession of a stun gun. […]