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Newark Teen, Grandmother Busted: Guns, Ammo Seized After Secaucus Car Burglary Arrest Newark Teen, Grandmother Busted: Guns, Ammo Seized After Secaucus Car Burglary Arrest
Newark Teen, Grandmother Busted: Guns, Ammo Seized After Secaucus Car Burglary Arrest Police who nabbed a Newark teen for a car burglary in Secaucus ended up seizing both him and his grandmother after finding three handguns and 400 rounds of ammunition at their home, authorities said. Secaucus police originally charged Malahki E. Issac, 18, with burglary and theft for the vehicle break-in and released him last month. A deeper dive by members of the department’s Anti-Crime Unit led them to even more serious offenses, Police Chief Dennis Miller said. After obtaining an arrest warrant, the detectives scoop up Isaac on Springfield Avenue in Newark on Thursday, April 4. Members…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Weapons Arsenal Sends NJ White Supremacist To Federal Prison For 62 Months Weapons Arsenal Sends NJ White Supremacist To Federal Prison For 62 Months
Weapons Arsenal Sends NJ White Supremacist To Federal Prison For 62 Months A Sussex County man who was once stabbed in a biker bar brawl was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for an assortment of illegal weapons and ammo found by authorities after he crashed his van. Joseph Rubino, 59, of Lafayette Township, will have to serve just about all of the 62-month sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. He remained temporarily held at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia on New Year's Eve pending assignment to a long-term facility. NJ State Police said they spotted some of the arsenal in a white Chevy Express van dr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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East Orange Gang Leader Called ‘Hellboy’ Dealt PCP, Pot: Feds East Orange Gang Leader Called ‘Hellboy’ Dealt PCP, Pot: Feds
East Orange Gang Leader Called ‘Hellboy’ Dealt PCP, Pot: Feds A 26-year-old East Orange resident believed to be the head of a local “set” of the Bloods street gang was charged in federal court last week with distributing marinjuana and phencyclidine, also known as PCP. Tyree Thomas is also accused of weapons offenses and of using a minor to distribute drugs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Thomas, who is also known as “Hellboy,” leads the Sheedside Prius set of the gang and is also a high-ranking member of another East Orange Bloods set known as MOB Pirus, according to federal authorities. The gangs also operate in Orange and Newark. Authorities s…

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by Paul Milo