Newark man indicted on murder and intimidation of transgender woman

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Newark man indicted on murder and intimidation of transgender woman

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/newark_man_indicted_on_murder.html
6/20/11
By Alexi Friedman

NEWARK — A Newark man has been indicted on murder and bias intimidation charges in the killing of a transgender woman he met at a nightclub, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced yesterday.

Alrashim Chambers, 24, is accused of shooting Victoria Carmen White multiple times in a home in Maplewood on Sept. 12, 2010, authorities said.

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Second Defendant in Transgender Homicide Indicted

By Patch Staff | Email the author | June 20, 2011

http://maplewood.patch.com/articles/defendant-in-transgender-homicide-indicted

Alrashim Chambers, 24, of Newark was charged today with the September 12, 2010 murder of Victoria Carmen White, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray.

In addition to murder, Chambers was indicted on one count of bias intimidation and two weapons offenses arising from his unlawful use of a handgun. Investigators believe that White's gender identification was a factor in her murder. White was a post-operative transgender female having undergone sex reassignment surgery.