October 15 Morning News
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY HAS REPORTED THAT A WOMAN IS FACING HOMICIDE CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HER HUSBAND AND 3 YEAR OLD SON WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE A GUEST ROOM AT GREAT WOLF LODGE IN THE POCONO MOUNTAINS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE POPULAR FAMILY RESORT IN PENNSYLVANIA. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 27 YEAR OLD METALLICA HARRISON CALLED 911 AND REPORTED THAT HER HUSBAND AND SON WERE ALREADY GONE. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED TO THE SCENE, INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY NOTICED INJURIES TO HARRISON’S WRIST AND NECK. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, OFFICERS FOUND BOTH THE CHILD AND THE MAN DECEASED INSIDE THE ROOM. POLICE SAY BOTH VICTIMS APPEARED TO HAVE SUFFERED STAB WOUNDS. HARRISON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS RELEASED BY INVESTIGATORS ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE LED TO THE DEATHS.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ICE, FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS, BROUGHT DETAINED IMMIGRANTS TO A WAREHOUSE ALONG ROUTE 46 IN ROXBURY PRIOR TO DEPORTATION, A MOVE THAT APPEARS TO DEFY AN ACTIVE COURT ORDER. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM ANALILIA MEJIA, FEDERAL AUTHORITIES UTILIZED THE ROXBURY FACILITY IN SEPTEMBER TO PROCESS 14 INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWING ARREST. THE USE OF THE PROPERTY WAS DISCOVERED AFTER FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE DETAINED REPORTED THAT THEIR LOVED ONES WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE ROXBURY LOCATION BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED TO DELANEY HALL. THE USE OF THE WAREHOUSE DIRECTLY CONFLICTS WITH A STANDING COURT ORDER STIPULATING THAT THE PROPERTY MUST NOT BE USED UNTIL A COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS FINALIZED.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED PLANS FOR A NEW NEWARK UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED, A $173 MILLION FACILITY IN THE CITY'S SOUTH WARD. THE NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS FUNDING THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A 198,000-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING SERVING MORE THAN 1,000 STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL WILL BE BUILT ON A LOT AT THE CORNER OF DEWEY STREET AND HAWTHORNE AVENUE. STUDENTS FROM THE CURRENT NEWARK UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW BUILDING ONCE IT IS FINISHED. THE WORK UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW DOES NOT INCLUDE DEMOLISHING THE OLD BUILDING. CONSTRUCTION COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS NEXT FALL. NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT ROGER LEÓN SAYS IT’S THE WORK OF YEARS OF EFFORT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT, THE STATE, THE CITY, COUNTY OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. THE SCHOOL IS SET TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 2029.
THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF NEW JERSEY REPORTED AN ESSEX COUNTY MAN WAS SENTENCED WEDNESDAY FOR USING AN ASSAULT RIFLE DURING AN ARMED CARJACKING, AS WELL AS POSSESSING TWO FIREARMS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE. QUADIR WHITEHEAD, 32, OF NEWARK, PREVIOUSLY PLEADED GUILTY TO SIX COUNTS BEFORE THE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE MADELINE COX ARLEO IN NEWARK FEDERAL COURT. THE CHARGES INCLUDE CARJACKING, USING A FIREARM DURING AND IN RELATION TO A CRIME OF VIOLENCE, CONSPIRACY, POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION BY A CONVICTED FELON, AND POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. JUDGE ARLEO IMPOSED THE SENTENCE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14TH IN NEWARK FEDERAL COURT. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS AND STATEMENTS, WHITEHEAD AND TWO ACCOMPLICES COMMITTED A GUNPOINT CARJACKING IN IRVINGTON, ON AUGUST 6, 2020. WHITEHEAD ORDERED ONE OF THE TWO VICTIMS TO GET OUT OF THE CAR WHILE POINTING AN ASSAULT RIFLE AT THAT VICTIM, IN WHICH WHITEHEAD GOT INTO THE CAR AND DROVE AWAY. ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2020, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SAW WHITEHEAD ENGAGING IN NARCOTICS ACTIVITY IN NEWARK AND ARRESTED HIM. AFTER THE ARREST, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RECOVERED A DISTRIBUTION QUANTITY OF NARCOTICS, AS WELL AS ONE ASSAULT RIFLE AND ONE REVOLVER, WHICH WHITEHEAD ADMITTED WERE THE SAME FIREARMS THAT WERE USED IN THE CARJACKING. ALONG WITH THE PRISON TERM, JUDGE ARLEO SENTENCED WHITEHEAD TO FIVE YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE. U.S. ATTORNEY FRAZER CREDITED THE FBI, THE NEWARK POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE IRVINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE INVESTIGATION LEADING TO THE CHARGES AND GUILTY PLEA. THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE NEWARK VIOLENT CRIME INITIATIVE.