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Newark Man Convicted In Crime Spree That Killed Beloved EMT, Mom Priscilla Godoy
A Newark man has been convicted of charges in connection with a crime spree and crash that killed a 29-year-old mom and EMT in 2018, authorities announced.
Najeeh Green, now 30, was involved the spree that resulted in a man being shot in Newark, a woman being carjacked at gunpoint in East Orange as she unloaded packages from her car, and ultimately the death of Priscilla Godoy, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said.
Godoy’s skull was crushed when she was pinned between two parked cars on South 14th Street around 11:44 p.m. on May 5, 2018, as she tried to avo…
South Jersey Man Found Guilty In Dad's Stabbing Death
A jury found a 41-year-old South Jersey man guilty of manslaughter in his father's fatal 2019 stabbing, NJ Advance Media reported.
Michael N. Tedesco, 41, of Millville in Cumberland County was convicted Friday in the slaying of Gary Tedesco, 66.
Prosecutors previously stabbed his dad multiple times after a fight, then stole cash and left in the elder man's SUV.
Tedesco was apprehended later that day and charged with murder, robbery, burglary, theft, tampering with evidence and weapons offenses, authorities previously announced.
The jury dismissed a first-degree felony murder count, t…