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Video Shows Moment SWAT Team Arrests NJ Gun Trafficker Denied Permit Just Last Year: Police Video Shows Moment SWAT Team Arrests NJ Gun Trafficker Denied Permit Just Last Year: Police
Video Shows Moment SWAT Team Arrests NJ Gun Trafficker Denied Permit Just Last Year: Police Police have released the video that shows a SWAT team arresting a New Jersey man accused of trafficking guns across multiple state lines, despite being denied a permit to purchase firearms, they said. Following a five-month investigation, Wayne Bagley, 68, of South Brunswick, was arrested during a motor vehicle stop on Thursday, Feb. 29, South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said. Video shows officers approaching Bagley in a dark blue work van before pulling up and surrounding him. "Hands up," officers can be heard yelling with their guns drawn. "Put your hands up." Once…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Guns Used In Deadly Roxborough HS Shooting Trafficked By Philly Sheriff’s Deputy: Reports Guns Used In Deadly Roxborough HS Shooting Trafficked By Philly Sheriff’s Deputy: Reports
Guns Used In Deadly Roxborough HS Shooting Trafficked By Philly Sheriff’s Deputy: Reports Two guns used in last month's deadly Roxborough High School shooting were among firearms trafficked by a Philadelphia sheriff's deputy, federal authorities say.  Samir Ahmad, 29, was a sworn law enforcement officer when he illegally sold two semiautomatic pistols to an FBI informant, said US Attorney Jacqueline Romero in a a statement Thursday, Oct. 27.  Prosecutors said the federal informant who purchased the firearms warned Ahmad that he was in the country illegally and could face deportation if caught with a weapon. “You don’t got to worry about none of that," the s…

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by Mac Bullock
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Gun-Running Jersey Shore Coke Dealer Nabbed In FBI Sting Gets 5 Years, No Parole Gun-Running Jersey Shore Coke Dealer Nabbed In FBI Sting Gets 5 Years, No Parole
Gun-Running Jersey Shore Coke Dealer Nabbed In FBI Sting Gets 5 Years, No Parole A confessed cocaine dealer from Freehold who sold smuggled guns to buyers working for the FBI was sentenced to a plea-bargained five years in federal prison. Enrique Quijada, 25, who was in the country illegally, must serve out the entire term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said Quijada – also known as “El Enano 13” and “Kike” -- worked for a crew that sold handguns and a semi-automatic rifle, among other weapons, to what turned out to be FBI operatives in and around Monmouth and Ocean counties. Rather than face trial, he took…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities Smash Atlantic City-Based Operation That Trafficked Guns, Drugs Authorities Smash Atlantic City-Based Operation That Trafficked Guns, Drugs
Authorities Smash Atlantic City-Based Operation That Trafficked Guns, Drugs Authorities seized nine guns, 14 large-capacity ammo magazines, seven bricks of heroin and more in the takedown of a crew that they said sold large amounts of drugs and guns in and around Atlantic City. Four men were arrested following a joint investigation by local, state, county and federal law enforcers that included nearly two dozen undercover buys of heroin, fentanyl, meth and firearms, Acting Attorney New Jersey General Matthew J. Platkin announced Thursday, Feb. 24. Arrested were: Ricardo Lugo Jr., 21, of Egg Harbor Township; Jamal M. George, 26, of Mays Landing; Rashawn S. Parks, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pottstown Man Straw Purchased, Illegally Resold 16 Firearms, DA Says Pottstown Man Straw Purchased, Illegally Resold 16 Firearms, DA Says
Pottstown Man Straw Purchased, Illegally Resold 16 Firearms, DA Says A Pottstown man was arrested for straw purchasing and illegally reselling more than a dozen firearms over a period of six years, authorities said. Johnny Fowler, 28, was charged with multiple felony counts of unlawful transfer of a firearm, corrupt organizations, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, criminal use of communications facilities, unsworn falsification, and related offenses, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Investigators say Fowler trafficked 16 firearms from 2014 to 2019. The investigation began after Philadelphia police seize…

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by Nicole Acosta
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DA: 3 PA Men Arrested For Trafficking 37 Firearms Across Philly, Bucks, MontCo DA: 3 PA Men Arrested For Trafficking 37 Firearms Across Philly, Bucks, MontCo
DA: 3 PA Men Arrested For Trafficking 37 Firearms Across Philly, Bucks, MontCo Three Pennsylvania men were arrested for trafficking 37 firearms across Philadelphia, Bucks, and Montgomery counties, authorities announced.Tyron Gresham, 24, purchased the firearms from Dec. 19, 2019, through May 13, 2021, and attempted to buy another one on May 18, 2021, according to Montgomery County District Attorney's office.  Of the 37 firearms purchased by Gresham, 17 were purchased in Bucks County, 16 in Philadelphia, and four in Montgomery County. Nasim Smalls, 24, and Aaron Walker, 20, who are brothers, are not legally allowed to purchase or possess firearms, authorities said…

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by Nicole Acosta