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Suspect in Newark Shooting Charged with Murder After Victim Dies

Newark, NJ Man Accused of Shooting into Parked Car A Newark man faces first degree murder charges in connection with a fatal shooting on a city street. The suspect is 25-year-old Robert Steele. According to law enforcement officials, Steele used a handgun to shoot someone on the 100 block of […]

Police Investigate Fatal Shooting of Alleged Burglar in Belleville, NJ

Belleville Police: Suspect in Home Invasion Shot Dead by Homeowner Essex County authorities are investigating after a man shot and killed a home intruder in Belleville, New Jersey. The violent incident occurred on October 31 at around 10:00 p.m. The alleged burglary suspect, 42-year-old Michael Ridley, entered a residence located […]

Newark Police Captain Pleads Guilty to Data Theft Charges: Part Two

Data Breach by Newark Police Captain Leads to Arrest, Guilty Plea In Part One of this blog series, we discussed the circumstances of the arrests of former Newark Police Captain Anthony Buono and former Newark police officer Dino D’Elia. Buono and D’Elia were accused of unlawfully accessing a law enforcement […]

Newark Police Captain Pleads Guilty to Data Theft Charges

Internal Affairs Investigation Leads to Arrest of Newark Police Captain for Data Breach A Newark police captain saw his life’s work in law enforcement irreversibly tarnished after he was caught stealing information from a computer database. The suspect in the high-profile computer theft case is 62-year-old Anthony Buono, a resident […]

Newark Man Wins Re-Sentencing Appeal in Murder Case

A Newark, NJ man previously convicted of kidnapping and murdering a Green Brook, NJ woman recently won re-sentencing after filing an appeal with an appellate court in New Jersey. In 2008, the suspect allegedly kidnapped a 35-year-old woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair. According to prosecutors, the […]

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