ORANGE -- Authorities on Saturday said a 16-year-old boy was charged with murder in the slaying of a livery cab driver, who was found shot to death after his car crashed on a city street.
The teen, whose name was not released because of his age, is also accused of felony murder and weapons offenses in the killing Wednesday night of Jonas Larose, 55, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Orange Police Director Todd Warren announced in a joint statement.
Authorities also charged the teen with a robbery that occurred about 24 hours before the shooting, according to prosecutor's office Chief of Detectives Quovella Spruill.
Police found Larose, of East Orange, unresponsive in his wrecked livery cab around 11 p.m. on the 200 block of Snyder Street, according to the prosecutor's office. Officers were initially called for a vehicle crash and discovered the driver had been shot.
1-year-old boy, 21-year-old man shot to death last month, according to authorities.
The livery cab apparently crashed into a parked car, hit a tree and a fence. One nearby resident said he heard at least two loud pops and a crash late Wednesday.
Members of the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force were credited with making the arrest.
The prosecutor's office also on Saturday announced the separate arrest of a 28-year-old Maplewood man on murder and other charges in the killing of a toddler and the child's uncle in Orange.