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Feds: Ex-Con Whose Companion Crashed Into NJ Restaurant Sentenced For 'Glock Switch' Pistol Feds: Ex-Con Whose Companion Crashed Into NJ Restaurant Sentenced For 'Glock Switch' Pistol
Feds: Ex-Con Whose Companion Crashed Into NJ Restaurant Sentenced For 'Glock Switch' Pistol An ex-con whose companion crashed his car into a Route 22 restaurant was sentenced in Newark to 2½ years in federal prison for carrying a pistol converted into a machine gun. Christian Cordero-Gotay, 29, of Brooklyn was being arrested Clinton Township police during an August 2020 traffic stop on Route 22 when his companion, Genesis Bertefabian, suddenly jumped behind the wheel and sped off, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. The vehicle crashed into a Lebanon restaurant minutes later, Honig said. Bertefabian ran into woods behind Chelsea’s Restaurant and tried to hide a 9mm Glock-…

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Jersey Shore Ex-Con Chased Down By Police Admits Tossing Machine Gun Jersey Shore Ex-Con Chased Down By Police Admits Tossing Machine Gun
Jersey Shore Ex-Con Chased Down By Police Admits Tossing Machine Gun A Monmouth County ex-con admitted in federal court that he tossed a loaded machine gun while being chased by police. Davon Harley, 30, of Neptune City, was arguing with a group in the yard of a local apartment complex this past February when city police arrived, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Harley ran when he saw them, he said. Asbury Park and Neptune Township police joined a foot chase that ended when officers captured Harley and found a gun and magazine that he’d discarded, Carpenito said. The weapon “had been altered to fire exclusively in fully automatic mode,” the U.S. attorne…

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Feds: Ex-Con Caught With Modified Machine Gun During Social Distancing Sweep Feds: Ex-Con Caught With Modified Machine Gun During Social Distancing Sweep
Feds: Ex-Con Caught With Modified Machine Gun During Social Distancing Sweep Newark police clearing a sidewalk of loiterers who were violating emergency social distancing orders found one of them carrying a modified machine gun, federal authorities said. Ex-con Anthony Reynolds, 26, was in a group hanging out in the area of Summer Avenue and May Street when uniformed police assigned to minimize social gatherings approached them last Saturday night, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The officers were there for “the specific purpose of minimizing social gathering of citizens in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus,” Carpenito said. One of them saw Reyn…

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by Jerry DeMarco