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September 12, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – A Rutherford man wanted by Newark police for the theft of cell phone tower batteries was arrested this afternoon by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that Christopher Kennedy, 31, of Rutherford, was wanted for the thefts which occurred in the city’s Ironbound section that occurred on Monday, July 31, 2017. On that date, a man, utilizing a green Ford Expedition, stole 16 batteries f Read More...
Setember 7, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 East Orange – Two alleged out-of-county drug distributors were arrested Wednesday night and more than one quarter of a kilo of heroin was seized by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that in response to numerous neighborhood complaints of narcotics trafficking in the area of Central Avenue and Halsted Street officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics staged an area surveillance operati Read More...
August 31, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – A father and son team of alleged drug dealers along with a third man were arrested Wednesday afternoon by a law enforcement task force comprised of Essex County sheriff’s detectives and Bloomfield and Irvington police officers which resulted in multiple narcotics charges being filed against the trio. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that the task force yesterday executed a search warrant for Mike’s Deli and Grocery, l Read More...
August 10, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – As a result of two simultaneous narcotics investigations yesterday in the city’s South Ward, Essex County sheriff’s detectives arrested three alleged drug dealers and one suspected drug buyer. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that the two surveillance operations on Wednesday afternoon were prompted by numerous neighborhood complaints of open-air drug trafficking. “Shortly after 1:00 p.m., our detectives observed Osc Read More...
August 11, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – An alleged female member of the Crips street gang was arrested Thursday night at her North Ward apartment by a law enforcement task force comprised of Essex County sheriff’s detectives and Irvington police officers. Multiple drug charges were filed against her. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that when the task force, armed with a search warrant for 356 North 5th Street, knocked and announced their presence at the gr Read More...
August 13, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – A male suspect was arrested on Friday afternoon by Essex County sheriff’s detectives and multiple drug charges were filed against him. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics, as part of a series of on-going drug investigations in Newark’s North Ward, arrested Nicholas Weegar, 49, and recovered heroin, marijuana and $7,587 in drug proceeds. Armed with a search warrant Read More...