Man convicted of trying to rob sheriff's officer in Newark
Farad Andrews, 24, of Newark (Photo: ECPO) NEWARK — An Essex County jury on Friday convicted a 24-year-old Newark man of trying to rob an off-duty sheriff's officer in West Side Park. Farad Andrews faces up to 20 years in state prison on first-degree attempted robbery and weapons offenses after a two week trial, a statement from Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray's office said. The female sheriff's officer and her boyfriend were in the park May 6, 2014 when Andrews and anothe..>> view originalMan in $5M ATM 'skimming' ring pleads guilty
NEWARK — A Romanian man who lived in Queens, N.Y. admitted Friday in federal court to being part of a large ATM "skimming" ring that looted $5 million from banks along the east coast. Robert Mate, 29, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. Mate was arrested in Spain a year ago after an investigation by the U.S. Secret Service and special agents of Immigration and ..>> view originalNewark loses 2 of its champions
H. Douglas Eldridge would have loved writing about Eddiemae Livingston. Reporters like good stories and that's what Eldridge was for 15 years before the Newark Evening News closed in 1972. Had the paper not folded, perhaps he would have caught up to her – because she began doing something remarkable in 1975 in the city where she is known as Mother Livingston. The name says it all. She cared about everyone, especially young people from Newark who were going to college. For more than 50 years, L..>> view originalBirthday party murder tops the Week In Crime
A South Jersey man killed a woman attending a birthday party at his apartment, according to authorities. A different man who allegedly murdered his girlfriend last fall in Hudson County was recently arrested. Those two 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 ..>> view originalHow Wall St. money could help social programs in Trenton
EWING — Across the country, a growing number of cash-strapped governments looking for ways to fund social programs are turning to a new kind of public-private partnerships known as social impact bonds. The concept might now find its way to Trenton following a student research project at The College of New Jersey. Students in Susan Hume's finance class researched programs happening elsewhere — some successful, some not — and presented their findings this week to the Trenton Area Stakeholders, a..>> view originalCrime fell in NJ in 2014, new data shows
TRENTON — Violent crime fell 10 percent in New Jersey between 2013 and 2014, according to official numbers released on Friday. The state's Uniform Crime Report, an annual tally of crimes reported by all of the state's law enforcement agencies, showed the number of crimes including murder, armed robbery and other violent acts decreased from 25,452 in 2013 to 23,004 the following year. The only category of violent crime that saw an increase in the number of recorded incidents was sex crimes, w..>> view originalRutgers sets deadline for ordering tickets to see Obama
PISCATAWAY — Rutgers University students who are graduating this semester have until Wednesday, May 4, to let the university know who they plan to bring to President Barack Obama's commencement speech, the university announced Friday. Each student who has registered for the commencement ceremony for Rutgers-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is guaranteed three guest tickets for the May 15 ceremony, according to the university. Students can register their guests online..>> view original21 indicted in international carjacking ring that targeted suburbs
TRENTON — A state grand jury has indicted 21 people on racketeering, conspiracy and money laundering charges for their roles in a carjacking ring that stole luxury cars from suburbs in New York and New Jersey and sold them abroad, authorities said. Another defendant was indicted on lesser charges, according to the the state Attorney General's Office, and four more defendants have already pleaded guilty in the conspiracy, the target of a crackdown dubbed "Operation 17 Corridor." The ring, which..>> view originalOrange mayor moves to regulate Uber and other ride apps
ORANGE — Rod Sanelus wants Uber to call a cab a cab. Senelus, who is 42, lives in Elizabeth, and has a 7-year-old daughter to support, drives a taxi at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he said fares have become increasingly scarce since Uber and other ride sharing apps started competing — unfairly, he insists — for passengers. Orange Mayor addresses ride sharing apps Orange Mayor Dwayne Warren announced on Friday, April 29, that he would introduce an ordinance to the City Cou..>> view original
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