Fair Lawn Woman Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor

FAIR LAWN, NJ — A borough woman was charged with attempted murder and making a false police report after she shot someone in the face and then lied about it, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office announced.

Sharese Peeples, 32, was arrested on those charges and weapons offenses Thursday, said acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo.

The Fair Lawn Police Department received a 911 call Oct. 26 of a man being shot at a Maple Avenue apartment complex, Calo said.

An investigation revealed that Peeples, Steven Mitchell, and Isiah Lee reported that two people entered Peeples' and Mitchell's Maple Avenue apartment and one of them shot the victim in the face with a firearm, Calo said.

Authorities later discovered that Peeples shot the person and that she, Mitchell, and Lee lied to authorities, implicating other people in the shooting, Calo said.

Mitchell, 31, of Fair Lawn, was arrested Wednesday. He was charged with providing false information to law enforcement. He was released with conditions following an appearance in county Central Judicial Processing Court Thursday, Calo said.

Another person charged with making a false police report, Isiah Lee, 35, of East Orange, is a fugitive. Authorities issued a warrant for this arrest Thursday.

Email: daniel.hubbard@patch.com

Photos: Sharese Peeples, 32, Steven Mitchell, 31, both of Fair Lawn, and Isiah Lee, 35, of East Orange (Bergen County Prosecutor's Office)