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Crime-Busting Haledon Police Pair Seize Loaded Guns In Separate Traffic Stops Crime-Busting Haledon Police Pair Seize Loaded Guns In Separate Traffic Stops
Crime-Busting Haledon Police Pair Seize Loaded Guns In Separate 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…

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Residents Help Haledon Police Capture Car Burglar Residents Help Haledon Police Capture Car Burglar
Residents Help Haledon Police Capture Car Burglar Haledon police captured a former Paterson tattoo artist after home surveillance video caught images of him breaking into a car, authorities said. Officers Edar Merza and Jeffrey Welsh, responding to the 4:40 a.m. call, spoke with neighbors and reviewed video of the burglar “entering and rummaging through an unlocked vehicle” parked in a driveway near the corner of Haledon Court and Oxford Street, Lt. George Guzman said. They canvassed the area and found Gregory Gizinski, 34, near West Broadway, then took him into custody, Guzman said. Gizinski, who already had a criminal record, was charg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Haledon PD: 5,000 Heroin Folds In Taxi Stop Lead To Stolen Gun Seizures Haledon PD: 5,000 Heroin Folds In Taxi Stop Lead To Stolen Gun Seizures
Haledon PD: 5,000 Heroin Folds In Taxi Stop Lead To Stolen Gun Seizures HALEDON, N.J. -- A Woodland Park passenger in a cab stopped for an improper turn was carrying 5,000 envelopes of heroin for sale -- leading to the discovery of two stolen handguns, one of them loaded, said Haledon police who arrested him Wednesday night. Officer Jeffrey Welsh stopped the Lincoln Town and Country Taxicab​ on Oxford Street just before midnight for "for failing to properly signal a turn and having inoperable rear license plate light bulbs," Lt. George Guzman said. Welsh noticed that the rear-seat passenger -- Adrian Rodriguez, 23 -- wasn't wearing a seat belt, so he …

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by Jerry DeMarco