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Onn Rapeika
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Alpine Man With Fortified Fort Lee Apartment Gets 5 Years, Forfeits Guns
FORT LEE, N.J. -- A former pizzeria owner from Alpine was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to forfeit dozens of guns that authorities found -- along with drugs and compressed gas -- inside a fortified apartment he kept in Fort Lee. Onn Rapeika waged an online campaign protesting his innocence and accusing law enforcement of corruption -- even filing an $8 million lawsuit against Fort Lee police. A federal judge last year dismissed the suit and Rapeika pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of an assault weapon in exchange for prosecutors dropping other charges. He must serve 3½…