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Passaic Sheriff’s Officers Nab Paterson Pair With Loaded Guns In Predawn Pullover Passaic Sheriff’s Officers Nab Paterson Pair With Loaded Guns In Predawn Pullover
Passaic Sheriff’s Officers Nab Paterson Pair With Loaded Guns In Predawn Pullover Passaic County sheriff’s officers found two men -- one of them an ex-con -- carrying loaded guns during a traffic stop overnight in Paterson, authorities said. Officers Angelo Calabro and Mathew Baskinger stopped a silver Mercedes Benz E-Class with an obstructed windshield at Washington Avenue and Ellison Street shortly after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Rear passenger Mark Jackson, 27, who was holding an open bottle of Hennessey cognac made a “quick hand movement near his pants pocket,” Berdnik said. Suspecting he might be armed, Calabro ordered Jackson out of the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic County Sheriff: Cognac Drinker In Car Caught Carrying Loaded Revolver Passaic County Sheriff: Cognac Drinker In Car Caught Carrying Loaded Revolver
Passaic County Sheriff: Cognac Drinker In Car Caught Carrying Loaded Revolver A passenger swigging from a bottle of cognac as the sedan he was in drove by Passaic County sheriff’s officers was carrying a loaded handgun, authorities said. The officers stopped the Toyota Camry in the 700 block of River Street in Paterson around 4:45 a.m. Tuesday and quickly spotted several motor vehicle violations, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. They also smelled the odor of burnt marijuana, he said. As they approached, the officers saw the rear passenger who’d been drinking the Hennessey push a fanny pack with his feet under the driver’s seat, the sheriff said. As coll…

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by Jerry DeMarco