Anti-ICE protesters arrested outside 26 Federal Plaza in NYC
New York City police made multiple arrests at another anti-ICE rally outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan.
$10M ‘Psychic’ Mail Fraud Used N.J. Mail Houses
A long-time fugitive extradited from Italy admitted in Newark federal court to engineering a nationwide mail fraud that targeted elderly and vulnerable people and reaped more than $10 million, federal prosecutors said.
Man gets life in prison for Bloomfield store shooting
Joseph Ocasio, 29, of Irvington, was sentenced to life in prison plus 45 years for the murder of a man in a Bloomfield store in 2022, Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said Monday. On April 25, Ocasio was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, and three counts of...
Jail guards will not be charged in case of N.J. inmate who was stabbed...
A state grand jury has voted not to file charges against corrections officers in the case of an inmate who died a day after he was stabbed in his jail cell. The attack happened at Essex County Correctional Facility on the night of Dec. 2, 2021. The inmate, Daniel Gelin, 27, of Elizabeth, received in-house medical...
No criminal charges against Essex County jail guards in the death of Elizabeth man
A state grand jury has voted not to file criminal charges against any Essex County correctional police officers after its deliberations regarding the death in custody of Daniel Gelin, 27, of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Gelin, who was born in Carice, Haiti, moved to the United States of America in 2007...
Fake deliveryman forces way into East Village apt, attacks woman, 77, for $20
Police are searching for a fake deliveryman that robbed and attacked a senior in the East Village earlier this week, authorities announced Friday.
Man sentenced for shooting two New Jersey cops: prosecutor
NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — An East Orange man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting two Newark Police officers, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office announced. Kendall Howard, 33, pleaded guilty in March to attempted murder and weapons charges for shooting the officers in November 2022 in a parking lot behind...
‘Baby Rapist’ Chat Member Charged with Child Porn
NEWARK, N.J. – A Jersey City, New Jersey man was charged today with possession of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced. Matthew Ozol, 39, of Jersey City, New Jersey is charged with one count of possession of child pornography. Ozol made his initial before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark,...
ICE agencies in Newark arrest 4 alleged child predators
NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — Four illegally present individuals accused of being child sex offenders have been apprehended by ICE agencies in Newark, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday. All of the individuals below were required to register as sex offenders in New Jersey and are currently being held in...
1 killed, 1 injured in separate shootings at Rockaways housing complex
NYCHA's Hammel Houses in the Rockaways. Police are working to determine if the incidents are related. [ more › ]
