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Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun, 200 Heroin Folds, Crack, $1,547 Cash, Haledon Police Say
A Haledon police officer found a 19-year-old Paterson man carrying a loaded gun, 200 heroin folds, a half-ounce of crack and $1,547 in proceeds during a traffic stop, authorities said.
Officer Jeffrey Welsh stopped the Dodge Dart with Michigan license plates on Aberdeen Court after the driver failed to signal a turn shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, Capt. George Guzman said.
The driver – who turned out to be unlicensed -- also wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, he said.
Welsh approached from the passenger side and spotted a brick of heroin jutting out of the front-seat passenger’s jacket pocket, the …
One Caught, 4 Sought, Three Guns Tossed In Wild Haledon Police Pursuit, Crash Of Stolen Minivan
Five occupants of a stolen minivan bailed out, tossing handguns as they went, after it crashed into a parked car during a brief but wild Haledon police pursuit. One of them, a 19-year-old Teaneck man, was caught. The rest fled.
Officer Jeffrey Welsh had tried stopping the speeding Honda Odyssey, reported stolen out of Garfield, in the 100 block of Cliff Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday, Capt. George Guzman said.
The driver ignored Welsh’s emergency lights and sirens and sped off, ultimately losing control and crashing on Legion Place off Lee Avenue, Guzman said.
All five occupan…
Residents Help Haledon Police Capture Car Burglar
Haledon police captured a former Paterson tattoo artist after home surveillance video caught images of him breaking into a car, authorities said.
Officers Edar Merza and Jeffrey Welsh, responding to the 4:40 a.m. call, spoke with neighbors and reviewed video of the burglar “entering and rummaging through an unlocked vehicle” parked in a driveway near the corner of Haledon Court and Oxford Street, Lt. George Guzman said.
They canvassed the area and found Gregory Gizinski, 34, near West Broadway, then took him into custody, Guzman said.
Gizinski, who already had a criminal record, was charg…
