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DWI Bergen County Driver Busted With Handgun: Fairfield PD DWI Bergen County Driver Busted With Handgun: Fairfield PD
DWI Bergen County Driver Busted With Handgun: Fairfield PD A 43-year-old Elmwood Park man who was arrested for driving while intoxicated in Fairfield over the weekend was found to be in possession of a handgun without a permit, authorities said. At 12:35 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 24, police responded to a two-car crash on Passaic Avenue in front of Franklin Steakhouse, officers said. One of the vehicles, a black Audi, was driven by Jose Roa, who had bloodshot and watery eyes, slurred speech and the inability to stand without supporting himself, police said. Roa refused to cooperate with officer's instructions during field sobriety tests and was placed u…
GOTCHA! Jersey City Driver Who Fled Palisades Parkway Stop Caught With Ghost Gun, Ammo: PIP PD GOTCHA! Jersey City Driver Who Fled Palisades Parkway Stop Caught With Ghost Gun, Ammo: PIP PD
Gotcha! Jersey City Driver Who Fled Palisades Parkway Stop Caught With Ghost Gun, Ammo: PIP PD A speeding Jersey City driver eluded Palisades Interstate Parkway police before an officer caught him with a ghost gun, a high-capacity magazine and hollow-point bullets when he tried to do it again, authorities said. PIP Police Officer Gabriel Roldan pulled back rather than pursue a black Hyundai Palisade whose driver recklessly swerved in and out of traffic to elude him just after noon on Monday, Jan. 23, Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. Roldan tossed the information to PIP detectives, who traced a fictitious plate on the SUV to an Ocean Avenue address in Jersey City, the lieutenant said. Fur…
Hollow-Point Bullets, Handgun Seized From Six In Linden Traffic Stop: Police Hollow-Point Bullets, Handgun Seized From Six In Linden Traffic Stop: Police
Hollow-Point Bullets, Handgun Seized From Six In Linden Traffic Stop: Police A traffic stop led charges for six, as well as the seizure of multiple handguns and hollow-point bullets in Linden, authorities said. Officers stopped a vehicle on the 1000 block of Summit Terrace and saw a handgun “laying on the floorboard” around 11:10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, a release said. A second handgun was also found. Meanwhile, one of the teen occupants ran from the scene through a nearby park and several backyards before he was arrested on Academy Terrace with help from the Union County Sheriff’s K-9 unit, police said. The five other occupants were arrested at the scene. M…
Convicted NJ Sex Offender In Body Armor Busted With Loaded Rifle, Guns, Ammo: Police Convicted NJ Sex Offender In Body Armor Busted With Loaded Rifle, Guns, Ammo: Police
Convicted NJ Sex Offender In Body Armor Busted With Loaded Rifle, Guns, Ammo: Police A convicted sex offender who was wearing body armor when he crashed his car was found with several loaded weapons, high capacity magazines, hollow point bullets and more Sunday in Ocean County, authorities said. A Mantaloking officer responded to the single-vehicle crash near the 1200 block where he found Jeremy W. Barringer, 46, of Toms River around 3 a.m., local police said. The officer found a loaded AR-15 rifle, three high capacity magazines with hollow point bullets and a loaded 9mm handgun, along with more magazines containing hollow point bullet rounds, Mantaloking police said. Barr…
Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Busted On Gun Charges After Bergen Nightclub Shooting Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Busted On Gun Charges After Bergen Nightclub Shooting
Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Busted On Gun Charges After Bergen Nightclub Shooting Popular rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie, his manager and a bodyguard were busted after Bergen County prosecutor's detectives investigating a shooting outside a Teaneck nightclub reported finding four guns at the artist's Demarest home. The Bronx-born rapper, whose given name is Julius Dubose, wasn't involved in the shooting that sent an 18-year-old member of his entourage to the hospital as he was celebrating his 25th birthday at RAIN in Teaneck around midnight Monday, authorities said. Detectives were investigating the shooting when they went to Dubose's Pine Terrace home with NYPD investig…
Secaucus PD: Guttenberg Gunman Nabbed In Hotel Dispute Secaucus PD: Guttenberg Gunman Nabbed In Hotel Dispute
Secaucus PD: Guttenberg Gunman Nabbed In Hotel Dispute Police called to a report of a fight at a Secaucus hotel found a handgun, hollow-point bullets and cocaine in a Guttenberg man's room, authorities said. Pedro Sarkis-Farah Laporte, 23, brandished the semi-automatic weapon in a dispute with a 25-year-old Union City woman around 4:30 p.m. Monday, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Police found the gun, along with a high-capacity magazine loaded with hollow-point bullets and an undisclosed amount of cocaine, Miller said. Laporte, who also had active warrants out of Bergen County, was charged with several weapons offenses, the cheif sai…
Ex-Con Chased Down After Haledon Traffic Stop Packed Loaded Handgun, Police Report Ex-Con Chased Down After Haledon Traffic Stop Packed Loaded Handgun, Police Report
Ex-Con Chased Down After Haledon Traffic Stop Packed Loaded Handgun, Police Report An ex-con who ran from a Haledon traffic stop was carrying a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets, said police who chased him down. Officer Jeffrey Welsh stopped the 2007 Nissan Altima on Haledon Avenue around 11:45 p.m. Sunday after the driver failed to properly signal a turn, Lt. George Guzman said. The vehicle also didn’t have a valid inspection sticker, he said. Welsh smelled raw marijuana as he approached the vehicle, then asked the driver for her paperwork, Guzman said. Special Police Officers Michael Moore and Kris Duci joined Welsh, and the driver and three passengers were ordered…
Ridgefield Park PD: Car-Hauling Mississippi Driver Had Loaded Gun, Magazine, Hollow-Point Ammo Ridgefield Park PD: Car-Hauling Mississippi Driver Had Loaded Gun, Magazine, Hollow-Point Ammo
Ridgefield Park PD: Car-Hauling Mississippi Driver Had Loaded Gun, Magazine, Hollow-Point Ammo A Ridgefield Park police sergeant found a car-hauling Mississippi driver carrying a loaded handgun and a high-capacity magazine packed with hollow-point bullets during a Route 46 traffic stop, authorities said. Sgt. William Morton pulled over Jory Robinson White, 25, of Jackson, MS on the eastbound highway around 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Lt. Joseph Rella said. White was driving a pickup truck pulling a vehicle-loaded trailer that didn’t have a visible license plate, Rella said. Interviews with White and other occupants produced stories that didn’t match up and “weren’t consistent with that of a…
When Quality-Of-Life Policing Works: Paterson PD Seizes Loaded Gun, Makes Arrest When Quality-Of-Life Policing Works: Paterson PD Seizes Loaded Gun, Makes Arrest
When Quality-Of-Life Policing Works: Paterson PD Seizes Loaded Gun, Makes Arrest Paterson police working a quality-of-life detail seized a man carrying a handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets before dawn Monday, authorities said. Responding to a 12:40 a.m. call on Auburn Street near Godwin Avenue, Detective Sgt. Richard LaTrecchia and Detective Gilot Castor saw 22-year-old Max Rodriguez holding a bag with a weapon inside, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The gun turned out to be a silver .38-caliber revolver, he said. Rodriguez was charged with weapons possession and sent to the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing. “This was second firearm arrest ma…
Man Who Brought Gun To Westfield School Was Involved With Teacher: Report Man Who Brought Gun To Westfield School Was Involved With Teacher: Report
Man Who Brought Gun To Westfield School Was Involved With Teacher: Report A 46-year-old Delaware man who authorities said brought a gun loaded with hollow point bullets to a grade school in Westfield last week had been romantically involved with a teacher at the school, News 12 New Jersey reported. Thomas Wilkie, 46, of Bear, was arrested Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of Tamaques Elementary School after Westfield police were notified by police in Delaware that Wilkie may be heading therel. Authorities said that Wilkie was found sitting in an SUV in the parking lot with the gun and with additional clips of ammunition. Another 130 rounds of ammunition were…
Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor
Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor The man arrested while in possession of a gun and ammunition at a Westfield grade school is a 46-year-old Delaware resident, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday. Thomas J. Wilkie, of Bear, was arrested by Westfield police shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Tamaques Elementary School. Westfield police received a tip from police in New Castle County in Delaware that Wilkie might be armed and headed to the school, authorities said. Students were in the building taking part in an after-school program when police apprehended Wilkie, who was found sitting in the fr…
SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun
SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun An intoxicated, suicidal Upper Saddle River man pointed a gun out the window at SWAT team members before surrendering after a 3½-hour standoff overnight Sunday, authorities said. Family members fled as Christopher Koski, 24, fired a shotgun blast in the house and threw two rifles out the window, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. A member of the Bergen County Regional Crisis Negotiation Team eventually talked him out, but not before Koski “pointed a loaded handgun out a second-floor window” at the tactical unit, Kane said. Authorities seized several firearms from the home, the lieutenant said…
Investigators Nab Accused Gunman In Passaic Shooting Investigators Nab Accused Gunman In Passaic Shooting
Investigators Nab Accused Gunman In Passaic Shooting Detectives nabbed a 29-year-old Passaic man who they said shot another man in the city before dawn Sunday. Robert Williams remained held Monday in the Passaic County Jail, pending a detention hearing Thursday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson, records show. He’s charged with aggravated assault and a variety of weapons offenses, including having hollow-point bullets. Authorities said Williams shot a 23-year-old Plainfield man in the area of 180 Columbia Avenue just before 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson for treatment…