News-Record's Highlights Tagged 'Newark' (12)

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

A Newark man charged with a 2010 homicide in Maplewood has two weeks to decide whether to stand trial or accept a plea bargain calling for a lengthy prison sentence.

John T. Staten Jr. faces the prospect of life in prison if convicted at trial of killing Arthur S. Downey III. Allegedly, Staten and Downey met in a telephonic chatroom, then the two had sex in Downey’s apartment on Henry…

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By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

The nearly two-year-old case of a Maplewood man found slain in his Henry Place apartment could be going before a jury this spring.

Superior Court Judge Peter J. Vazquez Friday set a May 1…

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By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

 

DNA evidence found at the crime scene allegedly links a Newark man with the slaying last year of a Maplewood resident he had met in a chat room, a county prosecutor said Nov. 29.

 

Assistant Essex County prosecutor Peter Guarino, speaking after the latest court appearance for accused killer John T. Staten Jr., would not elaborate on the nature of that evidence.

 

The DNA issue, an element in the March…

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By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

 

A Maplewood man was charged with killing another motorist during a car crash Aug. 8 on I-280 East and First Street in Newark, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. 

 

Alcohol “appears to be a factor” in the 1:09 a.m. collision involving driver Michael J. Hocutt and the late victim, 24-year-old Suamy Ortiz of Newark, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

 

A 37-year-old woman travelling with…

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By Christina Hernandez, Managing Editor

Mohamed Sidibay became a child soldier at 3 years old while living in Sierra…

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A Newark man was indicted on June 17 on charges that he killed a transgender woman in Maplewood last year, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said June 20.

Authorities also alleged that Victoria Carmen White’s “gender identity” was a factor in why Alrashim Chambers allegedly shot her to death on Sept. 12, 2010 in her cousin's apartment on Jacoby Street after coming home from night club in Irvington.

Chambers faces life in prison if convicted.…

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By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

One of the men charged in the shooting death of a transgender woman in Maplewood had been indicted less than three months earlier for a weapons offense, court records showed.

Marquise L. Foster, whose adult criminal record goes back to 2003, was charged with second-degree unlawful possession by a certain person. A grand jury returned a one-count indictment against him on June 17, court records… Continue

The second suspect in the shooting of a transgender female in Maplewood has been caught.

Alrashim N. Chambers, charged with murder and related weapons offenses, is being held on $1 million, Essex County jail records showed Oct. 25.

He was lodged in jail on Oct. 25.

Victoria Carmen White, 28, was shot Sept. 12 in her cousin’s Jacoby Street apartment.

A second suspect in the case, Marquise L. Foster, surrendered to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office on Oct.23. …

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Marquise Foster, 25, of North Plainfield, surrendered at approximately 8 p.m. on Oct. 23 without incident, authorities said via e-mail last weekend.

Foster was wanted for the murder of Victoria Carmen White, a 28-year-old

transgender Newark woman who was murdered in a Jacoby Street apartment in Maplewood on… Continue

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

South Orange Fire Chief Jeffrey M. Markey does not have a say on whether Newark should lay off firefighters.

But with the city asserting municipal employee layoffs are necessary, there could be implications for his and other departments that have mutual aid agreements with the Newark Fire Department.

“Will Newark call out for more mutual aid? I don’t know,” Markey said Oct. 18. “Nobody knows what’s going to… Continue

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

Parents at St. Joseph Elementary School in Maplewood have a chance to keep their children’s school from closing if they can increase enrollment in the next four weeks.

The Roman Catholic parish announced on May 23 that it was no longer able to provide a financial subsidy to keep the school open.

In a meeting May 26, parents presented Rev. Michael A. Saporito, the church pastor, with a proposal to address the enrollment and financial… Continue

By Philip Sean Curran

Staff Writer

St. Joseph School in Maplewood will close June 30, after 80 years due to financial problems, the Archdiocese of Newark said Monday.

The Roman Catholic parish was no longer able to provide a subsidy to the prekindergarten to grade eight school, said archdiocese spokesman Jim Goodness.

This decision means an undetermined number of faculty and staff will be out of work, some 140 current students will need to find another school for September…

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