Newark cops lose bid to dismiss lawsuit over inmate's suicide at city jail | NJ
NEWARK— Two Newark police officers have lost their motion to dismiss claims against them in a federal lawsuit over the 2012 suicide of an inmate at the city jail.In a Nov. 6 decision, U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty denied the motion of Officers Charles Matos and Roger Harris to dismiss the claims they are to blame for the death of 19-year-old Jason Lowther, who hung himself with his shirt on May 5, 2012 in his cell at the city's holding facility on Green Street.The motion centers on the tim..>> view originalFormer Newark boxer doesn't pull punches with youths in court and in the ring | NJ
Several months ago, Derrick Graham was standing in the stairwell of Newark's municipal court, telling a young man why Judge Victoria Pratt was coming down on him.Jahvuntte Gordon, 18, of Newark had upset Pratt because he missed a job interview, and Graham was explaining to him that he had to be more responsible."This is an experience, so you won't have to come down here again,'' said Graham.And before Gordon could agree, Graham drove home his point:"Handle your business.''Last week, Graham was a..>> view original64-year-old Newark man found killed inside home, authorities said | NJ
NEWARK —Authorities have identified the manfound dead inside a Elm Street home Thursdayas a 64-year-old Newark man.Police discovered the body of Charles Jeffrey Thursday evening, after investigators were called a residence in the 300 block of Elm Street in the Ironbound district, said Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter. Jeffrey was pronounced dead at 7:46 pm, she added.Department investigators could be seen late Thursday canvassing in the rain at the scene of the kil..>> view originalNewark man caught trying to steal cooking oil, Linden police say | NJ
LINDEN— A Newark man was arrested early Tuesday morning when an officer caught him trying to steal cooking oil from a restaurant, police said.Newark resident Wilson Rolando Villa-Tenemaza is charged with attempting to steal used cooking oil from a Linden deli, police said.Capt. James Sarnicki said the officer saw Wilson Rolando Villa-Tenemaza, 33, sitting in a white van behind Bella Gina's Italian Deli and Catering around 1 a.m.When he approached the vehicle, the officer then noticed a half-fu..>> view originalMan accused in Jersey City mall ax attack found hiding in closet...
The Newark man accused ofattacking two people with an ax at Newport Centre mall last nightwas arrested by Jersey City police this afternoon after cops say they found him hiding in a closet in Newark.Nelson Lizardi-Moreno, 24, has been charged with attempted homicide, stalking and weapons offenses, according to city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill. Morrill said police nabbed him along with agents from the U.S. Marshals Service.Police say Lizardi-Moreno went to the Downtown Jersey City mall yesterday..>> view originalParkway DWI wreck passenger, a school trustee, dies
IRVINGTON— A woman who was seriously injured in a Nov. 7 crash on the Garden State Parkway has died, police confirmed.Heather Brown, 35, of Shrewsbury, was transported to University Hospital in Newark after the 1:18 a.m. crash, police said. She was pronounced dead there on Nov. 12, State Police Lt. Brian Polite said Thursday.According to an Asbury Park Press report, Brownwas a trustee on the Tinton Falls Board of Education. The board held a moment of silence in her memory at its meeting Monday..>> view originalMan sought for attacking two with ax at Jersey City mall, cops say
UPDATE: Cops say suspect arrested after found hiding in closetJERSEY CITY— Police are on the lookout for a man accused of attacking two people with an ax at Newport Centre mall last night.Police say Nelson Lizardi-Moreno, 24, from Newark, went to the Downtown Jersey City mall at about 9 p.m. to attack his ex-girlfriend at the store where she works, attempting to gain entry through the store's back door.Lizardi-Moreno turned his anger on the woman's boss when she refused to allow him to enter, le..>> view originalGetaway driver pleads guilty in store robbery that left teen employee...
NEWARK— A Newark man has admitted to acting as the getaway driver in 2012 while his alleged accomplice robbed a city grocery store and fatally shot a teenage boy who was trying to stop the robbery at his family's business.Tyrique Spruell, 24, pleaded guilty on Nov. 9 to conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with the Sept. 13, 2012 robbery thatleft 18-year-old city resident Jamil Bader Jr. dead. The incident occurred at Jamil & Sons Family Grocery on Clinton Avenue, which was owned by ..>> view originalNJ youth overdose rate soars to sixth-highest in US
Part of the problem is that there is no program specifically for young adults 18-25, said Julie Griffin, president of Newark Renaissance House, a treatment center.>> view originalArrest of suspected killer on run for 9 months tops the Week in Crime
Two North Jersey woman are facing legal trouble for allegedly lying to authorities — one to put extra money in her pocket, the other to avoid arrest after a night of drinking.They are among a collection of people either charged with, indicted for, convicted of or sentenced in a wide array of crimes that made news across New Jersey in the past week.Click through the gallery above to catch up on any law and order news you might have missed. Here's some of what's there:A 25-year-old womancalled p..>> view original
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