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Two Juveniles Arrested After Men Shot With BB Guns: Montclair Police Two Juveniles Arrested After Men Shot With BB Guns: Montclair Police
Two Juveniles Arrested After Men Shot With BB Guns: Montclair Police Two Bloomfield juveniles were arrested after firing BB guns in Montclair on Sunday, June 9, that struck multiple people, police said. Two men were standing outside The Meat Locker on Park Street when they were struck by BB's from a pellet gun that were fired from a passing vehicle, Montclair police said. One man was struck in the nose while the other was struck in the neck, police said. Both men refused medical attention. Two boys were stopped on Chestnut Street and found to be in possession of the pellet guns, police said. The men were unable to make identification of the suspects, police …

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by Sam Barron
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Boy Seized With BB Gun At Rutherford HS Playoff Game Boy Seized With BB Gun At Rutherford HS Playoff Game
Boy Seized With BB Gun At Rutherford HS Playoff Game A 17-year-old boy who apparently thought it was a good idea to bring a BB gun to Rutherford High School's state playoff game against visiting Hanover Park was quickly taken into custody, authorities said. The Friday night lights made it easy for a concerned citizen to see the weapon, which the boy pulled from his waistband to show other fans near the end of the Nov. 3 game, Rutherford Police Chief John Russo said. The citizen went straight to one of the officers on duty. It was "just a matter of minutes," the chief said, before Officer Anthony Bachmann and Sgt. Scott Ahearn seized the boy …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Young Thugs —13, 14 — Rob Clifton Liquor Store With BB Gun Police: Young Thugs —13, 14 — Rob Clifton Liquor Store With BB Gun
Police: Young Thugs —13, 14 — Rob Clifton Liquor Store With BB Gun A Clifton liquor store was robbed by four young city teens, one of whom displayed what turned out to be a BB gun, said authorities who took them into custody. The haul? A vape. The quartet entered Dante's Liquor & Wine on Van Houten Avenue shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. One of the boys asked the cashier for a vape, then pulled up his shirt to expose the weapon in his waistband, Bracken said. The youth grabbed the vape and they all bolted, he said. A detective was checking the area when he spotted the group sitting on a porch a few blocks away…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police: NY Man Jailed For Wielding BB Gun, Fleeing During Dispute With Sussex County Landscaper Police: NY Man Jailed For Wielding BB Gun, Fleeing During Dispute With Sussex County Landscaper
Police: NY Man Jailed For Wielding BB Gun, Fleeing During Dispute With Sussex County Landscaper A 31-year-old man has been jailed after wielding a BB gun during an alleged dispute with a Sussex County landscaper. David A. G. Martin of Peekskill, NY is accused of brandishing PSM45 BB handgun during an argument over payment at a landscaping business off Limecrest Road around 3 p.m. Wednesday, Andover Township Police said. Martin then drove away, heading toward Newton-Sparta road in a red Ford F150, police said. Martin’s vehicle was located “within minutes” on Lawrence Road, where he was stopped and found in possession of the BB gun used in the incident, police said. Martin was arreste…

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by Valerie Musson
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Police: Speeding Driver Threatens Englewood Homeowner Police: Speeding Driver Threatens Englewood Homeowner
Police: Speeding Driver Threatens Englewood Homeowner An Englewood resident who signaled a driver racing through the neighborhood to slow down had what looked like a handgun pointed at him, said police who quickly took two teens into custody. The Everett Place resident told police he was cutting his grass Monday afternoon when a dark-colored BMW with New York license plates and "fancy silver rims" came speeding down the street, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The resident "raised his hand in an attempt to get the vehicle to slow down" as it kept going, Halstead said. The driver then turned around, pulled up to the resident and poin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Kearny PD: Man With BB Gun In Car Brought Heavy Police Presence To USPS Parking Lot Kearny PD: Man With BB Gun In Car Brought Heavy Police Presence To USPS Parking Lot
Kearny PD: Man With BB Gun In Car Brought Heavy Police Presence To USPS Parking Lot A man who dozed off with a BB gun in his car was taken into police custody presumably as a precaution after a nearly hour-long standoff in the parking lot of a Kearny United States Postal Service facility Tuesday, authorities said. A person reportedly armed with a gun was inside a vehicle at 1200 Harrison Ave., which is known as the Greater Newark Processing and Distribution Center, around noon bringing a large contingent of law enforcement including State Police to the scene shortly after noon.  Police later determined a man had fallen asleep in a parked vehicle in the lot of the…

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by Paul Milo