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Union County Jail Closing, Transferring Inmates To Essex In Move To Save $103M
The Union County Jail will be closing its Elizabeth facility and transferring its inmates to the Essex County Jail in Newark -- saving the county more than $103 million. Effective July 1, inmate housing will cease and the Elizabeth facility will begin operating only a hub to intake, process, temporarily detain and transport prisoners to the Essex County Jail. Shuttle buses will also be available to transport those wishing to visit prisoners in Essex County. County officials decided to pursue the agreement as the number of prisoners housed at the jail have fallen nearly 67 percen…
Police & Fire
Busted
: Newark Hotel Heroin Mill Linked To 15 New Jersey ODs, State Police Say
A 26-year-old Elizabeth man was arrested at a Newark hotel, where he had been running a mobile heroin mill linked to 15 suspected overdoses across New Jersey, authorities said Agents found Marlon Lopez operating a heroin mill out of a hotel on Routes 1 & 9 in Newark, in which he was able to quickly mobilize the entire operation from room-to-room and to different locations altogether, New Jersey State Police said in a news release. A search of the room turned up 145 bricks of heroin, 80 grams of raw heroin, 3 pounds of marijuana, narcotics packaging materials, and several diffe…
Police & Fire
Bronx Trio Nabbed In Parkway Pursuit That Seriously Injured Essex County Driver
Three Bronx, NY residents were arrested in connection with a Garden State Parkway pursuit that left one person seriously injured, authorities said. Troopers saw a gray BMW sedan pull out of the Brookdale Service Area and being speeding southbound on the highway in Bloomfield (Essex County) around 2:20 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 6, New Jersey State Police said. As troopers attempted to stop the BMW, the driver got off the highway, then got back on -- still speeding, police said. The vehicle struck an Acura TL off Exit 150 on Hoover Avenue, sending the driver to the hospital with serious injur…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Carlstadt Officer Not Fooled By Wanted Newark Driver Switching Seats
A wanted Newark man tried to avoid detection by switching seats with his passenger when a Carlstadt police officer stopped him for making an illegal turn, authorities said. The silver Nissan that illegally turned right off northbound Route 120 into the Hampton Inn parking lot also had tinted windows and an obstructed license plate when Officer Matthew Bartlett stopped it, Police Chief Thomas Berta said Monday. The vehicle shook heavily as Bartlett approached it – the result of 22-year-old Shareef Kamara swapping seats with a female passenger who had her young daughter with her, Berta said. …
Police & Fire
Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor
A registered sex offender from Rockland County who spent a year in federal prison for assaulting a woman on a flight from Israel to Newark Liberty International Airport was sentenced Thursday to time served for sexually abusing a minor after his release, authorities said. Yoel Oberlander, 39, of Monsey had served a plea-bargained year behind bars for the airborne May 2016 assault when he was arrested by Ramapo police in June 2019. Oberlander later admitted that he’d picked up an underage victim for sex in his car during what was three years of federal supervised release, U.S. Attorney Craig…
Police & Fire
H. Heights Man Among Several Guests Charged At Wild House Party
Police made a number of arrests at a Nutley house party Aug. 16 that was advertised on social media -- and drew a multitude of uninvited guests. Officers investigating a noise complaint on Wayside Lane saw several dozen people fleeing as they arrived. Police later learned that the party had been announced on Snapchat and drew attendees from across North Jersey, many of whom were unknown to the resident, police said. A number of attendees were arrested or issued summonses following foot and vehicle chases, police also said. They are: Daniel Marte, 19, of Moonachie, who was…
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Irvington Man Charged In Fatal Shooting
An Irvington man has been arrested for gunning down another city resident a week ago, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday. Matthew Beckley, 26, has been charged with murder and illegal possession of a weapon. He was being held at the Essex County jail in Newark. Authorities say Beckley gunned down 34-year-old Gregory Wright June 19 in the 100 block of Maple Avenue in Irvington. He was pronounced dead at University Hospital in Newark at 9:24 p.m., about a half-hour after he was shot. Anyone with information about Wright's death is asked to contac…
Police & Fire
Owner Of Nutley Tanning Salon Secretly Filmed Clients, Prosecutor Says
The owner of a Nutley tanning salon was arrested on drug possession and other charges, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday. Martino Poli, 38, of Stanhope, owns the Sun of a Beach salon on Franklin Avenue and was being held at the Essex County jail. Police began to investigate the business after a female customer reported seeing a camera lens in the tanning bed she was using. The camera appeared to be recording her, the woman said. Police searched the business Wednesday and found “surreptitious recording devices,” the prosecutor’s office said. Police also allegedly found co…
Lifestyle
Comic Artie Lange Leaving Jail, Will Head Back To Rehab: Report
Comedian Artie Lange will be released from the Essex County jail at the end of the week to resume his participation a drug rehabilitation program, Radar Online reported Monday. “He will remain in the Essex County Jail, which is located in Newark, until the end of the week when he is expected to be moved to a treatment facility for a variable length stay,” a spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor told Radar. “He will continue in Drug Court probation.” Lange, a 51-year-old Union native, was arrested last month for violating the conditions of the court-ordered rehabilitation progra…
Police & Fire
Newark Police Officer Indicted In Fatal Shooting Following High-Speed Chase
A Newark police officer has been indicted on manslaughter, assault, official misconduct and other charges for shooting and killing a fleeing suspect earlier this year, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday night. Crespo was being held at the Essex County jail and was expected to make an initial court appearance tomorrow or Thursday. Around 11:30 p.m. Jan. 28, a car containing Gregory Griffin, 46, and Andrew Dixon, 35, was stopped at Clinton Avenue and Thomas Street. The officer believed she saw a gun in the vehicle, authorities said. Griffin and Dixon fled the stop and …
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Security Footage Leads To Arrest Of Bloomfield Armed Robbery Suspect
An East Orange man who held up a Bloomfield liquor store at gunpoint Wednesday was arrested yesterday after he was seen on security footage entering a taxi, Bloomfield police said. Alfonzo Jenkins, 49, entered Discount Liquor on First Avenue shortly before noon and pointed a silver revolver at an employee, demanding money and cigarettes, police said. The woman handed over a large amount of cash to Jenkins, who then fled the store. A canvass of the area did not turn up any suspects but police did see surveillance footage of a man entering a silver Ford Crown Victoria taxi. With t…
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Police: Route 46 Supplement Store Owner Sold 'Catnip Cocktail' Similar To Date-Rape 'Roofies'
A Route 46 supplement store owner was peddling an illegal catnip cocktail that could be used as a date-rape drug, police in Fairfield charged. John Sirico, 48, of Tafton, PA was taken into custody after a warranted search at the Nutrition Zone turned up 61 bottles of catnip cocktail, 29 bottles of human growth hormone (HGH) and 13 bottles of Prohormones, Police Chief Anthony Manna said. Also seized were seven high-capacity handgun and rifle magazines and 20 bottles of a mixing agent, the chief said. Ordinarily used to sedate felines, catnip cocktails have similar properties to gamma-hydrox…
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