An East Orange man has been convicted of killing an Irvington man in a case that included threats of violence against a witness by the defendant’s sister and cousin.
Isaiah J. Knight, 31, of East Orange, was convicted of first-degree murder, weapons charges, and conspiracy to commit witness tampering on Thursday, April 17.
Following the trial on those charges, Knight was also found guilty in a separate trial of first-degree unlawful possession of a weapon by a person prohibited, stemming from a 2013 aggravated assault conviction. The jury also found Knight was a persistent offender, according to a press release from Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II. The case was tried before Judge Ronald D. Wigler…