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Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE May 9, 2018 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – Over $7,000 in narcotics and cash from alleged drug sales was seized during the arrests of three suspects yesterday by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics conducted a surveillance operation at South 12th Street and Gould Avenue in Newark on Tuesday afternoon in response to numerous neighbo Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE April 24, 2018 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 200 CLUB OF ESSEX COUNTY 52nd ANNIVERSARY VALOR AWARDS LUNCHEON Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters from Irvington, Newark, Nutley, Verona, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Essex County Sheriff’s Office, Will Be Presented with Medals for Bravery New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Invited as Guest Speaker Newark – The 200 Club of Essex County, founded to a Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE April 18, 2018 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – As a result of an extensive narcotics investigation yesterday in the city’s South Ward, Essex County sheriff’s detectives arrested two alleged drug dealers and one suspected drug buyer. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that the surveillance operation on Tuesday afternoon was prompted by numerous neighborhood complaints of open-air drug trafficking. “Shortly after 2:00 p. Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE April 17, 2018 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – A reputed member of the Almighty Latin Kings street gang was arrested Monday night on weapons charges by Essex County Sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics were conducting a plainclothes operation in the area of Verona Avenue and Summer Avenue shortly before midnight when they observed a suspect, later Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE April 13, 2018 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – Within minutes of hearing a police radio broadcast of an armed carjacking in Irvington, Essex County sheriff’s officers arrested two males in the suspect vehicle. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Patrol Division were traveling east on 17th Avenue as they listened to a radio transmission alerting local law enforcement officers of a carjacki Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE April 6, 2018 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – A male suspect found with two vacuum-sealed bags of medical marijuana concealed in his underpants was arrested Wednesday on narcotics distribution charges by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that Bureau of Narcotics detectives were conducting a surveillance operation when they observed Reginald Richardson, 39 of Newark, loitering in front of 1 Read More...