Elvis Feratovic
JERSEY CITY/KEARNY – Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio today at noon, that Bloomfield resident Elvis Feratovic, 24, was arrested and charged with felony murder on Thursday evening, Sept. 3 based on information from a concerned citizen received by Kearny police. That information lead the prosecutor’s homicide unit to the defendant’s car – the getaway car used during the Aug. 18 robbery that resulted in the death by gun shot wounds of Xavier Egoavil, 37, at Rachel Jewelers at 397 Kearny Ave. The car “fits the bill” of the suspected vehicle that was captured on video and presented in the Aug. 26 edition of The Observer in the Wanted Poster issued by the Prosecutor’s Office.
Feratovic was apprehended by police at an auto body shop in Passaic County where the vehicle was having its “appearance altered,” according to DeFazio. The suspect's bail was set at $750,000 with no 10 percent by Superior Court Judge Kevin Callahan. Feratovic has his first appearance in court on Friday, Sept. 4 at the Hudson County Correctional Center in South Kearny via video link.
The investigation by the Kearny Police Department and the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office is continuing. DeFazio said, “It was good work done so far, with more to be done.” The two other players involved in the crime are still at large.
Kearny’s Chief John Dowie always says that his officers never disappoint him, especially while chasing after individuals who committ such heinous crimes as this. I imagine he’s quite happy with them right now, as are the detectives in the prosecutor’s office.
Dowie also has been known to say that he makes it known to “my guys and the bad guys that if anyone comes from out of town to do a crime in Kearny, we’ll come out of town after you.” With both agencies hard work, the other two suspects could be in handcuffs by the time the next edition of The Observer comes out.
