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Famous rapper latest victim of violence at Essex County prison
Renewed scrutiny on escalating violence at the Essex County Correctional Facility after a former New York City rapper was slashed in a vicious altercation with another inmate. I-Team’s Sarah Wallace reports.
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3 inmates convicted in ‘vicious' microwave, mop bucket beating that left NJ man brain damaged
Three jail inmates in New Jersey were convicted in the brutal beating almost two years ago that left a fellow inmate with permanent brain damage. A jury found Byad Lockett and Darryl Watson guilty in the Sept. 2021 Essex County jail attack against then 21-year-old Jayshawn Boyd, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The jury found Lockett and Watson guilty of attempted murder,…
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I-Team: Essex correctional facility assault victim speaks
A jury in Newark is deciding the fate of three men accused of viciously beating a fellow inmate at the Essex County Correctional Facility a year and a half ago. It was all caught on video, and some of the images are disturbing. News 4’s Sarah Wallace reports.
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Ex-NYPD Officer, Lawyer Convicted of 2018 Montclair Murder
Angela Bledsoe was murdered in Oct. 2018 by the father of her then 6-year-old girl.
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Ex-NYPD Cop Captured After Fleeing to Cuba Found Guilty of Murdering NJ Mom
A lawyer and former officer with the NYPD was convicted of killing the mother of his 6-year-old daughter at their suburban New Jersey home five years ago before fleeing the country for Cuba. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said a jury sat for a six-week trial and deliberated just three hours before finding James Ray III guilty for the...
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NJ Man Found Guilty of Murdering Ex-GF, Trying to Disintegrate Remains With Chemicals
A jury found a Newark man guilty of stalking and murdering his ex-girlfriend, and mother of his children, and then trying to get rid of her remains by placing them in garbage bags filled with chemicals, according to the local prosecutor’s office. Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II announced Wednesday Gualberto Lebron, 37, was convicted on 21 of 24…
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Man Charged in Newark Fire Captain's Overdose Death at Station House
Prosecutors filed charges in the overdose of a New Jersey fire department captain found dead in his firehouse back in January. Newark Fire Captain Carlos Rivera was discovered unresponsive the morning of Jan. 15 inside the firehouse on Park 15, county prosecutors said. A second man, a retired firefighter, was found unconscious alongside the captain. Both were transported to University…
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I-Team: Before County Took Over, a Police Internal Affairs Unit Plagued by Infighting
In recent years, at least five Irvington police officers filed complaints alleging they were targets of bogus departmental charges, threats, or retaliatory actions ordered by police brass — and now a mysterious investigation is unfolding inside the department.
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Infighting Plagues New Jersey Police Department
A group of cops in Irvington, New Jersey is claiming that their internal affairs unit is putting petty vendettas ahead of public safety. Chris Glorioso reports.
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Essex County Sheriff's Officer Alleges Racial Discrimination in Lawsuit
An Essex County sheriff’s officer is making stunning claims as he is now taking aim at his own department, alleging racial discrimination and a pattern of harassment. The I-Team’s Sarah Wallace reports.
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Man Sentenced to 375 Years in Essex County ‘House of Horrors' Murders
A convicted killer is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars after a New Jersey judge sentenced the 31-year-old to 375 years for a triple murder that claimed the lives of three people, including two children, in 2016. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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Newark ‘House of Horrors' Killer Gets 3 Life Sentences for Slaying of Woman, 2 Kids
A convicted killer is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars after a New Jersey judge sentenced the 31-year-old to 375 years for a triple murder that claimed the lives of three people, including two children, in 2016. Jeremy Arrington was sentenced Friday, more than five years after he entered a Newark home and fatally stabbed 8-year-old…
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Essex County Community Mourns Sudden Death of Beloved Teacher
John Paul Viggiano taught physical education at Essex Fells Elementary School for years before he died from medical complications last Friday. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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New Jersey Serial Killer Charged in Teenager's 2016 Murder
A New Jersey man convicted in the murders of three women in 2016 is now facing fresh charges for the alleged murder of a teen girl who was solicited for sex and then strangled. Khalil Wheeler Weaver is charged with the murder of Mawa Doumbia, 15, of Newark. Prosecutors say she was last seen by her family the evening of…
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Man Convicted in Newark Bloodbath That Left 3 Dead, Including 2 Children
A 31-year-old man has been convicted on 28 counts more than five years after a mass stabbing inside a home in Newark that left three people, including two children, dead. Jeremy Arrington was convicted of the triple murder in 2016 that claimed the lives of 8-year-old Aerial Little Whitehurst, 11-year-old Al-Jahon Whitehurst and 23-year-old Syasia McBorroughs, a college student who had…
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Hikers Discover Body Shot to Death on Popular NJ Trail: Prosecutor
Investigators in New Jersey want to know how a body ended up on a hiking trail at the Eagle Rock Reservation. Prosecutors in Essex County said hikers walking the trail on Friday discovered a man’s body on the West Orange and Montclair border. Officials had not identified the body as of Saturday morning, but believed the man died from...
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NJ Man Guilty of Brutally Kidnapping Victim 4 Days After Release From Jail
A jury has found a New Jersey man guilty of a gruesome kidnapping and strangulation dating back to 2019. The Essex County jury convicted James Pilotti of kidnapping, aggravated assault, weapons charges and strangulation, prosecutors announced Friday. At trial, prosecutors alleged Pilotti kidnapped his victim on Aug. 15, 2019, just four days after his release from prison for a sentence…
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Death of Newark Fire Captain Under Investigation
A Newark fire captain was found dead Saturday morning of an apparent drug overdose. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.
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Newark Fire Captain Found Dead at Station House in Apparent Overdose: Sources
A fire department captain found dead at his Newark firehouse died overnight of an apparent overdose, law enforcement sources tell News 4. The acting prosecutor in Essex County confirmed the captain was found unresponsive Saturday morning at the firehouse on Park Avenue. A second man, a retired firefighter, was found unconscious alongside the captain. Both were transported to University Hospital,…
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NJ Mother's Boyfriend Charged With Endangerment After Death of 4-Year-Old Girl
The boyfriend of a New Jersey mom has been arrested in connection to the death of her 4-year-old girl, according to prosecutors. Authorities in Essex County say first responders were notified on Dec. 30 about young Laniyah Bloodworth who was unresponsive in her home on Wallace Street in Orange. Officers transported the girl to University hospital and she was pronounced…