Angela Bledsoe

The jurors deliberated for only about three hours before convicting James R. Ray III of first-degree murder.

James R. Ray III fled to Cuba after shooting Angela Bledsoe four times in 2018.

A status hearing for James Ray III, the Montclair man accused of killing his girlfriend in 2018, did not go forward on Wednesday, Jan. 29 after Ray’s defense attorneys did not appear in court.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Angela Bledsoe spent her life helping others, her family says. And her family wants to ensure that the Montclair woman will continue to help other people. A scholarship is being established in memory of Bledsoe, who was shot and killed, allegedly by her boyfriend James Ray III, at their Montclair home in October...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The attorney for Montclair resident James Ray III, on trial for the murder of his live-in girlfriend last October, wants to bring in additional forensic experts to testify. A status hearing for Ray took place Monday, June 3, in Essex County Superior Court before Judge Ronald Wigler...

Two organizations in Montclair are taking the idea of relevancy to heart Luna Stage and a group benefitting S.O.F.I.A. present shows that address violence.

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A Montclair man accused of killing his girlfriend in October is claiming self-defense. James Ray III, 55, appeared in Essex County Superior Court on Monday, Nov. 26, before Judge Ronald Wigler...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The detention hearing for James Ray III has been postponed again, due to a change in his defense attorney and a need to extend the discovery period. Ray's new attorney, Thomas Ashley, also said a plea of not guilty would be entered on his client's behalf...

By Erin Roll and Jaimie Julia Winters roll@montclairlocal.news, winters@montclairlocal.news James Ray III is expected in Superior Court on charges of killing his girlfriend and mother of his child, Angela Bledsoe, on Friday, Nov. 16...

A detention hearing for Montclair lawyer James has been moved to Friday, Nov. 16. Ray is charged with the shooting and killing of his live-in girlfriend Angela Bledsoe. Ray was to have appeared before Superior Court Judge Nancy Sivilli on Tuesday, Nov. 13....