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The genuine officer pulled over a 2010 Jeep Cherokee at Willow Avenue and 19th Street in Weehawken last night for having an unreadable license plate, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
As 64-year-old Jose M. Quinones got out of the car, the officer spotted an empty nylon handgun holster on his right hip.
Jose M. Quinones (Courtesy: PAPD)
When he wasked what it was for, Quinones said he was a police officer, Pentangelo said.
He then pointed the officer toward the gun and 10 hollow-poit bullets in the center console, he said.
A search also turned up several other police shields and ID cards, as well as a light bar commonly used by emergency responders.
Quinones was being held $10,000 bail in the Hudson County Jail, charged with illegal weapons possession, impersonating a police officer, possession of false documents and possession of hollow-point bullets.
IMAGES: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY POLICE
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