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Murderer Used Microwave, Mop Bucket To Beat Inmate In NJ Jail: Prosecutors Murderer Used Microwave, Mop Bucket To Beat Inmate In NJ Jail: Prosecutors
Murderer Used Microwave, Mop Bucket To Beat Inmate In NJ Jail: Prosecutors A man already imprisoned for murder was sentenced to an additional 20 years for a brutal beating of an inmate in the Essex County Jail, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Sept. 12. In Sept. 2019, Darryl Watson and six inmates beat Jayshawn Boyd, a 22-year-old Newark resident with a microwave, water cooler, and an industrial mop bucket, leaving him with permanent brain damage, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Watson was convicted of attempted murder in the first degree, aggravated assault in the second degree and possession of a microwave for an unlawful purp…

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by Sam Barron
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Inmates Convicted In Brutal Prison Beating: Essex County Prosecutors Inmates Convicted In Brutal Prison Beating: Essex County Prosecutors
Inmates Convicted In Brutal Prison Beating: Essex County Prosecutors Two Essex County inmates were convicted of attempted murder for savagely beating another inmate with a microwave oven and other weapons in Sept. 2021, authorities announced Wednesday, June 14. Seven inmates attacked Jayshawn Boyd at the Essex County jail in Newark, beating him unconscious by punching him in the face and stomping on his head, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said.  As a prison guard ran to get help, Byad Lockett and Darryl Watson struck Boyd in the head multiple times with a microwave, a beverage dispenser and a broom, Stephens said.  Watson …

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by Sam Barron
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Ex-Con Dealing Heroin, Cocaine Convicted Of Heartless Murder In Newark Ex-Con Dealing Heroin, Cocaine Convicted Of Heartless Murder In Newark
Ex-Con Dealing Heroin, Cocaine Convicted Of Heartless Murder In Newark A 28-year-old convicted drug dealer from Newark has been convicted of murder along with various drug and firearm charges for shooting a 29-year-old man in the head in 2019, authorities said. Darryl Watson was convicted on 10 counts of the various charges in connection with the Feb. 7, 2019 killing of Fred Sims in Newark's South Ward, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. Watson, who was convicted in 2016 for drug distribution, as distributing cocaine and heroin near the Kretchmer Elderly public housing complex when he was captured on surveillance cameras sta…

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by Cecilia Levine