Entries Tagged as ‘Essex County Prosecutor's Office’

February 15, 2008

Jury convicts Bloomfield man of eluding police

Essex County Prosecutor Paula T. Dow announced that a jury convicted a Bloomfield man who had been charged with eluding police, stemming from a 2005 police pursuit of his speeding souped-up Honda Civic that ultimately caused the death of a 13-year-old pedestrian.
Patrick Sterling, 26, was convicted of second-degree eluding after the jury deliberated for more than seven [...]

November 16, 2007

Belleville woman sentenced to 4 years in prison

A Belleville woman was sentenced to four years in state prison for driving impaired, leading to a crash that caused the death of an unborn child weeks before her birth, and took away the ability of the victim to ever carry another child, Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow announced.

Nicole Leming, 27, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge [...]

November 1, 2007

Essex prosecutor: Bloomfield teacher sexually abused student, 10

BLOOMFIELD — A 66-year-old music teacher here has been arrested on charges that he sexually abused a 10-year-old girl, a student of his, while she was taking violin lessons at the teacher’s home, Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow announced Monday.
Detectives from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Bloomfield Police Department arrested Rafael Frost, of [...]