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Fraudulent Checks, Defaced Handgun: Two Men Arrested, South Plainfield PD Say
Two Piscataway men were arrested and charged after they were involved in a fraudulent check scheme, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 20.
On Friday, Oct. 17, officers responded to the Valley National Bank on Durham Avenue after two men, later identified as Dasani Thomas, 21, and Jaqier Campbell, 24, tried to pass a phony check, South Plainfield police said.
The two were located in the drive-thru lane and an investigation determined they had tried to pass a fake check at another bank prior to arriving in South Plainfield, police said.
Thomas and Campbell were charged with forgery, theft by…
Drug-Dealing Duo Found With Heroin, Fentanyl, Crack In South Jersey: Prosecutors
A man and a woman were accused of using two Ocean County homes to sell several drugs, including heroin mixed with fentanyl and crack cocaine, authorities said.
Nicholas Ryland, 32, of Cream Ridge, and Quadazia Scott, 33, of Berkeley Township, were arrested after a three-month investigation. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced their arrests in a news release on Tuesday, May 7.
Police began surveillance on two suspected homes in Toms River and Berkeley Township on Thursday, May 2. Detectives saw Ryland and Scott leave the Berkeley home in their vehicles.
Ryland…
Four Arrested In Narcotics Crackdown In Atlantic County Town
Police in one Atlantic County town make four arrests after receiving complaints about drug dealing, authorities said.
Galloway Township police arrested Sahmad Greene, 28, of Galloway, on Monday, Feb. 12, the department said. The arrest came after officers searched a home on Liberty Court and found narcotics, a gun with a high-capacity magazine, cash, and a vehicle with more narcotics inside of it.
Greene was charged with distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, unlawful possession of a weapon, committing a drug offense while in possession of a weapon, unlawful possession of a …
Gun Seized, NJ Man Busted During Busiest Travel Day Ever For Newark And US Airports
A Middlesex County man tried bringing a loaded gun aboard a flight at Newark Airport on what was the busiest travel day ever not only there but throughout the United States, authorities said.
The Woodbridge resident was arrested and the weapon seized on Friday, July 1, as the July 4th travel weekend shifted into high gear, the Transportation Security Administration's Lisa Farbstein said.
Criminal charges and a fine that can run as high as $15,000 follow, she said.
TSA officers screened 2,884,683 travelers across the country on Friday and locally screened 83,041 passengers at Newark Liberty…
'I Forgot': Traveler Nabbed Trying To Tote Loaded Gun, Ammo Onto Flight At LGA, TSA Says
A traveler was caught trying to board a flight with a loaded gun and 100 boxed bullets in his carry-on at LaGuardia Airport, authorities said.
The checkpoint X-ray unit triggered an alarm that led to the discovery on Tuesday, April 25, said Lisa Farbstein, a spokesperson for the Transporation Security Administration.
The .22-caliber gun was loaded with 10 rounds and came with two boxes of 50 bullets each, Farbstein said.
TSA officers alerted Port Authority police, who seized the traveler, the gun and the ammo, she said.
The Brooklyn man told them he'd "taken his bag to a shooting range a…
Student Accused Of Repeated Assaults On Woman In FDU Dorm Room Busted With Loaded Gun: Police
A Fairleigh Dickinson University senior wanted for repeatedly assaulting a woman in his dorm room was jailed after Teaneck police who went there found a loaded gun, authorities said.
The woman told police that Kawan Joseph, 21, grabbed her by the arms, pinned her down, then pressed his hand on her neck – restricting her breathing and circulation – in the dormitory in early December, Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said.
She tried to flee, she said, but Joseph blocked her from doing so.
During a second alleged assault in early January, the Brooklyn native “grabbed her by her arms, shook her, …
