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Feds: Trio Who Trafficked Ghost Guns Through North Jersey Sentenced To 4-To-6 Years Feds: Trio Who Trafficked Ghost Guns Through North Jersey Sentenced To 4-To-6 Years
Feds: Trio Who Trafficked Ghost Guns Through North Jersey Sentenced To 4-To-6 Years 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Three members of a ghost gun trafficking network in Passaic and Hudson counties must spend from four to six years in federal prison before they'll be eligible for release, authorities announced. Ex-con Corey Jenkins Jr., 31, and Savion Clyburn, 21, both of Paterson, and Richard Mullane, 27, of Bayonne, were among the members of the D.I.Y. network that operated largely in both cities, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. They were targeted in an investigation in which the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) worked closely with vari…
NJ Man Who Used Fake Smoke Detector To Film Coworkers In Bathroom Had Child Porn: Authorities NJ Man Who Used Fake Smoke Detector To Film Coworkers In Bathroom Had Child Porn: Authorities
NJ Man Who Used Fake Smoke Detector To Film Coworkers In Bathroom Had Child Porn: Authorities A Bergen County resident has been federally charged with 17 counts of alleged unlawful surveillance and possessing a sexual performance by a child following an investigation that included the US Department of Homeland Security. David C. Mulhauser, 41, of North Arlington and formerly of the Ulster County town of Gardiner, was arrested on Wednesday, May 17, by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. According to Lt. Joseph Sciutto, of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, in August 2022, Homeland Security began investigating Mulhauser after they discovered him allegedly downloading numero…
Police In Bergen Find Ghost Gun, Seize Three Teens As Illegal Car Meet Draws 50+ Vehicles Police In Bergen Find Ghost Gun, Seize Three Teens As Illegal Car Meet Draws 50+ Vehicles
Police In Bergen Find Ghost Gun, Seize Three Teens As Illegal Car Meet Draws 50+ Vehicles A trio of teens who tried to flee an illegal car meet when Ridgefield Park police showed up had a ghost gun and a high-capacity magazine for it in their sedan when they were stopped, authorities said. Responding officers found 50 or so assembled vehicles “revving their engines and burning out” in a parking lot on Challenger Road between the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 46 shortly after 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, Lt. Art Jensen said. The driver began speeding off as police arrived, the lieutenant said. Officers issued a host of summonses to the drivers they managed to stop – and even impo…
NJ Man With Warrants, NY Driver Had Loaded Ghost Gun, Ammo In Stolen Truck: Police NJ Man With Warrants, NY Driver Had Loaded Ghost Gun, Ammo In Stolen Truck: Police
NJ Man With Warrants, NY Driver Had Loaded Ghost Gun, Ammo In Stolen Truck: Police A New York man and New Jersey man with several warrants out for his arrest were in a stolen truck without plates when they were found with a loaded handgun and hollow point bullets over the weekend in Hudson County, authorities said. Secaucus Officer Salvatore Manente Jr. spotted the parked Penske moving truck, occupied by Fabian D. Soto, 30, of New York, NY, and Fatah Iarkane, 23 of Secaucus, around 12 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, Chief Dennis Miller said. Soto, the driver, handed the officer a Virginia license plate, but a check of the registration revealed it had been sto…
Heroin, 19 Illegal Firearms Seized Last Week In Newark Heroin, 19 Illegal Firearms Seized Last Week In Newark
Heroin, 19 Illegal Firearms Seized Last Week In Newark Police recovered 19 illegal firearms, loaded magazines, heroin and more from more than a dozen individuals in Newark in the last week, they said. The recoveries — from June 28 to July 7 — mark a 30 percent increase over the same period last year, Interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave said. Malave reports the following arrests and gun/drug seizures: Thursday, July 7: Wyheed Heath, 27, and Kevin Artis, 27, both of Newark, arrested after police observed Heath with a handgun in the 600 block of South 20th Street. Heath was found in possession of a handgun, 50 glassine envel…
US Marshals Nab 1,500 Violent Fugitives In 'Operation North Star' US Marshals Nab 1,500 Violent Fugitives In 'Operation North Star'
US Marshals Nab 1,500 Violent Fugitives In 'Operation North Star' More than 1,500 fugitives were captured by US Marshals in a 30-day initiative across several major US cities. The fugitives busted in Operation North Star (ONS) include violent criminals, sex offenders, and self-identified gang members in Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., the agency said. Operation North StarUS Marshals Service Operation North Star focused on fugitives wanted for the most serious, violent, and harmful offenses, including homicide, sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated assault…
Prosecutor: CT Pair Nabbed In NJ Turnpike Stop With Ghost Gun, Hollow-Nose Bullets Prosecutor: CT Pair Nabbed In NJ Turnpike Stop With Ghost Gun, Hollow-Nose Bullets
Prosecutor: CT Pair Nabbed In NJ Turnpike Stop With Ghost Gun, Hollow-Nose Bullets Two unemployed Connecticut men stopped on the New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County were packing two handguns and hollow-nosed bullets in their vehicle, authorities said. One of the weapons was a homemade ghost gun, they said. The passenger, Jeffrey Torres, 23, of Bristol, CT, bailed out and tried to run after Narcotic Task Force detectives stopped them on northbound Route 95 in Ridgefield, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack later ordered that both Torres and the driver, Angel Ramos-Ortiz, 24, of Hartford, CT, remain held in the Bergen County Ja…
Dozens Of Neglected, Dead Animals Found At NJ Rescue Group, Owner Slapped With Cruelty Charges Dozens Of Neglected, Dead Animals Found At NJ Rescue Group, Owner Slapped With Cruelty Charges
Dozens Of Neglected, Dead Animals Found At NJ Rescue Group, Owner Slapped With Cruelty Charges Dozens of neglected and dead animals were found at a New Jersey rescue group as the owner was slapped with cruelty charges and other weapons and drug offenses, authorities announced. Michael B. Featherston, the owner of a 501 c3 nonprofit corporation called Rooster’s Rescue Foundation, Inc. in Flemington, was charged with animal cruelty for failure to provide necessary care, as well as drug possession, unlawful possession of an assault rifle, purchasing firearm parts to manufacture a firearm without a serial number, and other weapons offenses on Thursday, May 26, Hunterdon County Prosecutor …
Crackdown Busts 6 With Illegal Weapons Last Weekend In Newark: Police Crackdown Busts 6 With Illegal Weapons Last Weekend In Newark: Police
Crackdown Busts 6 With Illegal Weapons Last Weekend In Newark: Police Six Newark residents were busted with illegal weapons over the weekend as part of a city crackdown that began last December. Four of those arrests were in the South Ward and two were in the East Ward, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The following men were arrested Saturday, April 2 in the South Ward, according to O'Hara: Alfuquan A. McNair, 29, of Washington, NJ; Elijah Harden, 31, of East Orange; and a 17-year-old male from Irvington. Each suspect faces charges of unlawful possession of a weapon, among other charges.  Shaheed Hall, 32, of Newark, was arreste…
Feds: Jersey Shore Sex Offender Crashes Car With Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Wearing Body Armor Feds: Jersey Shore Sex Offender Crashes Car With Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Wearing Body Armor
Feds: Jersey Shore Sex Offender Crashes Car With Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Wearing Body Armor A convicted sex offender from Toms River who police said was wearing a tactical vest and carrying two guns and three high-capacity magazines when he crashed his car on Route 35 last month has been charged federally, authorities said. Jeremy W. Barringer, 46, also had an empty handgun holster on his hip when Mantoloking and Bay Head officers asked him to step out of the vehicle following the 3 a.m. single-vehicle crash on Oct. 24 near Herbert Street, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. In plain view on the backseat floorboard was a 5.56-millimeter semi-automatic rifle that turned out…
Prosecutor: Ex-Con Busted With 'Ghost Gun,' More In SWAT Raid On East Rutherford Drug Den Prosecutor: Ex-Con Busted With 'Ghost Gun,' More In SWAT Raid On East Rutherford Drug Den
Prosecutor: Ex-Con Busted With 'Ghost Gun,' More In SWAT Raid On East Rutherford Drug Den A SWAT team-supported raid on a quiet East Rutherford street turned up two firearms – one of them a “ghost gun,” the other loaded with hollow-nose bullets – along with illegal drugs and $27,000 in proceeds, authorities said Thursday. Ex-con Sardar Habib, 21, was arrested on a host of charges -- including operating a drug-production facility -- following an investigation by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and borough police. Detectives who obtained the warrant found a 9mm “ghost gun,” a .40-caliber handgun loaded with hollow-nose bullets and a large-capacity magazine, along with heroin…
3 NJ Residents Injured In Deadly San Diego 'Ghost Gun' Attack 3 NJ Residents Injured In Deadly San Diego 'Ghost Gun' Attack
3 NJ Residents Injured In Deadly San Diego 'Ghost Gun' Attack Three New Jersey residents were among four people hurt in a deadly shooting in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego last week, authorities said. Police described it as an unprovoked "ghost gun" attack.  Vincent Gazzani, 27, of Perrineville in Monmouth County; Alexander Balis, 26, of Mullica Hill in Gloucester County; and Jatil Kodati, 28, of Jersey City were injured by gunfire after a man opened fire in two separate shootings on April 22, according to San Diego police. Steven Ely, 68, of San Diego was the fourth man injured.  One person was killed in the shooting: Justice B…
18 Passaic County Fugitives Captured In Massive Federal, State, Local Law Enforcement Sweep 18 Passaic County Fugitives Captured In Massive Federal, State, Local Law Enforcement Sweep
18 Passaic County Fugitives Captured In Massive Federal, State, Local Law Enforcement Sweep An army of local, state and federal law enforcers swept through Passaic County, scooping up 18 violent fugitives wanted for a host of crimes that include attempted murder, armed robbery, drug dealing and weapons offenses. Federal marshals, NJ State Police, Passaic County sheriff's officers and city police were among the crime fighters who fanned out, seizing three guns, a scoped crossbow and a pound and a half of heroin over three days late last week, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale announced Monday. Among the weapons seized were a .40-caliber Glock “ghost gun,” a .380-caliber Ruger p…