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Police originally stopped driver Erin Driscoll, 24, of Massachusetts and her passenger, 37-year-old ex-con Carlos Jessamy of the Bronx, the night of Oct. 16 for traffic violations on northbound Route 17, Police Chief Patrick Rotella said at the time.
Driscoll refused to allow a search, so the vehicle was impounded, Rotella said.
Jessamy was arrested on charges of providing false information and later released, along with Driscoll, pending further action.
Police then obtained a search warrant and found the swag and a loaded .45-caliber handgun, the chief said. Arrests warrants were issued.
Police in Pittsfield, MA, where Driscoll lives, took the pair into custody on the warrants less than a week later.
Both were extradited and returned yesterday to New Jersey to face charges of illegal possession of the weapon and of stolen property.
Jessamy also was charged with being a felon in possession of a weapon.
He was being held on $50,000 bail and Driscoll’s on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail.
IMAGES: Courtesy UPPER SADDLE RIVER POLICE
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