Prospect Park PD: 16-Year-Old Passenger Packed Fully-Loaded Stolen Handgun

PROSPECT PARK, N.J. – A 16-year-old front-seat passenger in a car stopped for a noisy muffler was carrying a fully-loaded handgun reported stolen out of Florida, Prospect Park police said Thursday.

.380 Bersa Thunder
Photo Credit: *COURTESY: Prospect Park Police*

Jerry DeMarco

04/13/2017 12:50 p.m.

Officers who pulled over the 2004 Honda Accord on Haledon Avenue and Kossuth Street late Tuesday found the .380 Bersa Thunder handgun with seven full-metal jacket rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber, said Capt. Ammen Matari.

It had been reported stolen out of Orlando, he said.

Police filed a delinquency complaint against the teen charging him with weapons offenses and receiving stolen property. He was taken to the Essex County Detention Center pending a hearing in the Family Division of Superior Court.

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