Out-Of-State Passenger Not Wearing Seatbelt On Route 17 Found With Loaded Gun: Rochelle Park PD

A passenger not wearing a seatbelt acted suspiciously enough for a Rochelle Park police officer to begin asking questions -- and find a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets, authorities said.

Hugh Alan Warner
Photo Credit: *ROCHELLE PARK PD*

Jerry DeMarco

05/26/2022 10:53 a.m.

Hugh Warner, 29, of Daytona Beach, FL was in a Nissan Altima stopped by Officer Chris Kiszka on southbound Route 17.

Backup officers arrived Kiszka found a 9mm Taurus handgun in the glove box, said Lt. James D. DePreta, who was one of them.

Warner was charged with illegal possession of the gun, a high-capacity magazine and the hollow-point rounds. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail, where he remained Thursday, awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

Detectives Brian Cobb and Brian Gallina assisted along with DePreta.

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