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Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE May 5, 2019 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – A male suspect, known to law enforcement authorities from previous weapons probes, was arrested this morning outside his home and gun charges were filed against him. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that plainclothes detectives from his department’s Bureau of Narcotics were conducting on-going weapons investigations in the Upper Clinton Hill section of the city at 10:45 a.m. on Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE May 2, 2019 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Belleville – Two suspects were arrested on Thursday afternoon and more than 25 pounds of marijuana and $60,000 in cash were recovered by a law enforcement task force comprised of Essex County sheriff’s detectives and police officers from Belleville and Bloomfield. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that the task force conducted a surveillance operation and executed a search warrant at 50 Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE March 30, 2019 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – Federal law enforcement agents and local police and sheriff’s detectives yesterday executed search warrants in the city, resulting in the arrest of two male suspects, and the recovery of three weapons and narcotics. “Detectives from our department’s Bureau of Narcotics and our Tactical Response Team, along with Newark police and officers from the U. S. Bureau of Alcohol Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE March 1, 2019 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 NEWARK — After complaints from neighbours about alleged drug dealing from a West Kinney Street deli called Still Starvin’ detective from the Essex County Sheriff’s Bureau of Narcotics conducted a raid on the premises that resulted in the confiscation of large amounts of marijuana, drug packaging paraphernalia and the arrest of a Union man. The location at 277 West Kinne Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE February 26, 2019 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 East Orange & Newark – In two separate arrests, a law enforcement task force comprised of Essex County sheriff’s detectives and officers from the Newark and Bloomfield police departments took five suspects into custody on weapons and narcotics charges. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that in complaints of drug trafficking in the parking lot behind a discount variety store at Read More...
Essex County Sheriff’s Office NEWS RELEASE November 30, 2018 Contact: Sheriff Armando Fontoura (973) 621-4105 Newark – An adult female, a juvenile male and an adult male were arrested on narcotics and weapons charges in two pre-dawn raids conducted by a law enforcement task force comprised of Essex County sheriff’s detectives and Newark and Bloomfield police officers. Sheriff Armando Fontoura stated that the task force was armed with search warrants for two city residences where alleged dr Read More...