Upper Saddle River Police: NY Trio Had Gun, Pot, $5,500 In Route 17 Stop

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- A trio from upstate New York had an ounce of pot, $5,500 in cash and a .38 caliber revolver in their car when Upper Saddle River police stopped them on northbound Route 17, authorities said Thursday.

Upper Saddle River Police Department
Photo Credit: *Rebecca Abma*

Jerry DeMarco

07/14/2016 2:11 p.m.

Middletown residents Justin Rivera, 20, and Hector Paz, 21, were charged with possession of the marijuana and with employing a minor to commit a crime following the 12:30 p.m. stop Wednesday, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said.

Paz was being held on $10,000 bail and Rivera on $7,500 in the Bergen County Jail.

A 17-year-old who was with them was sent to the Bergen County Juvenile Detention Center in Teterboro on a complaint charging weapons and drug offenses.

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