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Pleasantville Cocaine Dealer Pleads Guilty To Drug, Weapons Offenses: Prosecutor Pleasantville Cocaine Dealer Pleads Guilty To Drug, Weapons Offenses: Prosecutor
Pleasantville Cocaine Dealer Pleads Guilty To Drug, Weapons Offenses: Prosecutor A 60-year-old drug dealer from South Jersey has admitted to selling cocaine and possessing several weapons, authorities said. Kelvin Nixon, of Pleasantville, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Oct. 3, to first-degree possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, and second-degree certain persons not to possess a weapon, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. On Dec. 18, 2022, a warranted search was made on one of Nixon’s vehicles in Atlantic City. Detectives found about 1.6 pounds of cocaine packaged in individual glass jars, a Smith & Wesson .38 Spec…
Trenton Man Gets Probation For Firearms Offense Over Objections By Atlantic County Prosecutor Trenton Man Gets Probation For Firearms Offense Over Objections By Atlantic County Prosecutor
Trenton Man Gets Probation For Firearms Offense Over Objections By Atlantic County Prosecutor A 34-year-old man from Trenton was sentenced to probation over the objections of Atlantic County prosecutors, authorities said. On Thursday, July 20, Carelton Priester was sentenced by Judge Bernard E. DeLury, Jr., to five years of probation for second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun over the State’s objection, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Priester originally pleaded guilty on April 11, the prosecutor said. The agreed upon sentence recommendation between the parties was three-years in New Jersey State Prison, with a one-year period of parole …
'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun 'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun
'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun A “good catch on a busy holiday” produced the July 4th arrest of a Florida man who tried boarding a flight at Kennedy Airport with a loaded gun, authorities said. TSA officers detected the compact 9mm Smith & Wesson weapon in the man’s carry-on bag as he entered a security checkpoint at JFK, the Transportation Security Administration’s Lisa Farbstein said. The gun was loaded was 10 bullets, she said. Port Authority police seized the gun and arrested the traveler. In addition to criminal charges, he also faces federal penalties that can reach $15,000, authorities said. “We are seeing …
.44 Magnum Recovered From Violent Ex-Con Shot By Passaic Police: Prosecutor .44 Magnum Recovered From Violent Ex-Con Shot By Passaic Police: Prosecutor
.44 Magnum Recovered From Violent Ex-Con Shot By Passaic Police: Prosecutor UPDATE: A violent ex-con who’d fired several shots into the air from a .44 Magnum was brought down by a Passaic police officer last week after he pointed the powerful pistol at the officer's partner, authorities said. Jason Urban, 42, of Passaic was carrying the revolver made famous by Clint Eastwood’s character in the movie “Dirty Harry” when officers responding to a call of shots fired at Lackawanna Place and Passaic Avenue near the city train station found him shortly before 6:30 p.m. May 10, they said. Urban “fired several rounds from the handgun into the air,” Passaic County Prosecuto…
South Jersey Man Admits Weapons Offense, Trespassing: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Admits Weapons Offense, Trespassing: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Admits Weapons Offense, Trespassing: Prosecutor A 20-year-old Galloway Township man has pleaded guilty to possessing a handgun and trespassing, authorities said. Jalen Torres is expected to be sentenced to an aggregate term of five years in New Jersey State Prison, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Torres is scheduled to be sentenced on June 5. On July 21, 2022, law enforcement officers  planned to execute a search warrant on Torres’ townhome. Prior to the search, officers saw Torres and apprehended him. Torres was found to be in possession of a 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun which was …
23,000 Fentanyl Doses, 30 Homemade Guns Seized In NJ Latin Kings Takedown: Feds 23,000 Fentanyl Doses, 30 Homemade Guns Seized In NJ Latin Kings Takedown: Feds
23,000 Fentanyl Doses, 30 Homemade Guns Seized In NJ Latin Kings Takedown: Feds More than 23,000 doses of fentanyl, nearly 30 homemade firearms and a host of parts designed to create fully-automatic machine guns were seized in the takedown of a drug and gun trafficking network run by New Jersey members of the Latin Kings, federal authorities announced. Nine reputed members of the ring were charged with a variety of drug and weapon offenses that include creating and selling private-made firearms (PMFs), more commonly known as “ghost guns," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. PMFs were actually being made on 3D printers at the moment law enforcers raided one of sever…
Police Seize Weapons, Pounds Of Marijuana, Cocaine In Pleassantville Police Seize Weapons, Pounds Of Marijuana, Cocaine In Pleassantville
Police Seize Weapons, Pounds Of Marijuana, Cocaine In Pleassantville A 59-year-old Pleasantville man was arrested with multiple weapons and pounds of cocaine and marijuana, authorities said. After an investigation by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office Gangs, Guns, and Narcotics Unit, Kelvin Nixon was charged with several narcotics and weapons-related offenses, they said. On Sunday, Dec. 18, police executed a search warrant on a 1993 Pontiac Bonneville registered to Nixon. Police located five glass mason jars containing approximately 1.6 lbs. of suspected powder and crack cocaine, one Smith & Wesson .38 caliber handgun with 40 rou…
Crime-Busting Police Pair Seize Guns In Separate NJ Traffic Stops Crime-Busting Police Pair Seize Guns In Separate NJ Traffic Stops
Crime-Busting Police Pair Seize Guns In Separate NJ Traffic Stops A pair of Haledon police officers seized guns in separate traffic stops as part of a year-long law enforcement initiative that authorities say has been a huge success. One of the stops involved an ex-con with a suspended license who wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was drinking tequila when police said they stopped him for failing to signal a turn and found a loaded revolver and hollow-nose bullets in his SUV. Officers Jeffrey Welsh and Officer Kris Duci made that stop this past week and another a week earlier as part of a Quality of Life Division that has been "vital in keeping Haledon a safe…
Suspected Heroin Dealer Armed With Loaded Stolen Revolver Nabbed After Trenton Chase: Police Suspected Heroin Dealer Armed With Loaded Stolen Revolver Nabbed After Trenton Chase: Police
Suspected Heroin Dealer Armed With Loaded Stolen Revolver Nabbed After Trenton Chase: Police A man armed with a stolen revolver loaded with hollow-point ammunition — as well as dozens of heroin decks and hundreds in suspected drug proceeds — was arrested following a foot chase in Trenton, local police said. Officers responding to a report of an armed man wearing a cross-body satchel near Hamilton and Hudson Streets found 37-year-old Henry Hutchinson matching the subject’s description on Monday, June 18, Trenton Police said in a release on Wednesday, June 20. Hutchinson ran from detectives as they were approaching, initiating a brief foot chase, police said. He was eventually found…
Illegal U-Turn Leads To Crystal Meth, Loaded Gun, Arrests Of Ex-Con Couple Illegal U-Turn Leads To Crystal Meth, Loaded Gun, Arrests Of Ex-Con Couple
Illegal U-Turn Leads To Crystal Meth, Loaded Gun, Arrests Of Ex-Con Couple A pair of convicted felons both wanted on warrants had crystal meth in the car and a loaded gun under the seat when a South Hackensack police officer stopped them for an illegal U-turn on Route 46, authorities said. The warrants turned up after Officer Steven Oliver stopped a Chevy Equinox with an expired temporary license plate driven by Dale Edwards, 45, who had an active warrant out of Montana, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. With him was Kelly M. Wilson, 40, who was wanted out of Falls Township, PA, the sergeant said. Edwards, of Montana, and Wilson, of California, currently have…
DWI Driver Found With Stolen Handgun, Hollow-Point Bullets Outside Mercer County Hyatt: Police DWI Driver Found With Stolen Handgun, Hollow-Point Bullets Outside Mercer County Hyatt: Police
DWI Driver Found With Stolen Handgun, Hollow-Point Bullets Outside Mercer County Hyatt: Police A drunk Trenton man was found with a stolen handgun and hollow-point bullets as officers stopped him outside a Mercer County Hyatt hotel, authorities said. Rashwan D. Ford was found sleeping in a GMC Pickup truck as officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle that was parked partially on the sidewalk near the Hyatt Regency Princeton Hotel at Carnegie Center in Princeton just after 1 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, West Windsor Township police said in a release on Thursday, March 17. A follow-up investigation found that Ford had been driving under the influence, authorities said. A s…
Getaway Driver Takes Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree Across NJ, PA Getaway Driver Takes Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree Across NJ, PA
Getaway Driver Takes Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree Across NJ, PA A Trenton resident admitted driving the getaway car for a stickup man who robbed a string of convenience stores at gunpoint in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Omar Feliciano-Estremera, 44, took a deal from the government rather than go to trial after accused robber Gabriel Lopez died. Feliciano-Estremera pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Trenton on Tuesday, March 15, to three counts of robbery and one each of conspiracy and aiding and abetting the possession of a gun that was fired during one of the holdups, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. He and Lopez committed the robberies i…
New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport
New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport TSA officers nabbed a New Orleans woman trying to carry a loaded gun onto a flight at Newark Airport, authorities said. The .40-caliber Smith & Wesson weapon wasn't loaded as it passed through the checkpoint X-Ray machine’s monitor, although an ammo magazine that the woman had was, the Transportation Security Administration's Lisa Farbstein said on Wednesday, March 9 She told them she was running late for her flight and didn't have enough time to pack the firearm in a checked bag, Farbstein said. Officers immediately alerted the Port Authority police, who arrested the woman on weapon…
Police: Armed Ex-Con Ditches Crashed Car On NJ Lawn, Calls Mom For Ride Police: Armed Ex-Con Ditches Crashed Car On NJ Lawn, Calls Mom For Ride
Police: Armed Ex-Con Ditches Crashed Car On NJ Lawn, Calls Mom For Ride A convicted robber from Rockland who was armed with a loaded gun crashed his car on a Bergen County resident's lawn, left it there and was waiting for his mother to pick him up when a local police officer captured him, authorities said. Hakeem Gentles, 26, of Spring Valley was intoxicated when his car struck another in a Montvale driveway over the weekend, according to a police report. Responding Police Officer Russell DiLauri found the heavily damaged vehicle unoccupied on the Magnolia Avenue victim's lawn. The resident pointed him toward to a gas station on North Kinderkamack Road, where…
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 …
Historic Drug Seizure Near Atlantic City Nets Fentanyl, Heroin, Coke, Feds Say Historic Drug Seizure Near Atlantic City Nets Fentanyl, Heroin, Coke, Feds Say
Historic Drug Seizure Near Atlantic City Nets Fentanyl, Heroin, Coke, Feds Say Local and federal authorities seized more than 30 pounds of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine – the area’s largest narcotics haul in history -- while raiding a basement drug mill just outside Atlantic City, authorities said. A federal judge in Camden ordered via videoconference that Ricardo Clavijo, 39, who lives in the Egg Harbor Township home, and Christopher Gonzalez, 37, of Pleasantville, remain held without bail, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Each is charged with conspiring to have and sell more than a kilo of heroin. “By all accounts, this case represents the largest single…
Feds: Newark Ex-Con Caught With Gun In Each Pocket, Shotgun On Car Seat, Drugs Feds: Newark Ex-Con Caught With Gun In Each Pocket, Shotgun On Car Seat, Drugs
Feds: Newark Ex-Con Caught With Gun In Each Pocket, Shotgun On Car Seat, Drugs An Essex County ex-con wanted for a shooting was carrying two guns – one in each coat pocket – when police captured him, said federal authorities who are handling his prosecution. Newark officers responding to a tip that he was driving a stolen car pulled over city resident Brandon Jacobs, 30, on 6th Street in late January, U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. They found a loaded 9mm Glock handgun loaded with 17 rounds of ammunition in his left coat pocket and Smith & Wesson revolver loaded with six rounds in his right coat pocket, she said. That wasn’t all. Jacobs was also carrying …
Hackensack PD: Drug-Dealing Lyft Driver With Stolen Gun Charged With Endangering Daughter, 3 Hackensack PD: Drug-Dealing Lyft Driver With Stolen Gun Charged With Endangering Daughter, 3
Hackensack PD: Drug-Dealing Lyft Driver With Stolen Gun Charged With Endangering Daughter, 3 A Lyft driver from Hackensack with a 3-year-old daughter was arrested with a stolen handgun, three pounds of pot and more than $35,000 in proceeds after police learned that he’d been selling drugs near a local school, authorities said. It began after Narcotics Bureau Detective Sgt. John Dalton stopped Robinson Jeanbaptiste, 36, and found a passenger from New York City in the vehicle carrying five pounds of pot, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Armed with a search warrant, detectives summoned a Bergen County SWAT team and raided Jeanbaptiste’s luxury apartment on Friday, DeWitt said. Th…
Twice-Imprisoned Morris County Ex-Con Nabbed With Gun Again, Paterson Police Say Twice-Imprisoned Morris County Ex-Con Nabbed With Gun Again, Paterson Police Say
Twice-Imprisoned Morris County Ex-Con Nabbed With Gun Again, Paterson Police Say A Morris County ex-con appears headed to state prison for the third time in just four years after Paterson police said they found him carrying a loaded gun, cocaine, pot and Xanax. Daniel Wendt, 29, has been through this before. He spent 3½ years in separate station prison sentences on drug and weapons offenses before being released this past March. Wendt had been charged in 2015 with drug offenses and attempted murder, among other counts, before pleading guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon following a shooting in the parking lot of a Hanover motel. Earlier this mon…