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NJ Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun After Girlfriend Maces Him, Police Say
An Elmwood Park woman Maced her ex-con boyfriend, dialed 911, then refused to cooperate after responding officers found him carrying a gun, authorities said.
The Elmwood Terrace Apartments tenant summoned police shortly after 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, Police Chief Michael Foligno said.
Responding officers stopped convicted felon Demetrius Balmer Jr., 24, as he left her apartment, Foligno said.
"You're not searching me," Balmer told them.
Then he ran, the chief said.
Backup officers quickly caught Balmer, who was carrying a Walther Arms PK380 pistol in a fanny pack, Foligno said.
His …
PD: Drug Sends NJ High Schoolers, 17, 14, To Hospital, Prompts K9 Search
Two Elmwood Park High Schools students -- one 17 and the other 14 -- suffered what authorities believe were drug overdoses Friday, sending both to the hospital and bringing K9 units in for a search.
Both the older boy and younger girl "had the exact same reactions in different parts of the school," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "They passed out, vomited, were pale, not responsive but breathing and eventually came around and were hospitalized."
The teens were OK after being taken to the hospital, the chief said.
Meanwhile, students were sheltered in place so Bergen County Sheriff'…
Wild Ride: Beaten, Bitten Uber Driver Pepper Sprays NJ Carjack Couple
An Uber driver was beaten and bitten by a paroled armed robber he’d picked at a Route 46 motel but managed to pepper-spray the ex-con and his companion before they could carjack him, Elmwood Park police said.
Dahmier Garvey, 23, and Johanna Bell, 19, got into his vehicle near the Red Carpet Motel on the eastbound highway early Sunday night, the 36-year-old victim from Wyckoff told responding officers.
He told them that there was no smoking in the vehicle, he said, and that Uber company police required that both wear COVID masks, Police Chief Michael Foligno said.
Bell, of Hawthorne wore …
