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Busted: Feds Charge NJ Pair With Selling Five Guns, Fentanyl, Coke to CI
Two Newark men were nabbed after illegally selling five guns to an undercover operative working for the government, authorities said.
One of them, Carlo M. De Leon De Jesus, 26, peddled four of the firearms and also sold fentanyl and cocaine, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives conducted three controlled buys from DeJesus from this past July through September, the U.S. attorney said.
The conversations were secretly recorded, he said, as the confidential informant bought:
a Glock 19 pistol for $1,500 in cash;
an E…
Hudson Ex-Con Who Shot At Moving Car Headed To Federal Prison For 5 Years, No Parole
A Jersey City ex-con who fired at a moving car is headed to federal prison for a plea-bargained five years, authorities said Tuesday.
Jamel Armfield, 20, already had three felony convictions on his record when he squeezed off nine rounds from a .45-caliber Springfield Armory handgun at the vehicle on Gates Avenue last June, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said.
A nearby surveillance camera captured images of the shooting, she said.
Whom Armfield was firing at, and why, were never determined, the U.S. attorney said.
He tried to hide the gun, she added, but Jersey City police found it…