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Fort Lee PD: Ex-Con Busted With Pills, Imitation Gun, Cash
An ex-con from Fort Lee was busted with dozens of prescription pills, an imitation handgun and more than $5,000 in illicit proceeds, authorities said.
Francisco Holguin, 32, was the subject of an investigation that eventually led to his arrest outside his apartment on Main Street between Jones Road and Maple Street, Fort Lee Police Capt. Edward Young said.
Holguin was charged with drug and weapons offenses, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
He was sent to the Bergen County Jail and ordered released less than 24 hours later, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform la…
Police: Out-Of-State Travelers Busted In Fairview Stop With Loaded Guns, Mags, Hollow Points
Two Georgia men who said they'd driven up to visit family ended up arrested instead after Fairview police said they found a pair of loaded handguns in their car.
Officer Sebastian Castano stopped the 2014 Ford Mustang near the corner of 91st Street and Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen.
Castano, backed up by Officer Tommy Makdis, questioned the pair after a Glock 19 was spotted in plain view as the driver, Desmond A. Fitzpatrick, 25, retrieved his paperwork from the glove compartment, Capt. Michael Martic said.
Fitzpatrick and passenger Darius T. Hill, also 25, were both removed from the veh…
