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Gun Seizures Surge At NYC Airports Gun Seizures Surge At NYC Airports
Gun Seizures Surge At NYC Airports Screeners at New York City airports caught travelers with an average of a gun a week last year, the TSA reported. The 51 handguns seized by Transportation Security Administration officers last year were 30% more than the 39 in 2022, the agency said on Wednesday, Jan. 10. "Each of the firearms were discovered by TSA officers during the routine screening of carry-on property at airport security checkpoints," TSA Spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said. Nationwide, TSA officers detected 6,737 firearms at airport security checkpoints in 2023, she said. That's 195 more than the year before. Of last ye…
ATTEMPTED MURDER: NJ Man Shot Car Twice In Road Rage Incident Near 287 Ramp, Prosecutor Says ATTEMPTED MURDER: NJ Man Shot Car Twice In Road Rage Incident Near 287 Ramp, Prosecutor Says
Attempted Murder: NJ Man Shot Car Twice In Road Rage Incident Near 287 Ramp, Prosecutor Says A Somerset County driver has been charged with attempted murder after becoming “irate” and firing two rounds at another vehicle during a road rage incident earlier this month, authorities announced. Gerald S. Chapman, 39, of Ulysses Road in Somerset, was charged with first-degree attempted murder and second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said Tuesday, May 23. Investigators say Chapman “became irate” during a road rage incident on Easton Avenue near the 287 ramp in Franklin Township around 4:50 p.m. on Friday, May 5. …
Newark Again Leads NYC-Area Airports In Gun Seizures: LGA Up, JFK Down In 2022, TSA Says Newark Again Leads NYC-Area Airports In Gun Seizures: LGA Up, JFK Down In 2022, TSA Says
Newark Again Leads Nyc-area Airports In Gun Seizures: LGA Up, JFK Down In 2022, TSA Says Newark Liberty International Airport last year had the dubious distinction of recording the most gun seizures by TSA officers of any hub in the New York metropolitan area, the agency reported. It also makes the fifth straight year that Newark Airport had more checkpoint gun seizures than its regional counterparts. The 14 firearms discovered at Newark security checkpoints in 2022 tie a recent high from 2018, Transportation Security Administration statistics show. LaGuardia had 11 and JFK had seven. Overall, the 39 handguns stopped at New York City regional airports last year were 50% more…
PA Man Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Makes 22 So Far This Year, TSA Says PA Man Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Makes 22 So Far This Year, TSA Says
PA Man Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Makes 22 So Far This Year, TSA Says Thanksgiving brought Newark Airport a near-dubious distinction when authorities seized the 22nd gun of the year at a security checkpoint, authorities said. Transportation Security Administration officers stopped a Delaware County, PA man with a 9mm handgun loaded with 13 bullets -- including one in the chamber -- in his carry-on bag in Terminal C, the agency's Lisa Farbstein said. The Newtown Square, PA resident was the third traveler nabbed with a gun at Newark just this month, Farbstein said. The 22 overall for the year ties the record for the most in a month there with five weeks left i…
Armed Man Posing As Prosecutor Demands Nearly $10K Cash From Victim: Morris County Sheriff Armed Man Posing As Prosecutor Demands Nearly $10K Cash From Victim: Morris County Sheriff
Armed Man Posing As Prosecutor Demands Nearly $10K Cash From Victim: Morris County Sheriff Recognize him? The Morris County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to identify a man they say pretended to be a prosecutor, wielded a firearm, and demanded nearly $10,000 cash for “bail money” from a victim in a grandparent’s scam. On Friday, Oct. 21, the man called the victim pretending to be a New York Prosecutor, stating that her grandson was in a car accident with a pregnant woman and needed $9,850 cash for bail money, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office said in a release a week later. The suspect told the victim to meet him at the Morris Plains Municipal Building with the cash. He is then…
2 Men Restrained Female Workers With Zipties To Rob $578K From NJ Check Cashers At Gunpoint: DA 2 Men Restrained Female Workers With Zipties To Rob $578K From NJ Check Cashers At Gunpoint: DA
2 Men Restrained Female Workers With Zipties To Rob $578K From NJ Check Cashers At Gunpoint: DA Two men from New York City were arrested and jailed after they were apparently connected to a series of gunpoint robberies at check cashing services throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania that involved female workers being restrained with zipties, authorities announced. Ramel Harris, 40, and Neville Brown, 38, both of Brooklyn, were charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, three counts of Hobbs Act robbery, and one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announce…
FBI Charges Newark Man With Carjacking Montclair Woman In Driveway FBI Charges Newark Man With Carjacking Montclair Woman In Driveway
FBI Charges Newark Man With Carjacking Montclair Woman In Driveway Federal authorities took over the case of a Newark man charged with carjacking a Montclair woman at gunpoint in her driveway. Andy Cook, 23, was captured by Essex County sheriff's officers shortly after he and a gunman accosted the victim on Melrose Place in the township's Estate section shortly before 7:30 p.m. last Dec. 6, authorities said. The victim told police she'd just returned home when Cook's crony pointed a gun at her, demanded she get out of the car and ordered her to leave her purse, phone and keys behind, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. The gunman ran away as Cook got …
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…
Sheriff: OD In Wayne Leads Detectives 1,360 Heroin Folds, Stolen Gun, Arrest Of Paterson Man Sheriff: OD In Wayne Leads Detectives 1,360 Heroin Folds, Stolen Gun, Arrest Of Paterson Man
Sheriff: OD In Wayne Leads Detectives 1,360 Heroin Folds, Stolen Gun, Arrest Of Paterson Man A non-fatal overdose in Wayne led Passaic County sheriff’s detectives to a basement apartment in Paterson where they said they seized 1,360 heroin folds, a stolen gun and the man who lives there. Sheriff’s detectives working with their Wayne colleagues watched Kirk Douglas Jr., 23, sell to buyers over the course of two months before raiding the Pearl Street apartment with a warrant on Wednesday, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. They found the heroin along with a loaded Kel-Tec .380-caliber handgun that was reported stolen from Weatherly, PA, the sheriff said. The estimated …
Elmwood Park PD: Wanted Paterson Man Nabbed With Stolen Gun, Hollow Points, Oxy Elmwood Park PD: Wanted Paterson Man Nabbed With Stolen Gun, Hollow Points, Oxy
Elmwood Park PD: Wanted Paterson Man Nabbed With Stolen Gun, Hollow Points, Oxy A wanted Paterson man was carrying a stolen gun loaded with hollow-point bullets when Elmwood Park police arrested him, authorities said. Brandon Diaz, 21, was driving a 2005 Honda Accord with an expired registration when he was stopped over the weekend, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. They quickly learned that Diaz was wanted out of Paterson for aggravated assault with a firearm, Foligno said. The officers arrested Diaz on the outstanding warrant, then searched the car and found the 9mm Taurus pistol, reported stolen out of Georgia, the chief said. Diaz remained held Monday in the Ber…
NJSP: Driver Tosses Pistol During Police Pursuit That Ends In Paterson Crash NJSP: Driver Tosses Pistol During Police Pursuit That Ends In Paterson Crash
Njsp: Driver Tosses Pistol During Police Pursuit That Ends In Paterson Crash The fleeing driver of a vehicle that crashed into two others in Paterson during a pre-dawn New Jersey State Police chase Sunday tossed a gun out the window, authorities said. The occupant of one of the struck vehicles was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following the crash at 10th Avenue and East 24th Street around 2 a.m., responders said. The other vehicle that was hit was parked, they said. Along the way, the driver tossed a bag on northbound Route 20, police said. Inside the bag was a 9mm Ruger that troopers recovered, they said. The driver was tak…
Armed Wayne Man Who Terrorized Couple At Delaware Water Gap Headed To Federal Prison Armed Wayne Man Who Terrorized Couple At Delaware Water Gap Headed To Federal Prison
Armed Wayne Man Who Terrorized Couple At Delaware Water Gap Headed To Federal Prison UPDATE: A Wayne man must spend more than a year and a half in federal prison for an assault and fierce struggle that occurred after he pulled a pellet gun on a couple who'd been swimming at the Delaware Water Gap. Jeffrey A. Mulcahy, 59, must serve just about all of the 21-month sentence he received Tuesday because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Mulcahy took a deal from the government rather than face trial, admitting last fall that he assaulted the couple in the Kittatinny Point area on the New Jersey side of the river in September 2019. Mulcahy initially walked off after…
'Out Of The Old West': Gunman In High Speed North Jersey Chase Apparently Had 25 Heroin Decks 'Out Of The Old West': Gunman In High Speed North Jersey Chase Apparently Had 25 Heroin Decks
'Out Of The Old West': Gunman In High Speed North Jersey Chase Apparently Had 25 Heroin Decks A gunman spotted shooting through the sunroof of his car at another vehicle was arrested after a high-speed pursuit near a North Jersey park Wednesday, authorities said. Essex County Sheriff's officers were patrolling near the entrance of Irvington Park Tuesday night when they spotted a black Dodge Charger and silver Nissan Altima speed by, according to Sheriff Armando Fontoura. Officers then saw shots being fired from the sunroof of the silver Altima, the sheriff said. “In a scene that seemed directly out of the Old West, the Altima pulled up directly behind the Charger before they began …
Gun Comes Flying Out Window During Elmwood Park Police Stop, Driver Speeds Off Gun Comes Flying Out Window During Elmwood Park Police Stop, Driver Speeds Off
Gun Comes Flying Out Window During Elmwood Park Police Stop, Driver Speeds Off A passenger tossed a loaded gun out the window of a sedan that sped off following an Elmwood Park police stop, authorities said. An officer stopped the gray 2006 BMW 330 – which had tinted front windows, a tinted windshield and no front license plate – on Herman Street at the corner of Stone Avenue at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Tthe front-seat passenger then rolled down the window and tossed out a loaded 9mm Taurus PT709 pistol, Foligno said. The driver then made a right onto Stone Avenue, hit the gas and sped away, turning right onto northbound Mola Boulevard, th…
Feds: Newark Wheelman Cops Plea In 7-County Armed Robbery Spree Feds: Newark Wheelman Cops Plea In 7-County Armed Robbery Spree
Feds: Newark Wheelman Cops Plea In 7-County Armed Robbery Spree An ex-con from Newark told a federal judge on Thursday that he was the getaway driver in a string of overnight convenience store and gas station robberies in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex, Morris and Union counties. Meshach Whagar, 31, admitted during a video-conferenced plea hearing that he was the wheelman during the 20 predawn holdups in November and December of 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. It included robberies in Lodi, Mahwah, Elmwood Park, Clifton, Hoboken, Bayonne, Kearny, Parsippany, Rockaway, Morris Plains, West Orange, East Brunswick, South River, Edison, …
Gunman Robs $250,000 Watch From Kardashian Pal In Englewood Cliffs, Police Issue Sketch Gunman Robs $250,000 Watch From Kardashian Pal In Englewood Cliffs, Police Issue Sketch
Gunman Robs $250,000 Watch From Kardashian Pal In Englewood Cliffs, Police Issue Sketch A bandit robbed the man known as "Foodgod" of a $250,000 watch at gunpoint on an Englewood Cliffs street, said authorities who turned to the public Monday for help. A close friend of Kim Kardashian who legally changed his name from Jonathan Cheban, "Foodgod" told police he was with his mother and a friend when they were accosted in the friend's driveway on East Bayview Avenue near Sylvan Avenue (Route 9W) around 8:30 p.m Sunday. The robber asked what time it was before pointing a silver-colored semiautomatic handgun at the 46-year-old Fort Lee native, his mother and a friend, he said. The …
Haledon PD: Ashes Flicked Out SUV Window Leads To East Orange Pair With Loaded, Stolen Gun Haledon PD: Ashes Flicked Out SUV Window Leads To East Orange Pair With Loaded, Stolen Gun
Haledon PD: Ashes Flicked Out SUV Window Leads To East Orange Pair With Loaded, Stolen Gun A passenger who drew a police sergeant’s attention by flicking cigar ashes out an SUV’s window contributed to the discovery of a loaded, stolen handgun and $1,665 in suspected drug proceeds, authorities said. Haledon Sgt. Timothy Lindberg stopped the 1998 Ford Expedition on Central Avenue shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday after the driver failed to signal a turn and then ran a red light, Lt. George Guzman said. Lindberg “also noticed that the rear-seat passenger was littering by throwing ashes of a cigar out of the window,” Guzman said. The sergeant was joined by Officer Andrea Len, Special P…
Paterson PD: Officers Seize Suicidal Wayne Woman Reaching For Loaded Gun Paterson PD: Officers Seize Suicidal Wayne Woman Reaching For Loaded Gun
Paterson PD: Officers Seize Suicidal Wayne Woman Reaching For Loaded Gun HEROES: Paterson police averted a potential tragedy when they quickly seized a suicidal Wayne woman who reached for a loaded gun as they approached her, authorities said. Officers responding to a call of a sick or injured person found the 40-year-old woman sitting in a car Sunday afternoon near the corner of Straight and Montgomery streets. When they opened the car door to check on her, the woman threw a bag of heroin to the ground and began cursing at them, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Then she reached under the seat, he said. One officer yelled “Gun!” as they converged on her, g…
Man Who Robbed Orange Phone Store While Wearing Wig Sentenced Man Who Robbed Orange Phone Store While Wearing Wig Sentenced
Man Who Robbed Orange Phone Store While Wearing Wig Sentenced An Ohio man who once took part in a violent criminal spree in Essex County in the early 1990s was sentenced to 300 months in prison for robbing a mobile phone store in Orange, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said.  Frederick White, 47, had earlier pleaded guilty to robbery under the federal Hobbs Act as well as brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.  On June 11, 2016, White walked into the store and demanded cash from an employee at gunpoint. White, who was wearing a wig, ran off with the money but was captured by Orange police shortly afterwards.  Wh…
Police: Armed Trio Sought In Clifton Home Invasion Police: Armed Trio Sought In Clifton Home Invasion
Police: Armed Trio Sought In Clifton Home Invasion Detectives were searching for three bandits who forced their way into a Clifton home and robbed the occupants at gunpoint. The Knapp Avenue victims told police the robbers fled toward Randolph Avenue after the 12:30 a.m. break-in Wednesday. A cellphone and some jewelry were among the valuables taken, responders said. Investigators asked that anyone who might have seen something or has video from the area around that time contact the Clifton Police Detective Bureau: (973) 470-5908.
UPDATE: Armed Robbery Of Wayne Gas Station Where OD Driver Killed Similar To Pequannock Holdup UPDATE: Armed Robbery Of Wayne Gas Station Where OD Driver Killed Similar To Pequannock Holdup
Update: Armed Robbery Of Wayne Gas Station Where OD Driver Killed Similar To Pequannock Holdup Authorities suspect the masked bandit who this weekend robbed a Route 23 Delta gas station in Wayne where a horrific heroin-involved crash killed three people earlier this year also held up a Pequannock Delta station two weeks ago. The attendant told uniformed Wayne officers who responded to the northbound Route 23 Delta station around 8:30 p.m. Saturday "displayed a semiautomatic handgun and demanded money," Capt. Christian Wittig said. Authorities didn't say how much was taken, although responders told Daily Voice the preliminary estimate was about $700. "The victim turned over money to …
Passaic County Rapper Juelz Santana Gets 2+ Years In Fed Pen For Bringing Gun To Newark Airport Passaic County Rapper Juelz Santana Gets 2+ Years In Fed Pen For Bringing Gun To Newark Airport
Passaic County Rapper Juelz Santana Gets 2+ Years In Fed Pen For Bringing Gun To Newark Airport Passaic County rapper Juelz Santana was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in federal prison for bringing a gun into Newark Airport earlier this year. Santana, 36, of Totowa -- whose real name is Laron L. James -- must serve just about all of the sentence: There's no parole in the federal prison system. U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler also sentenced him to one year of supervised release. Santana, who took a plea deal from the government earlier this year, had a prior felony conviction out of Bergen County that prohibited him from carrying a firearm. SEE: Passaic County Rapp…