Irvington News

NEWARK - A jury has acquitted a 35-year-old man of fatally shooting the son of a retired city police officer, with the verdict announced nearly seven years to the day of the killing.

Imran Ivery, 26, of Irvington was arrested on Friday, May 25 and charged with armed robbery of the Race Star gas station located at 801 W. South Ave.

The 2010 murder of Victoria Carmen White A shocked many Maplewoodians. The transgender woman, who had attended Columbia High School, was fatally shot in her cousin's Maplewood apartment after meeting two men at an Irvington nightclub.

Two Essex County men appeared in New Jersey Superior Court today on several charges, including forgery, eluding, conspiracy and theft.

Reports of fraudulent Oxycodone prescriptions led to a vehicle chase and canine search through the woods Saturday in Mansfield Township , police say.

It's the seven-term incumbent versus three Democrat challengers in the June 5 primary election for Essex County sheriff.

At rear, Mohamed El-Filali, right, of Paterson, and Imam Wahy-ud Deen Shareef, of Irvington, talk.

A The six candidates vying to become the Democratic nominee for the 10th Congressional District seat met Thursday night for a debate at the Rutgers-Newark campus.

NEWARK - A suspected child rapist who allegedly abducted a boy off the streets of Newark and sexually assaulted him was arrested today, according to information released by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office.

IRVINGTON - Irvington Police Chief Michael Chase was suspended with pay today by Police Director Joseph Santiago, the township council president confirmed.

After getting a report about a group of people carrying a woman in physical distress, police went to Franklin Ave.

NEWARK - A 25-year-old man on trial for murder and bias intimidation testified today that when Victoria Carmen White was killed, he had no idea she was a transgender female and had no reason to harm her.

The Moorestown Friends School participated in the finals of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs' 16th annual Consumer Bowl on Monday at the Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex as one of the top schools in the state to make it to the final round, out of 90 participants.

A small Irvington foam cup manufacturer has been fined $156,600 for 28 safety violations after a worker's fingertips were amputated by a piece of machinery in November and the resulting complaint to the Department of Labor prompted an inspection of the factory.

An Irvington man was shot and killed early this morning at a Newark nightclub. A security guard was also wounded.

Prosecutors say one man was shot to death and a security guard was wounded when gunfire erupted at a social club in northern New Jersey.

Editor's note: The following information was obtained from the Aberdeen Township Police Department.

The boy, 2 1/2 -years old, and a 30-year-old woman were hit just before 9 a.m. on Route 10 near Tiffany Drive, Detective Sgt.

Kearny is looking to beef up the background checks it uses to screen volunteers who donate their time to the town's recreation programs.

A contractor excavating on Park Ave. uncovered a live artillery shell at about noon on May 1 and police called in the Essex County Sheriff's bomb squad to investigate.