Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announced today that Jeremy Arrington, 26, of Newark, has been charged in a triple homicide in which a young college student, who was visiting family, and two children were fatally stabbed.
Arrington, who is in custody, has been charged with three counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, criminal restraint, unlawful possession of a handgun, unlawful possession of a knife, and possession of a handgun and a knife for an unlawful purpose.
Is it alleged that on Saturday afternoon Arrington- who is known to the family - went to a home on the 100 block of Hedden Terrace in Newark and fatally stabbed three individuals. There were a total of nine people total in the home at the time, which included four adults and five children.
After the attack, Arrington fled the scene, according to police.
Shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday, Arrington was discovered barricaded in a residence on the 200 block of Pomona Avenue. Just after 9 p.m., Arrington was arrested without incident.
Arrington is currently being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark on a $5 Million bail set by the Honorable Russell Passamano, Judge of the Superior Court.
The three deceased individuals have been identified as:
1. Aerial Little Whitehurst, female, age 8, of Newark;
2. Al-Jahon Whitehurst, male, age 11, of Newark;
3. Syasia McBurroughs, female, age 23, of Cedar Knolls, NJ
The two children were pronounced dead at University Hospital at 4:40 p.m.. and Syasia McBurroughs was pronounced dead at the scene.
Three other victims, a 29-year-old female, a 13-year-old male and a 13-year-old female, remain hospitalized in critical, but stable condition, according to Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas S. Fennelly of the Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit.
The investigation and ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Prosecutor’s Tips Line at (877) 847-7432.