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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...
July 17, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – Two suspects, arrested on Friday and Saturday by Essex County sheriff’s detectives, are scheduled to be arraigned today on weapons and drug charges. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Patrol Division were conducting proactive quality of life operations on Friday at Stephen Crane Village in the city’s North Ward when they observed a suspect standing in front of 45 South Cedar Lane. “ Read More...
July 14, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – An alleged mid-echelon drug dealer was arrested Thursday night and ¼ of a kilo of cocaine was seized by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics, armed with a search warrant, conducted a plainclothes surveillance operation at 375 North 11th Street last night as part of on-going investigations into drug trafficking in the city’s North W Read More...
July 15, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – A male suspect with a lengthy criminal history was arrested last night by Essex County sheriff’s detectives and charged with the brutal attack on a 34-year-old female victim at Branch Brook Park in the late Saturday evening/early Sunday morning hours of July 8 – 9, 2017. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that the suspect, John T. Wilson, 56, was released from South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, N. J. for a 1999 Essex Read More...
July 12, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – A suspected narcotics dealer and his alleged client were arrested on Tuesday afternoon by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that in response to numerous neighborhood complaints of open-air drug trafficking in the area of South 6th Street and Springfield Avenue in the city’s West Ward officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics conducted a plainclothes surveillance operation at Read More...
July 11, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – A city man was arrested last night on multiple weapons charges by a law enforcement task force comprised of Essex County sheriff’s detectives and Irvington police officers. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that the task force was on proactive quality of life patrol in Newark’s West Ward on Monday evening when they observed a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling eastbound on 14th Avenue in careless manner. “The driver, l Read More...