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April 25, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – An alleged mid-level drug distributor and an armed suspect were arrested last night in separate incidents by Essex County sheriff’s officers. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated detectives from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics staged a plainclothes surveillance operation near the intersection of South 7th Street and 11th Avenue as part of a series of on-going drug investigations in that area on Monday evening. “Here Read More...
April 21, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – A suspected drug dealer and his alleged buyer were arrested late Thursday afternoon by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics conducted a plainclothes surveillance operation near the intersection of South 6th Street and Springfield Avenue in response to neighborhood complaints of open-air drug trafficking in the area. “Our detectives Read More...
April 19, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – Two alleged drug dealers were among four individuals arrested on Tuesday afternoon by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics staged a plainclothes surveillance operation near the intersection of West Kinney and Nevada streets in downtown Newark yesterday afternoon in response to numerous neighborhood complaints of open-air drug traffic Read More...
February 28, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura today announced that investigators from his department are working with the Prosecutor’s Bias Crime Unit regarding swastikas and intolerance language that were spray-painted on the equestrian bridge at South Mountain Reservation within the past 24 hours. “This incident clearly supersedes mere mischievous behavior or graffiti and it cannot and will not be tolerated,” Sheriff F Read More...
March 31, 2017 Reward Offered for Information in Murder of Maplewood Grandmother Newark – The Essex County Sheriff’s Crime Stoppers Program is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the fatal shooting of Deborah Burton, 62, of Maplewood. Ms. Burton was fatally shot in Newark on March 13, in the area of 43 Third Street. The incident happened at approximately 1:15 p.m. She was pronounced dead at 2:31 p.m. Read More...
March 30, 2017 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Irvington – Following the execution of a search warrant yesterday at the residence of an alleged Bloods street gang member, Essex County sheriff’s detectives recovered five weapons and heroin. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics executed the warrant for the second floor apartment at 11 Lenox Avenue early Wednesday evening. “The target of our investigation, Joseph Brown, 24, Read More...