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Newark – An alleged narcotics dealer and his alleged buyer were arraigned today following their arrests yesterday by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. In response to neighborhood complaints of open air drug trafficking in the area of Fairmount and South Orange avenues in Newark, Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics conducted a plainclothes surveillance operation at that location on Tuesday. “A suspect, later identified as Jerell Christo Read More...

Newark – A city man was arraigned today on multiple drug charges following his arrest on Friday by Essex County sheriff’s detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics staged a plainclothes surveillance operation late last week in response to numerous neighborhood complaints of open air drug trafficking near the intersection of North 9th Street and 4th Avenue. “At that time, a suspect, later identified as Ibn Waller, 18 of Newark, was Read More...

Newark – Three male suspects were arraigned today on multiple drug charges following their arrests yesterday 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 in the area of Avon Avenue and 18th Street in Newark’s West Ward, a known drug trafficking location. “Our BON detectives immediately observed three suspects, later identified as Robert Fuller, 25, Sha Read More...

Newark – An 18 year old male was arraignment today on numerous narcotics offenses and weapon charges following his arrest yesterday by Essex County sheriff’s Detectives. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that officers from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics conducted a plain clothes surveillance operation late Monday morning in the area of Johnson and Clinton Avenue in the City of Newark. This was in response to numerous citizen complaints of open-air drug trafficking in that area. During Read More...

Newark – A Costa Rican national was arraigned today on multiple weapons charges following his arrest last night by a law enforcement task force comprised of Essex County Sheriff’s detectives and officers from the Bloomfield and Irvington police departments. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that the task force conducted a plainclothes surveillance operation near the intersection of Stuyvesant and Clinton avenues in Irvington as part of an on-going investigation into gun trafficking. “The tar Read More...