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'The Rabbi,' Rikers Island Inmate Charged In Eagle Rock Reservation Murder
Two out-of-state men have been charged with murder after bringing a New York man from his apartment to the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange and shooting him dead earlier this year, authorities said.
Michael Verdel, 71, of the Bronx and Posley Sulaiman, 31, of Detroit, MI, gunned down Steels on a hiking trail at the West Orange reservation March 4, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said.
Verdel, who is referred to as “the rabbi’’ by those who know him, was taken into custody in New York and has been extradited to New Jersey. He was being held on cha…
Motorcyclist, 41, Killed In High-Speed Central Jersey Crash, Police Say
A 41-year-old motorcyclist from Essex County was killed in a crash in Central Jersey, authorities said.
Carlos Caraballo lost control of his motorcycle at about 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 5 on Route 1 northbound, Edison police said. The rider skidded and ended up under another vehicle near Parsonage Road, they said.
Caraballo, of Bloomfield, was pronounced dead shortly after the crash, police said.
Police say Caraballo was speeding and weaving between other vehicles just before his crash. The driver of the car had not been charged, police said.
The northbound side of Route 1 was clo…
NJ Man Bound, Tortured Ex For 6 Hours Days After Prison Release: Prosecutor
A 43-year-old man has been convicted of kidnapping an ex-romantic partner, bound him with duct tape, strangled him and forced him to take sleeping pills with alcohol — just hours after being released from jail, authorities in Essex County said.
The jury remained deadlocked on the charge of attempted murder against James Pilotti, 43, of Union City, who was ultimately convicted of several other charges including strangulation on a domestic violence victim, weapon offenses, assault and more, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said.
The horrifying act took p…
