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At 2:02 a.m. on Thursday, March 17, Atlantic City police officer Ivan Cruz conducted a motor vehicle stop on three vehicles in the second block of South Arkansas Avenue after previously observing the vehicles driving at a high rate of speed in the area of Missouri and Fairmount Avenues.
Cruz successfully made contact with the occupants of two of the three vehicles. The third vehicle was located unoccupied and it was determined that three individuals had fled from that vehicle, police said.
Two of the individuals, Brock Gould and a 16-year-old juvenile, were tracked and located by Sergeant Brian Fleming, Officer Cruz and Officer Danny Rodriguez.
A brief foot pursuit ensued and the two individuals were ultimately apprehended and taken into custody without incident a short distance away.
The third occupant, Trayon Bennett, fled on foot from Officer Ivaylo Penchev, police said. Bennett was subsequently located and taken into custody as well without incident. Inside the unoccupied vehicle, officers located a loaded handgun on the driver’s side floor. Immediately adjacent to the vehicle, officers also located two additional loaded handguns, they said.
Gould, 30; Bennett, 18 and a 16-year-old juvenile, all from Bridgeton, were charged with multiple weapons offenses, including possession of a high-capacity magazine, obstruction, conspiracy and eluding.
The juvenile was being held at Ocean County Juvenile Detention Center.
Gould and Bennett were being held at the Atlantic County Justice Facility.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Atlantic City Police Department Criminal Investigations Section at 609-347-5766 or text anonymously to tip411 (847411). Begin the text with ACPD.
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