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BMW Driver Doing Donuts In Morris County Walmart Lot Charged With Underage DWI
A Union County driver doing donuts in a Morris County Walmart parking lot was charged with underage DWI, authorities said.
Kyle Young, 20, was revving the engine of a blue BMW and doing "donuts" in the parking lot of Walmart in Flanders when officers stopped him around 7:45 p.m. Friday, Mt. Olive Township police said.
Young, of Hillside, failed a series of field sobriety tests, and later found to have been drinking, police said.
He was arrested and taken to headquarters, where police say he refused to take a breathalyzer test.
Young was charged with DWI, underage DWI, refusal to con…
Newark Trio Facing Murder Charges In Hillside Shooting
Three Newark men including two already jailed on previous charges were charged in a Hillside shooting that left one man dead last March, authorities said Friday.
Ameer J. Holcomb, 22, Maleak S. Williams, 22, and Ismael Merrill, 28, were each charged with first-degree murder and two related weapons offenses, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said.
Hillside police officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 1400 block of Center Street around 9 p.m. March 29, Ruotolo said.
There, they found Rafee H. Carter, 27, who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, Union …
Motorcyclist Injured, Passenger Airlifted With Serious Injuries In Route 80 Tire Blowout
A motorcyclist was injured and his passenger airlifted with serious injuries in a crash on Route 80 in Rockaway Township Thursday morning, state police said.
Corey Uzzell, 39, of Hillside was riding a Victory motorcycle on Route 80 westbound when it overturned due to a tire blowout near milepost 37.4 just before 11 a.m., NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry told Daily Voice.
Uzzell was ejected and moderately injured, along with his passenger, Lakeisha Green-Uzzell, 42, of Irvington, who was airlifted to Moorestown Medical Center as a result of her injuries, Curry said.
The two left lanes of Route 80 wer…
Feds Charge Former Local Party Committee Chairman With Lying On Tax Returns, Student Aid Apps
A public relations specialist and former local Democratic chairman from Union County lied both on his tax returns and on requests for student aid for one of his children, a federal grand jury indictment returned Tuesday alleges.
The IRS originally charged Anthony Salters, 58, of Hillside earlier this year with filing a false federal income tax return in 2013 by stating that his business, Media Allies LLC, had no income.
In fact, the IRS said, Salters and Media Allies had “substantial gross receipts” in 2013, including $104,411 worth of checks from, among others, the City of Orange the Pate…
10 Charged In NJ Mortgage Fraud Scheme That Swindled Low Income Buyers Out Of Thousands
Ten people including two at large have been charged in a mortgage fraud scheme that included racketeering, theft, tampering with records and money laundering across Essex County, authorities said.
Between 2016 and 2019, the individuals recruited unsuspecting buyers for investment properties in Newark, East Orange, and Irvington, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said Friday.
With little to no down payment and questionable financial stability, the buyers were led to entrust the entire mortgage application process to Darnell Alford, of Toms River, and Travis Glover…
Bloomfield Man Charged In Slaying Of Hillside Resident, Dumping Body
A Bloomfield man has been charged in the killing of a Hillside resident whose body was left in a parking lot last week, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.
Harry Gonzalez, 29, shot and killed Ralph Jeudi, 32, Dec. 10, authorities said. The remains were discovered in the parking lot of a liquor store on Belleville Avenue in Belleville.
Gonzalez has been charged with murder, conspiracy, desecrating human remains, false swearing, false report and weapons offenses.
The investigation is still active, authorities said. Anyone with information on the killing is asked to c…
