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Authentic-Looking Handguns Land Motorist In Jail Following Haworth Stop Authentic-Looking Handguns Land Motorist In Jail Following Haworth Stop
Authentic-Looking Handguns Land Motorist In Jail Following Haworth Stop They look real, they’re illegal and they can actually cause harm -- especially if an officer mistakes one for the real thing -- authorities said after a Haworth police sergeant found a driver from the Bronx carrying two imitation handguns. One is an airsoft imitation Glock handgun that Sgt. Gianluca Ragone said he found in a jacket under the seat after stopping Roberto Velasquez, 21, for traffic and motor vehicle violations on Schraalenburgh Road late Wednesday. The other is a CO2-powered replica of a 1911 Colt .45 found in the trunk, Lt. Justin Fox said. Ragone got Velasquez’s consent to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Towners Brought Fake Gun For Coke, Pot Deal Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Towners Brought Fake Gun For Coke, Pot Deal
Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Towners Brought Fake Gun For Coke, Pot Deal ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A Rochelle Park police officer found an imitation gun made to look real for a drug deal, along with crack and pot, after stopping a suspicious car, authorities said. Officer Brian Cobb stoped the 2004 Acura on West Passaic Street on Wednesday after someone abruptly hopped into the back seat in the Shop Rite parking lot on Wednesday, Sgt. James DePreta said. The car didn't have a front license plate, he added. Cobb found the drugs, which the driver -- identified as 19-year-old Dajon Edwards of Passaic -- handed to passenger Demi Acevedo, also 19, of Linden, who tried …

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by Jerry DeMarco