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Newark – Two alleged members of the Bloods street gang were arraigned today on multiple drug charges following their arrests last night by a law enforcement task force comprised of Essex County sheriff’s detectives and Belleville police officers. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics and Belleville police conducted a plainclothes surveillance operation at Newark’s Stephen Crane Village on Thursday evening in response to numerous neighborh Read More...
Newark – An East Orange man was arraigned today on multiple drug charges following his arrest yesterday afternoon by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Responding to neighborhood complaints of open-air drug trafficking on Mapes Avenue between Osborne Place and Bergen Street in Newark, Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that his department’s Bureau of Narcotics staged a plainclothes surveillance operation at that location on Tuesday. “A suspect, later identified as Taji Whitaker, 27, was obs Read More...
Newark – Two city men were arraigned today on multiple drug charges following their arrests yesterday, along with four other suspects, as a result of two investigations conducted by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that the first plainclothes surveillance operation was conducted at noon on Monday near the intersection of South 18th Street and Avon Avenue in response to numerous neighborhood complaints of drug trafficking in the area. “Three suspects, later Read More...
Newark – The Essex County Sheriff’s Office, along with the municipal police departments of Orange and East Orange, are the recipients of a federal COPS (Community Oriented Police) grant that will provide the three law enforcement agencies with $4.7 million in U. S. Department of Justice funds to hire a combined 32 police officers. The announcement of the grant award was made by U. S. Senators Robert Menendez, Cory Booker and U. S. Representative Donald M. Payne, Jr. in a public ceremony Read More...