Felon From NJ Charged With Child Rape In Lebanon, PA: Affidavit Felon From NJ Charged With Child Rape In Lebanon, PA: Affidavit
Felon From NJ Charged With Child Rape In Lebanon, PA: Affidavit A New Jersey man with a felony criminal record in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey has been arrested on child rape charges police announced on Thursday, Aug. 1.  Jose Enrique "Enrico" Rivas, 47 of Newark, NJ, was arrested in New Jersey on a warrant issued by Lebanon City Police on Wednesday, July 31, as detailed in the police release. Rivas will be extradited to Lebanon, PA, the police explained.  A 13-year-old girl's guardian made the ChildLine call after the girl told them "I woke to his fingers in me and then he put his pp in me" and "I was just raped and he is still upstairs,…
Jersey Man Convicted Of Armed Carjacking In Newark: Prosecutor Jersey Man Convicted Of Armed Carjacking In Newark: Prosecutor
Jersey Man Convicted Of Armed Carjacking In Newark: Prosecutor A 22-year-old Jersey City man faces up to 30 years in prison after he was recently convicted of an armed carjacking and robbery that occurred in 2022, authorities said. On the morning of July 31, 2022, Jose Mercado and a juvenile co-conspirator carjacked, robbed and assaulted a victim at gunpoint on the 300 block of Lake Street in Newark, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said. Later that morning, Jersey City police approached Mercado while he was inside the victim's carjacked vehicle and Mercado and his accomplice were arrested while holding the victim's money, Stephens sa…
Man Gets Lengthy Sentence For Christmas Homicide Man Gets Lengthy Sentence For Christmas Homicide
Man Gets Lengthy Sentence For Christmas Homicide A 40-year-old Newark man whose case happened in the midst of an overhaul of New Jersey's criminal justice system was sentenced on Monday, July 22, to 68 years in prison for  2016 Christmas morning killing, authorities said. Habeeb Robinson was convicted in June of aggravated manslaughter, weapons possession and witness tampering in the death of Hassan Cobb-Jones, a 32-year-old Newark resident, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens, II said. He was sentenced to 50 years for the homicide and 18 years for witness tampering, Stephens said. Cobb-Jones was shot in a van on the 100 block …
Food Delivery Worker Knocked Out, Robbed: Newark PD Food Delivery Worker Knocked Out, Robbed: Newark PD
Food Delivery Worker Knocked Out, Robbed: Newark PD A food delivery worker was robbed and knocked into unconsciousness in Newark on Friday, July 19, authorities said. At 9:30 p.m., a delivery person arrived on a moped with a food order at an apartment building on the 900 block of Broad Street, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.  After parking his vehicle in the parking lot, the suspect struck the worker in the back of the head, calling him to fall to the ground unconscious, Fragé said. The suspect then took the delivery person's red 2023 Jiajue moped and drove away westbound on West Kearny Street, then onto Vine S…
Man Gets 25 Years For Kearny Holiday Home Invasion Man Gets 25 Years For Kearny Holiday Home Invasion
Man Gets 25 Years For Kearny Holiday Home Invasion A 31-year-old Newark man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday, July 24, for his role in a home invasion in Kearny three days before Christmas 2017, authorities said. On Dec. 22, 2017, Evin Ferman-Argueta was one of three men who entered a woman's apartment and sexually assaulted her while demanding money, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The men left with her vehicle and numerous personal items, Suarez said. Ferman-Argueta had previously pleaded guilty to kidnapping, robbery and aggravated sexual assault, Suarez said. Two co-defendants, Erick Leon-Farinago, a 27…
Driver Killed In East Orange After Crashing During Police Pursuit: AG Driver Killed In East Orange After Crashing During Police Pursuit: AG
Driver Killed In East Orange After Crashing During Police Pursuit: AG A driver involved in a pursuit with Bloomfield police was killed in East Orange on Tuesday, July 23, authorities said. Detectives from the Bloomfield Police Department began pursuing the vehicle after being notified it was involved in a robbery investigation, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office said. Police followed the vehicle from Bloomfield to Newark and attempted to initiate a motor vehicle stop, but the driver refused to pull over, authorities said. Police pursued the vehicle from Bloomfield to East Orange before the pursued vehicle crashed into another car and careened onto two o…
Scratch-Off Lotto Tickets Stolen From Newark Store: Police Scratch-Off Lotto Tickets Stolen From Newark Store: Police
Scratch-Off Lotto Tickets Stolen From Newark Store: Police Two men are at-large after breaking into a business in Newark on the early morning of Friday, July 19, and stealing money and scratch-off lottery tickets, authorities said. At 1:30 a.m., a man arrived at a store on the 300 block of South Orange Avenue and struck the business' camera with a stick, breaking it, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. At 3:40 a.m., the suspect was joined by another man  and they broke a glass window and one man climbed into the store while the other acted as lookout,  Fragé said. The thieves made off with scratch-off lottery tickets and $570 …
7-Eleven Employee Shot During Robbery: Bloomfield PD 7-Eleven Employee Shot During Robbery: Bloomfield PD
7-Eleven Employee Shot During Robbery: Bloomfield PD A 7-Eleven gas station attendant was shot during a robbery on Saturday, July 13, authorities said. Two men pulled up in a black sedan and demanded money from a gas station attendant, Bloomfield police said. The attendant refused to turn over the money and was shot in the leg with a black semiautomatic handgun, police said. The suspects proceeded to flee the scene, police said. The shooting remains under investigation, police said.
Dollar General Robbed At Gunpoint, Employee Assaulted: Newark PD Dollar General Robbed At Gunpoint, Employee Assaulted: Newark PD
Dollar General Robbed At Gunpoint, Employee Assaulted: Newark PD A Dollar General in Newark was robbed at gunpoint on Sunday, July 21, authorities said. At 8:29 a.m., a man entered Dollar General at 420 Springfield Avenue through the right side rear entrance and demanded cash from the cashier, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The suspect gestured he had a handgun and assaulted the employee on her left side, Fragé said. The employee opened the store's safe and gave the suspect a deposit bag containing $3,776.73, Fragé said. After taking the money, the suspect exited the store and headed northbound on South 6th Street, Fr…
FedEx Delivery Driver Robbed: Montclair Police FedEx Delivery Driver Robbed: Montclair Police
FedEx Delivery Driver Robbed: Montclair Police A FedEx driver was robbed of packages on Friday, July 12, authorities said. Officers responded to a parking lot by Grove Street on a report of strong-arm robbery, Montclair police said. A FedEx delivery driver had parked her truck on Oxford Street and began unloading when three people ran up to her from behind, grabbed the packages from her arm and fled in different directions, police said. Two suspects ran toward Oxford Street to a gold Honda, while another suspect entered a silver Honda which fled toward Walnut Street, police said. The first suspect was described as a Black male, with&nb…
Two Teens, One Man Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting: Prosecutor Two Teens, One Man Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting: Prosecutor
Two Teens, One Man Charged In Fatal Jersey City Shooting: Prosecutor A 21-year-old Paterson resident and two teenagers were arrested and charged last week with a fatal shooting that occurred in Jersey City in May, authorities said. On Friday, May 10, around 10 p.m., Jersey City police responded to a report of shots fired at Pearsall Avenue and Garfield Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Police located Resheed Wallace, a 24-year-old Jersey City resident, with a gunshot wound to his upper body, Suarez said. He was transported to Jersey City Medical Center where he was soon pronounced dead, Suarez said. Makivy Randolph is charged with murder, …
Woman Robbed, Dragged Into Street: Newark PD Woman Robbed, Dragged Into Street: Newark PD
Woman Robbed, Dragged Into Street: Newark PD A woman was robbed of her purse and dragged int the street in Newark on the morning of Sunday, July 14, authorities said. At 6:10 a.m., a woman was walking on Ferry Street near Union Street when she was approached by a Black man who snatched her purse, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. While in the process of removing her purse, the woman was dragged into the street by the suspect where she fell and was injured, Fragé said. She was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment and is in stable condition,  Fragé said. A second suspect pointed a handgun at a witness …