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Detectives with the Crime Suppression Central Unit learned that a party bus carrying multiple people carrying weapons was traveling through Mercer County and that it would return to the Trenton area through Interstate 195, police said.
Authorities tracked and stopped the bus on Interstate 195 in Hamilton Township around 3:30 a.m. As detectives approached the bus, they saw the occupants trying to hide several weapons. The occupants of the bus were arrested, police said.
As a result of the investigation, detectives recovered three 9mm handguns, including two ghost guns, a .45 caliber handgun, a .40 caliber handgun, a .380 caliber handgun, three high-capacity magazines, hollow-point ammunition and promethazine, suspected codeine syrup. A ghost gun is a firearm that is assembled from various parts that are not imprinted with a serial number registered with a federally licensed manufacturer, making them difficult for law enforcement to trace.
The individuals were charged with the following:
Javon McKinney, 22, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Possession of a handgun without a serial number
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
Maurice Nance, 20, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
Kena West, 25, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Certain persons not to possess a handgun
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
• Possession of hollow-point ammunition
Jahmel Johnson, 24, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Certain persons not to possess a handgun
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
• Possession of CDS
Makai Brown, 21, of Atlanta, GA
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
Jaquan Harper, 20, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
Zaire Leary, 24, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Certain persons not to possess a handgun
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
• Possession of hollow-point ammunition
Daquane McRae, 25, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Certain persons not to possess a handgun
• Obstruction
• Resisting arrest
Khalil Glanton, 22, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
Daquan Lewis, 27, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Certain persons not to possess a handgun
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
• Possession of hollow-point ammunition
Aaron Turner, 31, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Certain persons not to possess a handgun
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
• Possession of hollow-point ammunition
Tahvon Goss, 23, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Certain persons not to possess a handgun
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
• Possession of hollow-point ammunition
Harold Ruiz, 22, of Trenton, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Certain persons not to possess a handgun
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
Juvenile female of Ewing, N.J.
• Unlawful possession of a handgun
• Possession of a high-capacity magazine
This case is being prosecuted by the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice.
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