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GOTCHA! NJ Duo Charged With Beating Gas Station Attendants In Armed Tri-County Robbery Spree GOTCHA! NJ Duo Charged With Beating Gas Station Attendants In Armed Tri-County Robbery Spree
Gotcha! NJ Duo Charged With Beating Gas Station Attendants In Armed Tri-County Robbery Spree Two men wanted for beating attendants during a two-day spree of quick-stop armed gas station robberies in three New Jersey counties were captured by federal agents, authorities said. Ex-con Ahmad Singletary, 24, and Joseph Young, 26, both of Newark, committed three of the robberies last Sept. 5, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Four more holdups -- also in a single day -- followed exactly a week later, the U.S. attorney said. Singletary "threatened, assaulted, and struck victims in the head" with a Ruger 9 mm P95 handgun, injuring all of them, a complaint filed by the ATF says. Th…
Paterson Jewelry Store Robbery Part Of Multi-State Crime Spree Involving DC Rapper: Feds Paterson Jewelry Store Robbery Part Of Multi-State Crime Spree Involving DC Rapper: Feds
Paterson Jewelry Store Robbery Part Of Multi-State Crime Spree Involving DC Rapper: Feds Three masked men who robbed a Paterson jewelry store of more than $1 million worth of merchandise at gunpoint last year were part of a violent East Coast crime ring that included a Washington, DC-based rapper, federal authorities said Wednesday. Trevor Wright – aka “Taliban Glizzy” – was among 16 defendants named in an indictment unsealed by federal authorities in the nation’s capital on Aug. 30. Mohammad Sheik had only just opened the Paradise Jewelry Store at the corner of Main Street and Delaware Avenue in Paterson several weeks earlier when the place was robbed last fall. It was one o…
Pleasantville Ex-Con Sentenced For Having Illegal Firearms Pleasantville Ex-Con Sentenced For Having Illegal Firearms
Pleasantville Ex-Con Sentenced For Having Illegal Firearms A 31-year-old ex-convict from Pleasantville has been sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for possessing a firearms, authorities said. Rasul Palmer will have to serve the whole sentence without parole eligibility, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Palmer had pleaded guilty to certain person not to possess firearms, the prosecutor said. On May 24, 2022, Pleasantville police were requested to assist with the service of a temporary restraining order on Palmer, the prosecutor said. The subject of the restraining order described the weapon at th…
South Jersey Convict Admits Firearms Offense: Prosecutor South Jersey Convict Admits Firearms Offense: Prosecutor
South Jersey Convict Admits Firearms Offense: Prosecutor A convicted felon admitted possessing a handgun, authorities said. Rasul Palmer, 31, of Pleasantville, pleaded guilty to second-degree certain persons not to possess firearms, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.  The plea on Tuesday, June 6 came in exchange for a five-year term in New Jersey State Prison, with a five-year period of parole ineligibility, the Prosecutor's Office said. On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, Pleasantville police were requested to assist with the service of a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) on Palmer.  The subject of the …
Paterson Ex-Con Admits Having Drugs, Gun When Detectives Busted In Paterson Ex-Con Admits Having Drugs, Gun When Detectives Busted In
Paterson Ex-Con Admits Having Drugs, Gun When Detectives Busted In UPDATE: A convicted pedophile from Paterson whose parole officers found large amounts of cash on top of his bed admitted on Thursday that he kept a loaded gun beneath it, authorities said. Jessie Mayfield, 59, told a judge he also had fentanyl for sale along with ilegal .22-caliber Ruger -- which, as a convicted felon, he was prohibited from owning, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said on Nov. 17. Records show that Mayfield served three years and eight months in state prison for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy and fondling two other girls, ages 5 and 6, in 2014. …
Loaded Handgun, Oxycodone, 2 Pounds Of Pot Found During Trenton Stop, Police Say Loaded Handgun, Oxycodone, 2 Pounds Of Pot Found During Trenton Stop, Police Say
Loaded Handgun, Oxycodone, 2 Pounds Of Pot Found During Trenton Stop, Police Say A man was arrested after being found with a loaded handgun, Oxycodone, and two pounds of marijuana in Trenton, authorities said. Randall, pictured above, was in the driver’s seat of a car parked near Hoffman Avenue as another man leaned into the window on Wednesday, August 10, police said. The two men became “startled” as they noticed a patrolling officer, prompting an investigation, police said. The officer allegedly saw Randall putting something near his feet as he approached. A follow-up search of the car showed that the item Randall was trying to hide was a sandwich bag with 15 Oxycod…
Thousands In Cocaine Thrown Off 8th Floor Of Apartment In NJ Bust Involving PA Shooting Suspect Thousands In Cocaine Thrown Off 8th Floor Of Apartment In NJ Bust Involving PA Shooting Suspect
Thousands In Cocaine Thrown Off 8th Floor Of Apartment In NJ Bust Involving PA Shooting Suspect Thousands of dollars' worth of cocaine and guns were thrown from the eighth floor of a New Jersey apartment before it was recovered from the streets below during a drug investigation, leading to a slew of charges for two of the residents involved, including a PA shooting suspect using an alias, authorities said. A month-long investigation into the distribution of cocaine led detectives to the 600 block of West State Street in Trenton, where surveillance officers saw Jose Borges-Navarro open an eighth-floor window and throw two duffle bags out around 7:15 p.m. on Monday, June 13, Mercer Coun…
Feds: NJ Ex-Con Caught With 33 Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Silencer, Ammo Takes Plea Feds: NJ Ex-Con Caught With 33 Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Silencer, Ammo Takes Plea
Feds: NJ Ex-Con Caught With 33 Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Silencer, Ammo Takes Plea UPDATE: A South Jersey ex-con found with dozens of guns, high-capacity magazines and ammo admitted having others buy guns for him, federal authorities said. Darick Nollett, 32, who lives in Cumberland County near the Delaware Bay, caught the attention of law enforcement when he bought a “fuel filter” – a device commonly used to silence firearms -- from China, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. As a convicted felon, Nollett was prohibited from having weaponry, Honig said. So he got straw purchasers to buy guns for him, she said. A court-approved search of his Heislerville home in …
Drunken Ex-Con Fights Police Over Gun On Route 17 After Hit-Run Victim Follows Him From NYC Drunken Ex-Con Fights Police Over Gun On Route 17 After Hit-Run Victim Follows Him From NYC
Drunken Ex-Con Fights Police Over Gun On Route 17 After Hit-Run Victim Follows Him From NYC Hasbrouck Heights police had to fight a combative ex-con to get a gun away from him after he was followed to a Route 17 gas station by the victim of a hit-and-run crash in Washington Heights, authorities said. A drunken Jamel McCaskill, 44, also had $20,000 in banded cash in his totaled car, police said after Friday night's arrest. McCaskill was known to authorities, having been shot by a rival gang member in Harlem six years ago. The case made international headlines after the sentencing judge told the shooter: "Black lives don’t matter to black people.” A caller told Hasbrouck Heig…
Convicted Murderer From Trenton Who Sold Gun, Extended Mag Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen Convicted Murderer From Trenton Who Sold Gun, Extended Mag Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen
Convicted Murderer From Trenton Who Sold Gun, Extended Mag Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen A convicted murderer from Trenton is headed to federal prison for four years for selling an illegal semi-automatic rifle and an extended magazine to a buyer who turned out to be a State Police cooperator. Edwin Gaines, 59, must serve all of the plea-bargained term approved Wednesday by a U.S. District Court judge in Trenton because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan also sentenced Gaines to three years of supervised release under the terms of the deal. The former Jersey City ex-con was among dozens of gun- and drug-running gang members nab…