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DUI Jersey Shore Driver Found With Cocaine, Bogus Passports In Traffic Stop: PD
More than $32,000 in cash, cocaine, fake European passports and more were seized from an intoxicated driver and his New York passenger in a motor vehicle stop over the weekend in Bergen County, NJ, police said.
George Lenard, 23, of Morganville, NJ, was stopped on West Passaic Street by Rochelle Park Police Officer Chris Kiszka around 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, for erratic driving, RPPD Chief Dean Pinto said.
Lenard quickly jumped into the backseat and pretended to be asleep, Pinto said.
Meanwhile, the officer spotted open containers of alcohol in the center console, and Lenard ap…
Raid Of Long Island Cigar Shop Leads To Drug Charges For Central Jersey Man: Police
A raid of a Long Island cigar shop that turned up THC gummies led to drug charges for four men, including one from New Jersey.
Ujaval Darji, 27, of Monmouth Junction, was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance after the bust at Bellmore Cigars, Vapor, Lotto Store, in Bellmore earlier this week, the Nassau County Police Department reported.
Police said officers executed a search warrant and discovered that the THC gummies were being sold at the location. The three other men arrested were:
Dinesh Venkata, age 47, of Richmond Hill
Aashutos…
FBI: Tipster Dimes Out Tambourine-Shaking Former Nypd Spokeswoman In Capitol Riot
A tambourine-shaking, arms-raising, former NYPD spokeswoman became the latest person charged criminally in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, thanks to yet another anonymous tipster, according to the FBI.
Sara Carpenter, 51, who left the force in 2004, surrendered to the FBI in Queens early Tuesday, federal authorities said.
“Any involvement in the Jan. 6 [riot] is serious conduct,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh Hafetz told a judge in Brooklyn during a video-conferenced detention hearing that afternoon.
According to an anonymous tipster, Carpenter told a relative that she’d been tear-gass…
