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1. Nathan ‘Flames’ Lee charged with shooting death of Anthony Cook
(N.J./State)

Members of the U.S. Marshals and the Union County Homicide Task Force arrested a man in connection with the May 9 murder of 43-year-old Anthony Cook in Elizabeth, said Union County Prosecutor Theodore ...

2. Third teenager Nigel Dumas arrested for role in beating death of Summit man
(N.J./State)

... by the Union County Homicide Task Force, police arrested Nigel Dumas, 19, of Morristown, for his role in the attack. He was arrested around 7:20 p.m. in Morristown and will be lodged in the Union County ...

3. Saleem Wright of Irvington arrested for Newark hit and run that killed Julianne Vega, 5
(N.J./State)

... was coordinated by the suspect's attorney, Gerald Saluti, and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. Detectives from the Prosecutor's Homicide Squad placed the suspect in custody at the church and transported ...

4. Summit teens charged with manslaughter in beating death of Abelino Mazaniego
(N.J./State)

... investigation by the Summit Police Department and the Union County Homicide Taskforce indentified two suspects, who are teenagers from Summit. 18-year-old Khayri Williams-Clark and a 17-year-old were arrested ...

5. Officer says Atlanta CEO DeFarra ‘Dean’ Gaymon was engaged in sex act before assaulting him
(N.J./State)

... with information are asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Professional Standards Bureau at 973-266-4250 or the Homicide Unit at 1-877-847-7432. The case will be presented to a grand ...

6. Fugitive Rufus Majette, wanted for attempted murder, arrested in Woodbury
(N.J./State)

... authorities, Majette and Markis Terrell, faces charges of attempted intentional homicide, reckless injury and possession of a weapon by a felon for the shooting of Darreyll Thomas of Madison. According ...

7. Alyson Amour charged with vehicular homicide in death of DOT worker
(N.J./State)

... State Police Station on July 9 with her attorney, Leonard Baker. After processing on charges of vehicular homicide and aggravated assault, she was sent to the Camden County corrections facility in lieu ...

8. Newark schoolyard killer Rodolfo Godinez gets 245 years
(N.J./State)

... sentencing laws, Godinez would likely serve more than 216 years in prison before he is eligible for parole for his role in the Aug. 4, 2007 triple homicide, Judge Ravin said. Life in prison is 75 years. ...

9. Rutgers professor helps unlock how brain handles romantic rejection
(Health/Healthquest)

... happened and avoid suicide, homicide, debilitating depression and other consequences. One way is to transcend the transcendent. "We tend to want to characterize romantic love as something supernatural, ...

10. Violent deaths mar 4th of July weekend in Hudson County
(N.J./State)

... the circumstances of the 48-year-old man's death. So far, homicide detectives have questioned one person in relation to the murder. That person's name was not released to the media. The landlord of the ...

11. Oquan Blake, wanted for sex assault and murder of baby girl, arrested without incident
(N.J./State)

... 28, 2010. An autopsy performed on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 determined it was a homicide. When the child arrived at the hospital she had a fractured skull, a ruptured spleen, broken ribs, bruising to ...

12. Oquan Blake of Newark wanted for murder, sexual assault of 7-month-old baby girl
(N.J./State)

... 28, 2010. An autopsy performed on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 determined it was a homicide. When the child arrived at the hospital she had a fractured skull, a ruptured spleen, broken ribs, bruising to ...

13. ‘Melrose Place’ star Amy Locane facing a prison term
(Entertainment/Movies)

Actress out on bail but could get five-to-10 years if convicted on vehicular homicide charge BY JOHN DUNPHY NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Hopewell resident Amy Locane-Bovenizer was released Tuesday from ...

14. Divyendu Sinha of Old Bridge died from blunt force trama to head, according to medical examiner
(N.J./State)

... by the Middlesex County Medical Examiner's Office determined that Divyendu Sinha, 49, of Old Bridge died from blunt force trauma to the head and that the manner of death was homicide. The three juveniles ...

15. Richard Chesler of Millburn pleads guilty to vehicular homicide and drunk driving
(N.J./State)

A Millburn teenager pleaded guilty Tuesday in Newark Superior Court to vehicular homicide and drunk driving in the January 2009 death of a South Orange man. Richard Chesler, now 18, took the plea agreement ...

16. Amy Locane of ‘Melrose Place’ fame charged with vehicular homicide in N.J.
(Entertainment/Movies)

... and Ben Affleck has been charged with second-degree vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and third-degree assault by auto incident after police say she killed a woman over the weekend. Clad ...

17. Old Bridge teens charged with murder of Divyendu Sinha
(N.J./State)

... aggravated assault upon Divyendu Sinha. The homicide charges were filed after Mr. Sinha was pronounced dead at 4 a.m. Monday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Mr. Sinha was ...

18. Union County takes over Springfield Police Dept.
(N.J./State)

... Small Law Enforcement Agency course as well as numerous other related law enforcement-training topics. Captain Riley has served as commander of the Union County Homicide Task Force since its inception ...

19. Abdul Griggs, a Bloods gang member, found guilty of Elizabeth murder
(N.J./State)

... a short time later and while in jail awaiting the homicide trial, he was convicted of Bribery and Conspiracy to commit Bribery. That case was handled by Assistant Prosecutor William Kolano of the Special ...

20. Everett Rand arrested for murder of David Payton in Newark
(N.J./State)

... the body. The suspect and the victim were friends. The two were allegedly involved in a dispute over money. The weapon used in the homicide was seized when officers executed a search warrant at Rand's ...