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Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Busted On Gun Charges After Bergen Nightclub Shooting Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Busted On Gun Charges After Bergen Nightclub Shooting
Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Busted On Gun Charges After Bergen Nightclub Shooting Popular rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie, his manager and a bodyguard were busted after Bergen County prosecutor's detectives investigating a shooting outside a Teaneck nightclub reported finding four guns at the artist's Demarest home. The Bronx-born rapper, whose given name is Julius Dubose, wasn't involved in the shooting that sent an 18-year-old member of his entourage to the hospital as he was celebrating his 25th birthday at RAIN in Teaneck around midnight Monday, authorities said. Detectives were investigating the shooting when they went to Dubose's Pine Terrace home with NYPD investig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Union County Man, 26, Charged in Central Jersey Bar & Grill Shooting Union County Man, 26, Charged in Central Jersey Bar & Grill Shooting
Union County Man, 26, Charged in Central Jersey Bar & Grill Shooting A 26-year-old man from Union County has been arrested in connection with a shooting in South River last week, authorities said on Monday. Bryant King, 26, of Plainfield was charged on Saturday with unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a handgun without a permit, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and South River Police Chief Mark Tinitigan. King was charged after an investigation of the Oct. 21 non-fatal shooting by South River Patrolman Bernard Mackiel and Detective Mark Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office…

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by Jon Craig
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Ex-Con Admits Illegally Packing Revolver At Jersey Shore Hotel Ex-Con Admits Illegally Packing Revolver At Jersey Shore Hotel
Ex-Con Admits Illegally Packing Revolver At Jersey Shore Hotel A Monmouth County ex-con admitted in federal court Monday that he was illegally carrying a gun when local police stopped him outside an Eatontown hotel. Rashon Alexander, 42, of Long Branch took a plea deal from prosecutors in exchange for leniency at sentencing. Acting on a tip, Eatontown police stopped Alexander this past January as he and another man approached a hotel where he was staying, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. They searched Alexander after he admitted having pot and found a .22-caliber RG Industries revolver in his pants pocket, Carpenito said. As a convicted felon, Ale…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Police Pursuit Ends In Fiery Crash Paterson Police Pursuit Ends In Fiery Crash
Paterson Police Pursuit Ends In Fiery Crash A driver led Paterson police on a chase that ended when his vehicle slammed into a city police cruiser, igniting a fire, and then crashed onto its side into a porch, authorities said. Detective Mustafa Dombayci began chasing the grey Infiniti G35 on Memorial Drive toward Broadway just after 11 p.m. Saturday after noticing it had a broken driver’s side mirrors, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The driver – identified as Adriano Giordano, 24, of Bloomfield -- pulled to the side of the road at Broadway and Straight Street, then hit the gas, spinning his tires and roaring off, after…

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by Jerry DeMarco