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Newark Fugitive With 100 Bags Heroin Flees Police, Drags Atlantic City Officer With His Vehicle
A 37-year-old wanted man from Essex County has been arrested in Atlantic City, authorities said.
Jamil Redd, 37, of Newark, was charged after trying to flee Atlantic City police on Thursday, a police department spokesman said.
Sgt. Richard Andrews and Det. Brian Hambrecht tried to stop Redd's vehicle at 9:23 a.m. on South Carolina Avenue during a drug investigation, police said.
Redd had an active warrant out for his arrest on a parole violation, police said.
During the stop, Redd sped away, "nearly dragging and causing a minor injury to Detective Hambrecht," according to Lt. Kevin …
Out Of State Couple Busted With Handgun, Hollow-Point Bullets In Routine Morris County Stop
A couple from West Virginia had a handgun with a high-capacity magazine and hollow-point bullets when they were stopped in Morris County, authorities said.
Brian Moats, 29, and Alexis King, 38 — both of Morgantown, West Virginia — were stopped on West Mill Road in Washington Township around 1 a.m. on Sept. 30, Lt. Mark Niemynski said.
Moats, the passenger, initially gave police a fake name during questioning, prompting a search of the vehicle, which turned up a handgun with a high-capacity magazine, hollow-point bullets, a THC cartridge and drug paraphernalia, authorities said.
Both were f…
