Two men have been charged with murder and two others have been arrested following a North Arlington double homicide that left two men dead last month, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday.
Leibys A. Mercedes, 26, of Linden, and Lydell M. Mercedes, 24, of Linden, are each charged with two counts of murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a handgun. Leibys Mercedes also faces a charge of “certain persons not to possess a firearm.”
Altray K. Brown, 33, of Irvington, and Yolanda K. Montgomery, 30, of Newark, were charged with two counts each of endangering an injured victim after investigators said they left the scene without reporting the shooting or helping the victims. Authorities also charged both with child endangerment after determining they fled with two children younger than 5 who were not secured in car seats, according to prosecutors…