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Police: Out-Of-State Travelers Busted In North Jersey With Loaded Guns, Mags, Hollow Points
Two Georgia men who said they'd driven up to visit family ended up arrested instead after Fairview police said they found a pair of loaded handguns in their car.
Officer Sebastian Castano stopped the 2014 Ford Mustang near the corner of 91st Street and Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen.
Castano, backed up by Officer Tommy Makdis, questioned the pair after a Glock 19 was spotted in plain view as the driver, Desmond A. Fitzpatrick, 25, retrieved his paperwork from the glove compartment, Capt. Michael Martic said.
Fitzpatrick and passenger Darius T. Hill, also 25, were both removed from the veh…
Philadelphia Carjacking Suspect Nabbed After Police Chase Through South Jersey
A 59-year-old carjacking suspect led police on a chase through several towns n Atlantic County before his arrest, authorities said.
At 1:54 p.m., on Saturday, Atlantic City Police Officer Heriberto Barrios-Gomez was on foot patrol near the beach block of Arkansas Avenue when he heard a woman screaming, police said.
Barrios-Gomez saw the woman, 46, of Deptford, NJ, pulling at the driver’s side door of a vehicle and he ran to her to help.
As Barrios-Gomez got closer, the vehicle sped off towards Pacific Avenue and turned, police said.
The woman and a witness told the offic…
Taxi Rolls, Crashes On Route 3 During Robbery Attempt
A moving taxi overturned and crashed on Route 3 in Clifton when a passenger from the Jersey Shore stabbed and slashed the driver during a robbery attempt, authorities said.
The cabbie was taking Jordan White, 20, to Montclair after picking him up in Manhattan when White convinced him to open the divider between them on westbound Route 3 around 4 a.m. Monday, Lt. Robert Bracken said.
White, of Galloway in Atlantic County, pulled a box cutter and demanded the driver's cellphone and cash, Bracken said.
When the driver refused, White stabbed and slashed him on the shoulder, back and chest, the…
