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Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Cliffside Imposter Caught With Gun, Bogus Documents, $21,650 In Cash
Nearly 15 years after he was last busted for ID theft, a drug dealer who used a stolen identity to rent a Cliffside Park apartment was caught with fraudulently obtained credit cards, counterfeit driver’s licenses, a credit card skimming device, pot, $21,650 in suspected proceeds and a .45 caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point ammunition, authorities said.
Obiajulu Ntukogu, 42, was arrested at his Carlyle Towers apartment with Nicole Khemraj, a 32-year-old student from Queens who was carrying a bogus driver’s license and phony credit cards, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said.…
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 …
Passaic Sheriff's Chase Ends In Crash, Arrest For Gun, Drugs, More
PATERSON, N.J. -- A pre-dawn Paterson chase ended in a crash and the arrest of a drug dealer who was carrying a loaded handgun, heroin and Xanax, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said.
PCSD Officer Patrick Holt tried pulling the car over Presidential Boulevard around 4 a.m. Thursday, but the driver, Clarence Chambers, hit the gas instead, Berdnik said.
The chase continued onto Ryle Avenue before Chambers made a right onto Matlock Street and crash the vehicle into a parked car, the sheriff said.
Chambers bailed and ran but was caught by Holt near a West Broadway food store, he said…
