Saturday, November 10, 2012
Homicide in West Orange, Newark weapon, drug arrest, Belleville church steeple braced.
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
Authorities are investigating a bank robbery Tuesday at the Valley National Bank on Bloomfield Avenue. Just before 1 p.m. Tuesday, the suspect entered the bank at 22 Bloomfield Ave. and passed a note to the teller reading "Have gun. Give me money," according to Deputy Chief Mark Minichini of the Belleville Police Department. The suspect made off with the contents of the teller's drawer and fled north on foot on Belmont Avenue. Exact proceeds have not been determined, Minichini said. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the death of a West Orange woman on Oct. 31. Lelia Whatley, 22, was found unresponsive at her Washington Street residence early last Wednesday and was pronounced dead at the scene, said Katherine Carter, …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Newark man went on a crime spree for two months in the summer of 2010, said the U.S. Attorney's office.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
A Newark man convicted of robbing eight banks in a two-month period was sentenced to eight years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Nathaniel Barreto, 30, of Newark, previously pleaded guilty to one bank robbery and admitted robbing seven others and attempting to rob a ninth. The banks he robbed included branches in Bloomfield and West Orange and banks in Bergen, Hunterdon, Middlesex and Morris counties. The robberies took place between the end of June and mid-August 2010. Barreto was sentenced on Wednesday in federal court in Trenton by U.S. District Court Judge Freda L. Wolfson. Authorities said Barreto’s bank robbery spree came to an end following the Aug. 17, 2010, robbery,when a witness saw Barreto get into a car …
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The Bloomfield Police Department says the suspect, pictured here, allegedly threatened to use a gun during the Provident Bank robbery, then fled with undisclosed amount of money towards the Bloomfield Shopping Plaza.
UPDATE: The Bloomfield Police Department has released the following photos of the suspect who robbed the Provident Bank on August 3. These pictures were captured on the bank's surveillance cameras. Anyone with information is encouraged to call Det. Thomas Fano in the Bloomfield Police Department CID Unit: 973-680-4085 or 973-680-4084. August 6, 2012: Bloomfield police are investigating a robbery that took place Aug. 3 at the Provident Bank on Bloomfield Avenue. The suspect, described as a heavyset black female approximately 5'4" tall, entered the building at around 5:34 p.m. She was wearing a light colored Capri-style denim pants and a pink t-shirt inscribed with the words 'I Love Holister" according to the police report. The woman, who…
Dan
10:35 am on Friday, September 28, 2012
To Be Honest I Don't Know Why He Had To Do That , I Understand He was Under A Lot Of Stress, I He had No Luck In Finding A Good Job , House On Fire & His Father Did not Had Much To Live , He Has A Wife & Three Kids , His Mother Is A Church Pastor , He Used To Play Music And Worship The Lord In The Church Sad It Had To Come To This , I know Him , His A Good Person , If You Would Had Known Him You … more ›