A Newark man has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for the 2021 death of a woman in Irvington.
On Dec. 18, 2025, a jury found Lando Marc, 34, guilty of first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and related offenses for the death of Jenny Philistin, 27, of Elizabeth, according to a statement from Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II.
The case was tried by Assistant Prosecutor Adam Wells and Assistant Prosecutor Ibn Alston before Judge Verna G. Leath, who also presided over the sentencing…