Essex County

Authorities say a couple found shot to death in a northern New Jersey park had a dating relationship.

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The New Jersey Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained a state grand jury indictment charging an Essex County man with stealing and trafficking identities of 15 people who had applied for credit at the used car dealership where he worked. State Attorney General Jeff Cheisa made the announcement today.

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An Essex County jury has convicted an East Orange man of killing a grocery store employee in Newark on Christmas Eve 2011.  After deliberating for just over three hours, 20-year-old Jaworski Sneed was convicted of murder and weapons charges in connection with the death of 47-year-old Daryl Logan.

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More than 1,700 guns were turned in by Essex County residents during a state-sponsored gun buyback event held last week. To be precise, 1,770 guns were turned in including about 70 firearms that are illegal to own because they feature unlawfully high ammunition capacities, have sawed-off barrels or are otherwise modified.

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A former Essex County teacher of the year has admitted having sex with a 15-year-old boy enrolled in an honors class she taught.

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A Newark man has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for a string of bank robberies.

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A former Essex County sheriff's officer is headed to federal prison for laundering money he believed were the proceeds of drug trafficking.

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A New Jersey corrections officer has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a smuggling ring at the Essex County jail.

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Essex County prosecutors say they won't file charges in the death of a would-be robber who was killed last weekend when his intended victims fought back.

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A union representing corrections officers at a New Jersey jail is criticizing an agreement between county and federal authorities to house one of the newest immigration detention facilities in the nation.

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