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Two Arrested For Stealing Car, Stealing Handgun: Linden PD

Two Newark residents were arrested in Linden on Thursday, July 6 for driving a stolen car and possessing a stolen handgun, police said.

Tijohn Cato

Tijohn Cato

Photo Credit: Union County Department of Corrections

At 8 p.m., officers were alerted to a report of a stolen vehicle traveling south on Route 1, Captain Christopher Guenther of the Linden Police said. The car suddenly came to a stop at Avenue C and Tijohn Cato, 30, and Samiya Medina, 34 were arrested and taken into custody, Guenther said.

When police searched the vehicle, they discovered a stolen handgun, Guenther said. Medina and Cato were charged with unlawful possession of a stolen handgun in the second degree and receiving stolen property in the third degree, Guenther said. Cato was also hit with an additional possession charge, Guenther said.

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