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Officer Mark Tagliareni stopped the car just before 3:30 p.m. Inside were three adults and two children, ages 4 and 2.
Approaching the car, Tagliareni spotted a handgun partially covered by a jacket in the lap of the front-seat passenger, 50-year-old Walbertt Santiago of Paterson (above, left), Police Chief Benjamin Fox said.
Sgt. Joseph Soto and Officer Kyle Ferreira arrived and helped take all three occupants into custody, Fox said.
A search then turned up two additional guns in a backpack, he said.
Santiago and the driver, Jeffrey Caez, 28, of Roseto, PA (above, right), were each charged with three weapons possession counts for two 9mm and one .40-caliber guns, the chief said.
They also were charged wth possession of hollow-point bullets and marijuana.
Santiago also was additionally charged with possession of a dagger push knife, Fox sad.
Seated in the rear set was Caez’s wife, 27-year-old Jennifer Cruz (above, middle). She was charged with possession of a stun gun and marijuana.
She and Caez were also charged with child endangerment.
Franklin Lakes and Bergen County Police assisted, Fox said.
Santiago and Caez were being held on $100,000 bail each in the Bergen County Jail.
Cruz was released without bail to care for her children.
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