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Responding to the attempted burglary call in the 200 block of Ackerman Avenue, Officers Christian Martinez and Kevin Berdnik spotted 31-year-old ex-con Juan Zenquis of Passaic, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said.
Zenquis took off, but the officers chased him down as he tried to scale a nearby backyard fence, Bracken said.
He "then resisted arrest by tucking both hands in his waistband and refusing to comply with the officers' instructions," the lieutenant said.
Eventually, the officers got him into custody, while finding two guns in his waistband, he said.
Zenquis was charged with armed burglary, resisting arrest and a host of weapons charges, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He remained held Wednesday in the Passaic County Jail following a detention hearing.
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