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Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE May 18, 2023 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Essex County Sheriff’s Office Issues Public Safety Service Announcement Regarding Fraudulent Calls Newark, NJ — On Thursday, May 18th, Essex County Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura issued a Public Safety Service Announcement regarding fraudulent calls requesting money for outstanding warrants. According to Sheriff Fontoura, this week, the Essex County Sheriff’s Office Read More...
Newark – Essex County sheriff’s Bureau of Narcotics detectives executed a search warrant last night and recovered nearly $50,000 in illegal drugs. The investigation, prompted by neighborhood complaints of drug trafficking in the area of South 18 Street and 14 Avenue, began to unfold when the sheriff’s officers executed a prior search warrant at dawn on Wednesday at the home of Tajion Simmons, 23, at 447 South 18th Street. “Upon entering the home of Mr. Simmons our officers found him in h Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office Press Release Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Newark – Four Newark juveniles were arrested this afternoon approximately 15 minutes after an armed carjacking incident in Branch Brook Park. The incident occurred in the recreational facility on Park Drive north at approximately 3:45 p.m. According to Sheriff Armando Fontoura, a 60-year-old East Orange man had parked his 2019 Chrysler sedan at this location so that he could exercise. When he returned to his veh Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office Press Release May 16,2021 Newark – Three male suspects were arrested this morning in the city’s South Ward by Essex County sheriff’s detectives and charged with multiple drug crimes. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that plainclothes officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics conducted a surveillance operation at the intersection of Van Vechten and Hanford streets, a known drug trafficking location, on Sunday morning. Fontoura sa Read More...
Newark – As a result of a road rage incident early this afternoon, two suspects were arrested and weapons charges were filed against them by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that as plainclothes officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics drove their unmarked vehicle through the intersection of South Orange Avenue and Norfolk Street at 1:05 p.m. today they observed two armed males in a heated verbal exchange. “Ennis Cromer, age 35 Read More...
March 15, 2021 Sheriff’s Officers Arrest Armed Suspect Following Robbery At Newark 7-Eleven Newark- A male suspect was arrested by Sheriff’s Officers Monday morning after robbing a 7-Eleven convenience store. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Patrol Division were traveling south on Elizabeth Avenue near East Runyan Street when they were flagged down by local citizens who informed them that a robbery had just taken place. “These concerned citizens Read More...