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Ex-Con Accusing Of Pinning Hackensack Woman Down By Her Hair, Plunging Knife Next To Her Head Ex-Con Accusing Of Pinning Hackensack Woman Down By Her Hair, Plunging Knife Next To Her Head
Ex-Con Accusing Of Pinning Hackensack Woman Down By Her Hair, Plunging Knife Next To Her Head A transient ex-con was charged with domestic violence after authorities said he pinned a Hackensack woman to the floor by her hair and threatened her with a knife before dawn Monday. Robert Raghoenathsingh, 40, formerly of Lodi but more recently of Passaic, plunged the knife into the floor next to the victim's head in her Prospect Avenue apartment around 2 a.m. Feb. 5, the woman told police. He then stood on her hair so she couldn't get up, her report says. Raghoenathsingh -- who jail records show is a divorced Yemeni national -- made headlines in 2019 when he brought what proved to be bas…
Ex-Con Charged With Pulling Gun On Lodi Landscaper Ex-Con Charged With Pulling Gun On Lodi Landscaper
Ex-Con Charged With Pulling Gun On Lodi Landscaper An ex-con who'd served time for killing a 17-year-old boy in a Jersey City park was arrested after Lodi police said he pulled a gun on a landscaper cutting grass near his home. Tashawn Lamar Holmes, 33, "brandished a firearm and advised the victim to leave the property" near his Lawrence Avenue residence, Sgt. Dominic Miller said. Officers secured the scene while detectives obtained a warrant and recovered the 9mm Springfield Armory handgun that was used in the incident, the sergeant said. There were no injuries, he said. Holmes remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail, charg…
South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds
South Jersey Ex-Con Gets 25 Years Without Parole For Drug, Weapons Convictions: Feds A Trenton-area ex-con who served time for drug and weapons convictions is headed to federal prison for 25 years. Timothy “Young Money” Wimbush, 33, will have to serve out just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Wimbush rejected a plea offer from the government after he was caught armed and dealing during a gun war in Trenton. Taking his chances with a jury, he was convicted in October 2021 of selling and conspiring to sell heroin and possessing a firearm and ammo as a convicted felon. That led to a 300-month prison sentence handed down by…
Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Shooting Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Shooting
Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Shooting A Paterson ex-con was charged with attempted murder in the shooting earlier this month of a fellow city resident. Linwood Bugg, 27, was arrested by Paterson police near the corner of Lafayette and Summer streets Friday night, June 23, records show. Bugg was charged with shooting the 29-year-old victim at the corner of 9th Street and Belmont Avenue around 10 p.m. June 9. The victim was brought to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center by private vehicle, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said. Bugg was brought to the Pa…
Ex-Con Wanted In Edgewater Domestic Assault Caught Outside Cliffside Bar With Gun: Police Ex-Con Wanted In Edgewater Domestic Assault Caught Outside Cliffside Bar With Gun: Police
Ex-Con Wanted In Edgewater Domestic Assault Caught Outside Cliffside Bar With Gun: Police An Edgewater ex-con wanted for pointing a gun in a domestic dispute was armed while fighting with police in Cliffside Park, authorities said. Tyrone Lashawn Roy, 30, was already known to police, having been arrested multiple times throughout eastern Bergen County over the past decade, mostly for drug- and traffic-related offenses but also for making terroristic threats, records show. Officers found him at closing time outside a bar and restaurant across from the Centre on Anderson Avenue around 2 a.m. last Friday, May 5, Cliffside Park Police Deputy Chief Vincent Capano said. Roy resisted,…
Ex-Con Dealing Heroin, Cocaine Convicted Of Heartless Murder In Newark Ex-Con Dealing Heroin, Cocaine Convicted Of Heartless Murder In Newark
Ex-Con Dealing Heroin, Cocaine Convicted Of Heartless Murder In Newark A 28-year-old convicted drug dealer from Newark has been convicted of murder along with various drug and firearm charges for shooting a 29-year-old man in the head in 2019, authorities said. Darryl Watson was convicted on 10 counts of the various charges in connection with the Feb. 7, 2019 killing of Fred Sims in Newark's South Ward, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. Watson, who was convicted in 2016 for drug distribution, as distributing cocaine and heroin near the Kretchmer Elderly public housing complex when he was captured on surveillance cameras sta…
Englewood PD: Ex-Con Suspected Of Selling Drugs Busted With Loaded Gun Englewood PD: Ex-Con Suspected Of Selling Drugs Busted With Loaded Gun
Englewood PD: Ex-Con Suspected Of Selling Drugs Busted With Loaded Gun An Englewood ex-con with a criminal record stretching back more than a decade tossed a loaded gun while running from city police, authorities said. Officers investigating a report of drug dealing approached Damian Lee Shirley, 31, Englewood Ave and Lafayette Place around 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. Shirley bolted, tossing a shoulder bag as he ran, the lieutenant said. He was captured and the 9mm handgun was found in the bag, Pulice said. The 5-foot-4-inch, 200-pound Shirley served prison time for drug dealing and theft stemming from a December 2011 arrest, r…
Armed Ex-Con Once Involved In Police Shootout Seized After South Hackensack Motel Standoff Armed Ex-Con Once Involved In Police Shootout Seized After South Hackensack Motel Standoff
Armed Ex-Con Once Involved In Police Shootout Seized After South Hackensack Motel Standoff It was a close call when an ex-con who was once wounded in a shootout with police barricaded himself in a South Hackensack motel room, authorities said. Dereen Wofford, 43, who'd been accused of threatening two people with a gun, had a cell phone in his hands as he emerged from a room where he'd been living and then quickly advanced on officers who'd responded to the Travelodge Motel on Huyler Street, Chief Robert Chinchar said. Exercising restraint, the officers got Wofford into custody without incident, the chief said. They also seized an all-black .177 caliber BB gun from his waistband,…
Where Did He Hide That Key? Ex-Con Had Loaded Gun In Locked Vehicle, Wayne Police Say Where Did He Hide That Key? Ex-Con Had Loaded Gun In Locked Vehicle, Wayne Police Say
Where Did He Hide That Key? Ex-Con Had Loaded Gun In Locked Vehicle, Wayne Police Say Wayne police who frisked a wanted ex-con after he surrendered at headquarters couldn't find the key they needed to search his vehicle for a gun they believed he was carrying. It wasn't in the convict's pockets, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. It wasn't in the holding cell -- although police did find the key ring there, he said. Told they’d have to strip search him, Alphonzo C. Jackson, 27, of Wayne, admitted hiding it, the captain said. Authorities leave it to you to guess where. Police subsequently found a 9mm Glock 19 handgun with a loaded high-capacity magazine in the vehicle, Daly sa…
Paterson Detectives Seize Ex-Con, Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag Following Chase Paterson Detectives Seize Ex-Con, Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag Following Chase
Paterson Detectives Seize Ex-Con, Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag Following Chase An ex-con from Philadelphia tossed a gun with a high-capacity magazine onto a roof while being chased by detectives in Paterson, authorities said. It began as Detectives Kenneth Kerwin, John Traynor and Wojciech Kulbabinski approached a group gathered in front of a convenience store at the corner of Madison and Essex streets, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. As they did, former Paterson resident Billy Souverain began tipping away, Speziale said. Souverain, 31, ran when told to stop by the detectives, who chased him on foot onto Straight Street before seizing him in a privat…
Convicted Felon From Garfield Caught With Loaded Gun Hidden In Vehicle 'Trap': Little Ferry PD Convicted Felon From Garfield Caught With Loaded Gun Hidden In Vehicle 'Trap': Little Ferry PD
Convicted Felon From Garfield Caught With Loaded Gun Hidden In Vehicle 'Trap': Little Ferry PD A Little Ferry police lieutenant nabbed a convicted felon from Garfield with a loaded gun stashed in a hidden compartment of his vehicle, authorities said. Lt. John Andronaco spotted the 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee parked on Redneck Avenue shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday, March 12, Police Chief James Walters said. The driver -- Raul Leguen, 42 -- "appeared startled, quickly looking down," the chief said. The vehicle's rear license plate also was covered by snow, he said. Leguen pulled out, turned the vehicle around and passed Adronaco, who ran a computer check that showed the owner wanted on a…
Englewood Ex-Con Charged With Torching SUV Englewood Ex-Con Charged With Torching SUV
Englewood Ex-Con Charged With Torching SUV An Englewood ex-con deliberately set fire to an SUV, said authorities who charged him with also illegally having a handgun. John Young, a 33-year-old manager of an auto parts store, was arrested Wednesday, Feb. 16, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. It was around 9 p.m. the night before that firefighters doused a blaze that engulfed the vehicle on Washington Place, the prosecutor said. Police immediately notified his Arson Task Force. A joint investigation with city detectives determined that the fire was set by Young, who lives several blocks away on Fourth Street, Musella said.…
Confessed Jersey Shore Gun Trafficker Headed To Federal Prison Confessed Jersey Shore Gun Trafficker Headed To Federal Prison
Confessed Jersey Shore Gun Trafficker Headed To Federal Prison A Monmouth County ex-con must serve a full five-year sentence in federal prison for trafficking guns from Florida to the Jersey Shore. As part of a gun-running network, Javier "Broly" Rodriguez-Valpais, 33, Morganville sold a .223-caliber semi-automatic rifle to a co-defendant -- who, in turn, sold it to an FBI cooperator, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Rather than face trial, Rodriguez-Valpais took a deal from the government, pleading guilty earlier to gun-trafficking conspiracy and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He must serve just about all o…
Feds: Impatient Repeat Felon Points Police To Smuggled Gun, Drugs Feds: Impatient Repeat Felon Points Police To Smuggled Gun, Drugs
Feds: Impatient Repeat Felon Points Police To Smuggled Gun, Drugs "We can just cut the chase bro -- the gun [is] behind the couch and there's drugs in the cabinet," an impatient six-time convicted felon told police who raided his North Jersey home, federal authorities said. "That sh*t belong to me," Jabbar Pierce, 41, told officers in his Penns Grove apartment who read him his Miranda rights and then recorded his every word, according to a criminal complaint. A federal judge ordered Pierce held following a video-conferenced initial court appearance Friday afternoon in Newark on charges of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Authorities in Salem C…
Paterson Ex-Con Sent To Fed Pen For Nearly 5 Years For Selling Revolvers, Pistols, Rifles, Ammo Paterson Ex-Con Sent To Fed Pen For Nearly 5 Years For Selling Revolvers, Pistols, Rifles, Ammo
Paterson Ex-Con Sent To Fed Pen For Nearly 5 Years For Selling Revolvers, Pistols, Rifles, Ammo UPDATE: An ex-con from Paterson who'd already done state prison time for a gun conviction is headed to federal prison for nearly five years for selling 16 weapons smuggled into New Jersey. Rather than face trial, Floyd “HK” Henry, 36, took a deal from the government, pleading guilty via videoconference with a federal judge in Newark last summer to gun selling, as well as being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and ammo. Henry sold two semi-automatic rifles, three revolvers and 11 semi-automatic pistols – as well as over 100 rounds of ammunition -- when ATF agents arrested him in S…
Feds: Ex-Con Whose Companion Crashed Into NJ Restaurant Sentenced For 'Glock Switch' Pistol Feds: Ex-Con Whose Companion Crashed Into NJ Restaurant Sentenced For 'Glock Switch' Pistol
Feds: Ex-Con Whose Companion Crashed Into NJ Restaurant Sentenced For 'Glock Switch' Pistol An ex-con whose companion crashed his car into a Route 22 restaurant was sentenced in Newark to 2½ years in federal prison for carrying a pistol converted into a machine gun. Christian Cordero-Gotay, 29, of Brooklyn was being arrested Clinton Township police during an August 2020 traffic stop on Route 22 when his companion, Genesis Bertefabian, suddenly jumped behind the wheel and sped off, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. The vehicle crashed into a Lebanon restaurant minutes later, Honig said. Bertefabian ran into woods behind Chelsea’s Restaurant and tried to hide a 9mm Glock-…
Gun-Toting Ex-Con Who Tried To Flee Newark PD On Bicycle Sent To Federal Prison Gun-Toting Ex-Con Who Tried To Flee Newark PD On Bicycle Sent To Federal Prison
Gun-Toting Ex-Con Who Tried To Flee Newark PD On Bicycle Sent To Federal Prison A bicycle-riding ex-con who tossed a gun as he tried to evade pursuing Newark police officers was sentenced Monday to a plea-bargained 32 months in federal prison. Joseph Triplett, 32, of East Orange, was maneuvering his bike around pedestrians on a South 8th Street sidewalk when an officer tried to stop him in September 2019, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Triplett ignored the officer's orders and pedaled off in the opposite direction, Honig said. Officers pursued Triplett, who tossed a fanny pack holding a loaded .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver before he was capture…
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…
Pagans Leader From Long Island Gets Nearly 3 Years For Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party Pagans Leader From Long Island Gets Nearly 3 Years For Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party
Pagans Leader From Long Island Gets Nearly 3 Years For Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party UPDATE: The former national president of the Pagans was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 33 months in federal prison for having a gun while returning home through New Jersey from a party in Pennsylvania. Keith Richter – a 62-year-old ex-con known as “Conan the Barbarian” – was returning to his Bay Shore (Suffolk County) home from a Pagan's Motorcycle Club party in Lancaster, PA when he was stopped in Mercer County this past February. Police found him carrying a loaded .45-caliber Ruger P345 handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Rather than risk trial, Ri…
Bergen Ex-Con Charged With 3 Attempted Murder Counts In Shooting Outside Mother's In Wayne Bergen Ex-Con Charged With 3 Attempted Murder Counts In Shooting Outside Mother's In Wayne
Bergen Ex-Con Charged With 3 Attempted Murder Counts In Shooting Outside Mother's In Wayne A South Hackensack parolee who’s spent the majority of the past decade in prison fired shots at a trio of people outside Mother's Ale House in Wayne, authorities charged. South Hackensack and Wayne police captured Robert Jackson, 33, in the area of Grove Street and Phillips Avenue in the borough last week. A judge in Paterson on Monday ordered that he remain held in the county jail on charges that include three counts of attempted murder. Authorities didn’t say what they believe prompted the gunfire outside the popular nightspot off Route 23 shortly after 2 a.m. Sept. 5. Jackson fled in a…
NJ Driver Caught With 14 Guns, Ammo, White Supremacist Materials After Crash Takes Plea Deal NJ Driver Caught With 14 Guns, Ammo, White Supremacist Materials After Crash Takes Plea Deal
NJ Driver Caught With 14 Guns, Ammo, White Supremacist Materials After Crash Takes Plea Deal A Sussex County man admitted in federal court that he had an arsenal of guns and ammo, some of which was in his van when it crashed into a tree off Route 80. Authorities who searched the vehicle and Lafayette Township home of Joseph Rubino, 59, after the July 2019 crash in Allamuchy said they also found white supremacist and racially-charged propaganda, along with illegal drugs. A medical chopper took Rubino and his 55-year-old passenger to Morristown Medical Center, New Jersey State Police said at the time. Both were seriously injured, they said. Search warrants were obtained after troope…
Pagans Motorcycle Gang Leader From Long Island Takes Plea On NJ Gun Charge Following PA Party Pagans Motorcycle Gang Leader From Long Island Takes Plea On NJ Gun Charge Following PA Party
Pagans Motorcycle Gang Leader From Long Island Takes Plea On NJ Gun Charge Following PA Party The former national president of the outlaw Pagans motorcycle gang took a guilty plea in federal court on Wednesday after police caught him with a gun in New Jersey while returning to his Long Island home from a party in Pennsylvania. Keith Richter – a 62-year-old ex-con known as “Conan the Barbarian” – was returning to his Bay Shore (Suffolk County) home from a Pagan's Motorcycle Club party in Lancaster, PA when he was stopped in Mercer County on Feb. 20. Police found him carrying a loaded .45-caliber Ruger P345 handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Rath…
Passaic Ex-Con Charged In Shooting, Likely Headed Back To Prison For 3rd Time Passaic Ex-Con Charged In Shooting, Likely Headed Back To Prison For 3rd Time
Passaic Ex-Con Charged In Shooting, Likely Headed Back To Prison For 3rd Time A Passaic ex-con was charged with a weekend shooting in the city. Giovanni Massallo, 30, has served a majority of his adult life in state prison following separate convictions for crimes that include robbery, records show. As a convicted felon, he is prohibited from having a gun. Massallo was arrested Sunday night, hours after authorities said he fired shots in the area of Aspen Place and State Street. Responding officers reported not finding any victims, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said. No area hospitals reported any shooting …
Hudson Ex-Con Who Shot At Moving Car Headed To Federal Prison For 5 Years, No Parole Hudson Ex-Con Who Shot At Moving Car Headed To Federal Prison For 5 Years, No Parole
Hudson Ex-Con Who Shot At Moving Car Headed To Federal Prison For 5 Years, No Parole A Jersey City ex-con who fired at a moving car is headed to federal prison for a plea-bargained five years, authorities said Tuesday. Jamel Armfield, 20, already had three felony convictions on his record when he squeezed off nine rounds from a .45-caliber Springfield Armory handgun at the vehicle on Gates Avenue last June, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. A nearby surveillance camera captured images of the shooting, she said. Whom Armfield was firing at, and why, were never determined, the U.S. attorney said. He tried to hide the gun, she added, but Jersey City police found it…
Paterson Detectives Nab Ex-Con In Hail Of Gunfire That Wounded Teen, Damaged Cars, Building Paterson Detectives Nab Ex-Con In Hail Of Gunfire That Wounded Teen, Damaged Cars, Building
Paterson Detectives Nab Ex-Con In Hail Of Gunfire That Wounded Teen, Damaged Cars, Building Paterson detectives nabbed an ex-con who they said unloaded no fewer than 20 shots on a local street corner, wounding a city man, damaging vehicles and shattering a store window. At 25, Michael Deas has spent most of his adult life behind bars, records show. He spent five years in state prison before being released this past November for a pair of Passaic County armed robberies in 2013 and 2014. Paterson detectives arrested Deas on Friday for last Sunday's shooting at the corner of Straight and Essex streets. A wounded 19-year-old victim arrived at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center vi…
Feds: Ex-Con Shot Two Victims Five Days Apart In Newark Feds: Ex-Con Shot Two Victims Five Days Apart In Newark
Feds: Ex-Con Shot Two Victims Five Days Apart In Newark Surveillance video shows one of two shootings that federal authorities say were committed by a Newark ex-con who was caught with a loaded gun and 626 heroin folds. The victims were shot five days apart last August by Antoine Hawkins, a 31-year-old repeat offender with an extensive criminal record, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Police nabbed Hawkins a month later and found him carrying a 9mm Springfield Armory XDM pistol loaded with 19 rounds, the U.S. attorney said. A warranted search of his home turned up the heroin, as well as three 9mm magazines, she said. Hawkins, who ha…
Feds: Armed Fugitive In 7-Hour Hudson Hotel Standoff Was ‘Prepared For War,’ ‘Ready To Die’ Feds: Armed Fugitive In 7-Hour Hudson Hotel Standoff Was ‘Prepared For War,’ ‘Ready To Die’
Feds: Armed Fugitive In 7-Hour Hudson Hotel Standoff Was ‘Prepared For War,’ ‘Ready To Die’ UPDATE: A heavily-armed fugitive who held tactical officers at bay for nearly seven hours at a Secaucus hotel told police that he was “prepared for war” and “ready to die,” the U.S. attorney for New Jersey said Monday. ATF agents charged Rahim Harris, 42, of Maplewood, with being a convicted felon in possession of weapons and ammo, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. His wife, Haneefha White, 39, of Pottsville, PA, who was with him, is charged with aiding and abetting the possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. Authorities said they found eight loaded wea…
TENSE STANDOFF: Paterson Ex-Con Armed With Loaded Shotgun Nabbed In Dead End Street TENSE STANDOFF: Paterson Ex-Con Armed With Loaded Shotgun Nabbed In Dead End Street
Tense Standoff: Paterson Ex-Con Armed With Loaded Shotgun Nabbed In Dead End Street A standoff ended peacefully after a Paterson ex-con armed with a loaded shotgun sped down a dead end in reverse and then repeatedly revved the engine of his car, forcing police to take cover, authorities said. Tipped off that he may be carrying a weapon, Detective John Traynor began following a Chevy Camaro with temporary New Jersey license plates Friday night after Stanley Williams, 45, drove off from a private driveway in the 200 block of Lawrence Street, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Backups headed to the area as Traynor followed Williams, who then drove back to the Lawrence Stree…
Police: Jersey Shore Ex-Con Stalker Called Bergen Woman 200 Times, Hung Outside For Hours Police: Jersey Shore Ex-Con Stalker Called Bergen Woman 200 Times, Hung Outside For Hours
Police: Jersey Shore Ex-Con Stalker Called Bergen Woman 200 Times, Hung Outside For Hours A Jersey Shore ex-con phoned a former girlfriend more than 200 times before police found him near her Englewood home carrying a knife, authorities said. Officers responding to the woman’s 911 call found Nicholas Anastasio, 30, of Long Branch nearby, Police Chief Lawrence Suffern said. Anastasio served two years in prison in Florida for convictions for burglary, theft and fraud, records show. He’d already been warned by Englewood police not to contact the victim, Suffern said. Yet over the course of a week, the chief said, Anastasio was seen standing in front of her home for hours while ca…
Ex-Con Caught With Gun Near Lawmaker's News Conf Charged In Shooting Of Paterson Boy, 15 Ex-Con Caught With Gun Near Lawmaker's News Conf Charged In Shooting Of Paterson Boy, 15
Ex-Con Caught With Gun Near Lawmaker's News Conf Charged In Shooting Of Paterson Boy, 15 UPDATE: A little more than 20 months after a 15-year-old boy was shot on Paterson’s Eastside, authorities have charged a second city man with trying to kill him. Nyedair Parker, a 28-year-old ex-con with an adult criminal history that began soon after he turned 18, remained held in the Passaic County Jail on attempted murder and various weapons charges, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Authorities accused him and Isaiah Snead, then 18, in the shooting of the 15-year-old victim near the corner of 11th Avenue and East 28th Street — about a block from Rosa Parks Ar…
Hudson Ex-Con Caught With Modern-Day Saturday Night Special Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen Hudson Ex-Con Caught With Modern-Day Saturday Night Special Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen
Hudson Ex-Con Caught With Modern-Day Saturday Night Special Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen It's a cheaply-made revolver similar to the one that John Hinckley used in 1981 to try and kill President Reagan, and it's sending a Jersey City ex-con to federal prison for a mandatory three years. Benorce Duncan, 32, of Jersey City, spent more than four years behind state bars for robbery and aggravated assault before being released in September 2013, records show. As a convicted felon, he was prohibited by state and federal law from having a firearm or ammunition. Duncan was caught with a .22-caliber Röhm RG10 -- the modern-day equivalent of the "Saturday Night Special" -- loaded with s…