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Feds: Newark Ex-Con Wanted On Gun Charge Caught Carrying Another Feds: Newark Ex-Con Wanted On Gun Charge Caught Carrying Another
Feds: Newark Ex-Con Wanted On Gun Charge Caught Carrying Another A Newark police detective who frisked an ex-con suspected of firing and then tossing a gun found him carrying another one, federal authorities said. Kevin Hills, 21, had been seen on surveillance video shooting what turned out to be a 9mm Jiminez semiautomatic pistol after he got out of a sedan on Chadwick Avenue near Clinton Avenue last June, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Officers in the area found the gun after one of them reported hearing the shots, he said. A warranted search of the Lincoln LS that Hills had gotten out of turned up 64 rounds of various ammunition, according t…

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Feds: Jersey Shore Sex Offender Crashes Car With Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Wearing Body Armor Feds: Jersey Shore Sex Offender Crashes Car With Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Wearing Body Armor
Feds: Jersey Shore Sex Offender Crashes Car With Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Wearing Body Armor A convicted sex offender from Toms River who police said was wearing a tactical vest and carrying two guns and three high-capacity magazines when he crashed his car on Route 35 last month has been charged federally, authorities said. Jeremy W. Barringer, 46, also had an empty handgun holster on his hip when Mantoloking and Bay Head officers asked him to step out of the vehicle following the 3 a.m. single-vehicle crash on Oct. 24 near Herbert Street, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. In plain view on the backseat floorboard was a 5.56-millimeter semi-automatic rifle that turned out…

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Feds: Imprisoned Paterson Dealer Admits Selling Heroin That Killed User From Warwick, NY Feds: Imprisoned Paterson Dealer Admits Selling Heroin That Killed User From Warwick, NY
Feds: Imprisoned Paterson Dealer Admits Selling Heroin That Killed User From Warwick, NY A twice-imprisoned drug dealer from Paterson admitted he sold the heroin that killed a user from Orange County, NY. Shameik "Homeboy" Byrd, 31, who’s currently serving a state prison sentence, told a federal judge via videoconference in Newark that the death of 25-year-old Kean Cabral of Warwick was caused by heroin from the batch of “Trap Queen” that he’d been selling. State authorities tried to prosecute Byrd and a couple who they said bought the drugs from him and sold some to Cabral in April 2016. They were over-ruled, however, by the New Jersey Supreme Court, which said they didn’t ha…

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Law Enforcement Partnership Puts Jersey City Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun In Feds' Hands Law Enforcement Partnership Puts Jersey City Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun In Feds' Hands
Law Enforcement Partnership Puts Jersey City Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun In Feds' Hands A Jersey City ex-con caught with a gun remained in federal custody thanks to a unique partnership of law enforcement agencies, authorities said. Malik Holloway, 28, was brought before a federal magistrate judge via teleconference Friday. City police had seen him take the gun from another person the night of July 13, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. A short time later, Holloway tipped away from a group of people with the weapon in his waistband as police approached on Neptune Avenue, he said. An officer stopped Holloway, who smelled of marijuana, patted him down and found a .9mm Glock M…

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by Jerry DeMarco