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Guilty: Ex-Newark Deli Worker Slit Manager's Throat & Let Him Bleed Out In Bathroom, Jury Finds
A jury found a former East Orange deli worker guilty for slitting the throat of his former boss and letting him bleed to death on the bathroom floor of the shop, authorities announced.
Roberto Ubiera, 58, of Newark, previously worked as an employee at the the neighborhood grocery store on North Park Street in East Orange that his victim, 55-year-old Tarlok Singh managed, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said.
Ubiera cuffed Singh's hands behind his back and isolated him in an employee bathroom in the early morning hours of Aug. 16, 2018, Stephens said.
He later stabb…
Feds: NJ Drug Dealer Gets 10 Years, No Parole
An admitted drug dealer from Union County is headed to federal prison for 10 years.
Tyrell "Hell Rell" Wilson, 36, of Rahway, must serve out just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system.
Wilson was busted in September 2019 with ex-con Marvin "Black Jesus" Lagrier, 39, of Newark.
Authorities said they seized cocaine base, heroin, fentanyl, drug-packaging materials, a gun and several rounds of ammunition after searching Wilson's vehicle and a backpack he tossed while trying to flee.
They also recovered several Newark Housing Authority uniforms bearin…
Homeless Man Stabs Another Dead At Newark Shelter, Authorities Say
A 31-year-old homeless man stabbed another dead over the weekend at the homeless shelter they had been staying at in Newark, authorities said.
Kevin T. Williams, 34, was rushed to University Hospital after being stabbed by Michael Wylie at the shelter on Sussex Avenue on Saturday, Feb. 5, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said.
He was pronounced dead at 1:21 a.m., on Sunday, Feb. 6, Stephens said alongside Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara. Wylie was charged with the murder.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County…
Four NJ Smoke Shops Raided, Five Busted For Selling Pot, THC Edibles
A group of owners and operators sold pot and THC products out of smoke shops in Englewood, Butler, Randolph, and Scotch Plains, charged authorities who busted them during a series of raids.
Detectives assisted by the DEA seized seizure of hundreds of pounds of marijuana, THC edibles and THC wax/oil, along with $305,000 in illicit proceeds, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
They arrested co-owners Michael Ligus, 24, and Damian Harry Wesler Sr., 44, along with Damian H. Wesler Jr., 22, all of Ringwood, and were arrested, along with Anthony Garcia, 45, of Secaucus and Ezekiel Pau…
