A grand jury at the time indicted Baker for altering bank statements between 2015 and 2018, defrauding both of his companies and several commercial lenders.
Members of the companies confronted him with evidence of his alleged theft, but Baker lied and said a lender had mistakenly filed a lien against his business, prosecutors said in the statement last week.
Baker had once owned two properties in Green Township: a 2,800-square foot home and a 14-acre farm where a reporter spotted donkeys and other animals roaming
in late 2019. His name is no longer listed as owner of either site.
He also opened an indoor farmers market, named Arley Farms, in the refurbished Shoppes of Lafayette in November 2018. The market offered beef, pork, chicken and eggs along with fresh vegetables and Christmas trees but closed after several months. The website and Facebook page have been taken down.
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A 46-year-old Wantage man was fatally stabbed in an altercation in the township Thursday evening, the Sussex County Prosecutor s Office said on Friday.
The incident occurred around 7:20 p.m. at a home on Lewisburg Road, according to Trooper Alejandro Goez, a New Jersey State Police spokesman. The single-family home is located just off of
Route 23.
The man was taken by ambulance to Newton Medical Center where he died of his injuries, according to Goez. A 59-year-old man, also of Wantage, was also stabbed during the incident but was treated at the hospital and released.
Goez and First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller declined to release their names, citing the continuing investigation. Mueller said there is no sign of a continuing threat to the public.
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It was supposed to be a simple exchange of vehicles between the two Army soldiers in upstate New York: Hayden Harris Ford Mustang for Jamaal Mellish s Chevrolet Silverado.
But the transaction outside Fort Drum last month quickly went awry, prosecutors said on Wednesday: Mellish, they said, pulled a handgun and gave it to his girlfriend s 16-year-old brother, who was also at the meeting. The 20-year-old Harris was forced into the backseat of Mellish s truck and bound and gagged while the teen aimed a silver and black pistol to his head, authorities said.
After a nearly 4½-hour, 275-mile trek to the south, Harris was allegedly pulled out of the truck in a dark, empty cul-de-sac at the end of Ross Road in Byram Township. Around 1 a.m. on Dec. 19, prosecutors said, Mellish shot his fellow soldier in the head, then left his body partially buried in the snow.
Teen linked to soldier murder will face charges in New Jersey SPC Hayden Harris (Source: wwny) By Scott Atkinson | January 28, 2021 at 12:34 PM EST - Updated January 28 at 3:09 PM
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (WWNY) - A 16 year old male linked by police to the murder of a Fort Drum soldier will be sent to New Jersey to face murder and kidnapping charges.
The 16 year old was to be moved to New Jersey today (Thursday, January 28), but officials said the move was delayed because the teen was exposed to COVID and is in quarantine.
The 16 year old was detained in Jefferson County at first, and since has reportedly been in a juvenile detention center.
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When Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller takes on a new case in criminal court, it s not about winning, says his boss. It s his unwavering dedication to justice, Francis Koch, Sussex County prosecutor said of his second in command on Tuesday. That s what makes his career outstanding.
Instead, it s about seeking the truth and doing what he feels is right, Koch said of Mueller, who has served in law enforcement for over 25 years.
Those qualities are, in part, why Mueller was selected by the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey as the winner of the 2020 Outstanding Advocacy Over the Course of a Career award last month. And why Mueller is the first assistant prosecutor in Sussex County to receive the honor, after being chosen from among 900 assistant prosecutors statewide.