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Passaic Sheriff’s Officers Nab Paterson Pair With Loaded Guns In Predawn Pullover Passaic Sheriff’s Officers Nab Paterson Pair With Loaded Guns In Predawn Pullover
Passaic Sheriff’s Officers Nab Paterson Pair With Loaded Guns In Predawn Pullover Passaic County sheriff’s officers found two men -- one of them an ex-con -- carrying loaded guns during a traffic stop overnight in Paterson, authorities said. Officers Angelo Calabro and Mathew Baskinger stopped a silver Mercedes Benz E-Class with an obstructed windshield at Washington Avenue and Ellison Street shortly after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Rear passenger Mark Jackson, 27, who was holding an open bottle of Hennessey cognac made a “quick hand movement near his pants pocket,” Berdnik said. Suspecting he might be armed, Calabro ordered Jackson out of the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic County Sheriff: Cognac Drinker In Car Caught Carrying Loaded Revolver Passaic County Sheriff: Cognac Drinker In Car Caught Carrying Loaded Revolver
Passaic County Sheriff: Cognac Drinker In Car Caught Carrying Loaded Revolver A passenger swigging from a bottle of cognac as the sedan he was in drove by Passaic County sheriff’s officers was carrying a loaded handgun, authorities said. The officers stopped the Toyota Camry in the 700 block of River Street in Paterson around 4:45 a.m. Tuesday and quickly spotted several motor vehicle violations, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. They also smelled the odor of burnt marijuana, he said. As they approached, the officers saw the rear passenger who’d been drinking the Hennessey push a fanny pack with his feet under the driver’s seat, the sheriff said. As coll…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prospect Park PD: Gang Members Who Took $167G In Jewelry, Cash, Guns Nabbed Prospect Park PD: Gang Members Who Took $167G In Jewelry, Cash, Guns Nabbed
Prospect Park PD: Gang Members Who Took $167G In Jewelry, Cash, Guns Nabbed Prospect Park detectives cracked a series of burglaries, arresting two self-proclaimed Trinitario gang members who they said stole more than $167,000 in jewelry, cash, watches, electronics – and guns. Detective Walter Richmond and Officer Arthur Canestrino were reviewing surveillance footage from a burglary last Friday when they identified a car whose owner said a 17-year-old Passaic boy had been using it at the time. A search of the vehicle turned up several pieces of jewelry taken during a Prospect Park break-in, Capt. Ammen Matari said Wednesday. Around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, Richmond and C…

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Hackensack Police Seized Loaded, Defaced Gun From Assault Defendant Hackensack Police Seized Loaded, Defaced Gun From Assault Defendant
Hackensack Police Seized Loaded, Defaced Gun From Assault Defendant Hackensack police seized a handgun that they said an assault defendant had stashed in a duffle bag. The 9mm Smith & Wesson seized from Gabriel Lora, 32, had a defaced serial number and a magazine that was loaded with eight rounds, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. Police were called last Wednesday after Lora returned to an address where he slapped, bit and shoved a victim earlier in the day, Busciglio said. Officer Raymond Donnerstag found Lora soon after in the parking lot at the 7-Eleven at Huyler and Wesley streets in South Hackensack, the captain said. Lora gave police consent to search…

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Port Authority PD: Traveler Caught With Pistol, Ammo In Carry-On Bag Port Authority PD: Traveler Caught With Pistol, Ammo In Carry-On Bag
Port Authority PD: Traveler Caught With Pistol, Ammo In Carry-On Bag TSA agents at Newark Airport found a loaded handgun in the carry-on bag of a Pennsylvania man who was immediately taken into custody, Port Authority police said. Adam Scott, 52, of Barto, PA also had five hollow-point bullets in his bag along with the Smith & Wesson .38-caliber pistol as it passed through the X-ray screener Saturday afternoon, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. "There was no interruption to airport operations," Pentangelo said. Scott was charged with illegal possession of the handgun and the ammunition. The TSA has details on how to properly travel wit…

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