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 […]
LINDEN — On Saturday at 6:50 a.m. Police Officer Antonio Lacosta was beginning his day shift patrol when he was approached by a 30-year-old man from Jersey City who told the officer he was just robbed by two men allegedly in a silver Audi. The officer observed an Audi driving away from the area of Brook […]
ELIZABETH — An Elizabeth man who was arrested for possession of crack cocaine on the eve of his sentencing date for an armed robbery late last year received a combined term of eight years in state prison on Friday, said acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park. Laquan Shirley, 29, must serve at least 85 percent […]
ELIZABETH — Two Elizabeth police officers have admitted to claiming pay for security work they never performed, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced yesterday. Christopher Flatley, 44, and Michael Tropeano, 50, each pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of third-degree theft by deception. Complaints against the two officers were signed Tuesday, following the conclusion of a six-month […]
NEWARK — Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Acting Newark Police Director Sheilah Coley announced that Chancelle Young, 21, of Newark has been arrested for the murder of Shakerah McBride, 35, of Elizabeth. McBride was fatally shot on Feb. 22 in the 300 block of 14th Avenue in Newark. Young is charged with murder […]
ELIZABETH — Members of the SkillsUSA chapter at the Thomas Edison Career & Technical Academy hosted a Bullying & Teen Suicide Prevention assembly at Mabel G. Holmes School No. 5 on Monday. The SkillsUSA members conducted the assembly, in conjunction with Sgt. Michael Hoose of the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, who presented information to fifth through eighth grade students. […]
ELIZABETH — The Union County Homicide Task Force and the Elizabeth Police Department are jointly investigating a fatal shooting that occurred late Monday afternoon in Elizabeth, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced today. The victim, 22-year-old Bryant Sanders of Newark, was pronounced dead at the scene. It was approximately 5 p.m. Monday when police received numerous 911 […]
LINDEN — On Monday at 2:59 p.m. officers responded to the Kohl’s Department store, 1901 E. Edgar Rd., Linden, on a report of four shoplifters fleeing the store in a tan Ford Taurus. Loss Prevention told police that a white female wearing a blond wig walked out of the store pushing a shopping cart with $492.00 […]
ELIZABETH — Starting this week, the Union County Homicide Task Force will become the primary agency investigating homicides and suspicious deaths in Elizabeth, the county’s largest city, according to a joint announcement made Tuesday by acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park, Elizabeth Police Director James Cosgrove, and Elizabeth Police Chief Patrick Shannon. The Elizabeth Police Department had served as […]
ELIZABETH — An Elizabeth man has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison for knocking over a police officer with his car following a routine traffic stop, running over the officer’s leg, and then leading other officers on a high-speed chase in 2011, acting Union County Prosecutor Grace Park announced recently. Hakeem Allen, 27, formerly of Newark, […]