Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announced today that Davon Branch, 24, of Newark has been arrested and charged with the murder of 53-year-old Michael Dantzler also of Newark.
According to authorities, Dantzler was shot and killed on Aug. 19, 2015 outside his home at approximately 7:45 p.m.
Today detectives from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes officers from the Newark Police Department, arrested Branch without incident in the 200 block of South Orange Avenue in Newark authorities said.
Branch has been charged with murder and weapons offenses. The Honorable Richard T. Sules, Judge of the Superior Court, set bail at $750,000
Branch is currently being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark.
These are accusations. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they enter a guilty plea or are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.