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Assault Weapons Seized, Car Salesman From Ramsey Arrested: Police Assault Weapons Seized, Car Salesman From Ramsey Arrested: Police
Assault Weapons Seized, Car Salesman From Ramsey Arrested: Police A car salesman from Ramsey remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday after local police said they seized assault weapons from his home earlier in the week. Christopher Werling, 49, was taken into custody after officers responded to a call at his Airmount Avenue home shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Monday, April 10, Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said. He didn't say what prompted the call. Police charged Werling with five counts of unlawful possession of assault weapons and sent him to the county lockup to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court, the chief said.

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His Kids Feared Ex-Russian Military Dad ‘Booby-Trapped’ His Bergen County Home, Police Say His Kids Feared Ex-Russian Military Dad ‘Booby-Trapped’ His Bergen County Home, Police Say
His Kids Feared Ex-Russian Military Dad ‘Booby-Trapped’ His Bergen County Home, Police Say Two children of a former Russian military member feared their suicidal father had booby-trapped their Bergen County home after losing $400,000 in the stock market, investigators said. Anatoly Zaytsev, 67, remained held in the county jail in Hackensack on Wednesday, March 23, more than two weeks after members of the county Bomb Squad and other responders converged on his Oakland home and seized rifles, high-capacity magazines and silencers. The incident reportedly began when Zaytsev’s son told borough police that his father surrendered five guns to him.  The son also told them the Ukra…

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Bergen Prosecutor: PA Tech Trafficked Assault Rifles, High-Capacity Mags Bergen Prosecutor: PA Tech Trafficked Assault Rifles, High-Capacity Mags
Bergen Prosecutor: PA Tech Trafficked Assault Rifles, High-Capacity Mags An undercover detective with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office bought several rifles – including assault weapons – along with more than a half-dozen high-capacity magazines and over 100 rounds of ammo from a Pennsylvania man, said authorities who arrested him. Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Andrew Okie, a 23-year-old electronics technician from Tobyhanna, PA met with the investigator several times and sold: one Century Arms AK47 rifle; two Ruger AR15 rifles; one American Tactical AR15 rifle; seven high-capacity firearm magazines; more than 100 rounds of ammunition (7.62 x 39MM and 5.56 x …

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by Jerry DeMarco