New Haven, CT
Police & Fire
Teenage Trio With Stolen Guns Assaults Victim With Brass Knuckles In CT: Police Teenage Trio With Stolen Guns Assaults Victim With Brass Knuckles In CT: Police
Teenage Trio With Stolen Guns Assaults Victim With Brass Knuckles In CT: Police Three teenagers face a host of felony charges for both illegally possessing two guns and assaulting a victim with brass knuckles before robbing them in New Haven County, police said.  The arrests stemmed from an incident that began on Tuesday afternoon, June 13, when Wolcott Police received a report from a concerned citizen that he had seen a teenager with a bloody face walking through Peterson Park.  According to Wolcott Police, the teenage victim told the complainant that he had been robbed of his cellphone, chain, AirPod earphones, and $15 at gunpoint before being punched in th…

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by Ben Crnic
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Ex-Con Pair Charged In Hackensack Park Shooting UPDATE: Ex-Con Pair Charged In Hackensack Park Shooting
Update: Ex-Con Pair Charged In Hackensack Park Shooting UPDATE: Dawn was breaking Wednesday as a SWAT team crashed their way into a garden apartment in Little Falls and captured one of two ex-cons wanted for a shooting at a Hackensack park last month. Members of the Bergen County Regional SWAT team tossed in "flash-bang" stun grenades before seizing Bryant Kyron Dula, 29, at the Colonial Hill Gardens apartments just off Route 46 around 5:30 a.m. June 14, law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the arrest told Daily Voice. Also arrested and charged on Wednesday in the May 23 shooting at Carver Park is fellow ex-con Najee Lloyd, 32, of W…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Traffic Stop Near GWB Turns Up Loaded Gun, Sends NYC Carpenter To Jail Traffic Stop Near GWB Turns Up Loaded Gun, Sends NYC Carpenter To Jail
Traffic Stop Near GWB Turns Up Loaded Gun, Sends NYC Carpenter To Jail A carpenter from Manhattan had a loaded gun in his new BMW when Fort Lee police stopped him near the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. Detective Sgt. Cory Horton and Detective Nicole Busanic stopped the 2023 X3 driven by Dennis Morenzi, 41, for several violations near the corner of Bridge Plaza South and Park Avenue, Deputy Police Chief Edward Young said. Cocaine and prescription pills prompted a search that turned up the handgun, which was loaded with ammo that included a hollow-point bullet, the deputy chief said. Morenzi, of Manhattan’s Stuyvesant Park section, and his passeng…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Kingston, NY
Police & Fire
Man Involved In Fight At Stamford McDonald's Hits Cop With Car While Fleeing, Police Say Man Involved In Fight At Stamford McDonald's Hits Cop With Car While Fleeing, Police Say
Man Involved In Fight At Stamford McDonald's Hits Cop With Car While Fleeing, Police Say A police officer was struck by a car and a New York man armed with a gun was apprehended following a fight inside a McDonald's in Connecticut. The incident took place in Fairfield County around 2:40 p.m., Friday, May 5 at the McDonald's in Stamford on Bedford Street. According to Capt. Chris Baker of the Stamford Police, two officers were working an extra duty job directing traffic when a McDonald's employee called to them for help with a fight inside the restaurant. The two officers entered the restaurant and found several people arguing and fighting. Additional officers were dispatc…

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by Kathy Reakes
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Rapper Lil Tjay Busted On Gun Charges From Night He Was Shot At Edgewater Restaurant Rapper Lil Tjay Busted On Gun Charges From Night He Was Shot At Edgewater Restaurant
Rapper Lil Tjay Busted On Gun Charges From Night He Was Shot At Edgewater Restaurant Rapper Lil Tjay, who was shot and critically wounded outside an Edgewater restaurant last summer, was arrested on gun charges stemming from that incident after returning this week from a world tour. The 22-year-old Bronx rapper, born Tione Jayden Merritt, had three handguns hidden in his car when he and a companion were shot during what authorities said was a botched robbery on June 22, 2023. The weapons were stashed in a secret compartment that detectives uncovered during a court-approved search of the vehicle, according to an affidavit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack. An arrest wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Yonkers, NY
Police & Fire
14-Year-Old Shot After Suspects Fire Into Crowd In Yonkers, Police Say 14-Year-Old Shot After Suspects Fire Into Crowd In Yonkers, Police Say
14-Year-Old Shot After Suspects Fire Into Crowd In Yonkers, Police Say Officers had to apply a tourniquet to an injured 14-year-old after two suspects approached a crowd in Westchester and fired several shots into it, police said.  The incident happened in Yonkers on Friday, April 28 around 8:30 p.m., when officers responded to the area of 40 Cliff St. for a reported shooting incident, according to Yonkers Police.  Once arriving, authorities found an injured 14-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to his leg and began rendering first aid, including applying a field tourniquet.  The boy was then taken to an area trauma center with non-life-threaten…

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by Ben Crnic
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Admits Weapons Offense, Trespassing: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Admits Weapons Offense, Trespassing: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Admits Weapons Offense, Trespassing: Prosecutor A 20-year-old Galloway Township man has pleaded guilty to possessing a handgun and trespassing, authorities said. Jalen Torres is expected to be sentenced to an aggregate term of five years in New Jersey State Prison, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Torres is scheduled to be sentenced on June 5. On July 21, 2022, law enforcement officers  planned to execute a search warrant on Torres’ townhome. Prior to the search, officers saw Torres and apprehended him. Torres was found to be in possession of a 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun which was …

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by Jon Craig
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Fanny Pack Full Of Drugs, Gun, Cash: Routine Traffic Stop In Western Mass Leads To Bust Fanny Pack Full Of Drugs, Gun, Cash: Routine Traffic Stop In Western Mass Leads To Bust
Fanny Pack Full Of Drugs, Gun, Cash: Routine Traffic Stop In Western Mass Leads To Bust A routine traffic stop netted police drugs, cash, a gun, and several rounds of ammunition after a man tried to hide his fanny pack from officers, sparking their interest, authorities say.  Police pulled over the car around 9:15 p.m. on Friday, March 24, near the intersection of Sumner Avenue and Greenleaf Street, Springfield police said. There were four people inside.  After officers realized the driver, Chadwayne Allen, didn't have a license, they asked everyone to get out, police said. One of the passengers in the backseat was wearing a fanny pack, but when he stepped out of the car, he'…

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by Josh Lanier
Newark, NJ
News
Newark Woman Gets 28 Years For Deadly Drive-By Shooting Newark Woman Gets 28 Years For Deadly Drive-By Shooting
Newark Woman Gets 28 Years For Deadly Drive-By Shooting A 31-year-old woman from Newark who killed a man and wounded another in a drive-by shooting has been sentenced to 28 years in New Jersey State Prison. Chantal Mitchell, who had two prior drug-dealing convictions, was sentenced on Friday, March 17 for killing Deitrick Mitchell, 21, of Newark, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens. The fatal shooting followed an argument in front of a bodega, Stephens said. The two Mitchells were not related. Chantal Mitchell admitted to the double-shooting in exchange for the 28-year sentence. She pleaded guilty to aggr…

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by Jon Craig
Amherst, MA
Police & Fire
Surprise! Men Asleep In Their Car Blocking Northampton Road Had Drugs: Police Surprise! Men Asleep In Their Car Blocking Northampton Road Had Drugs: Police
Surprise! Men Asleep In Their Car Blocking Northampton Road Had Drugs: Police Officers in Hampshire County didn't have to struggle to figure out why there were two men asleep inside a running car that was partially blocking a road in Northampton. The drugs were in plain sight, authorities said.  A Department of Public Works employee called officers on Tuesday, March 14, when they noticed the car idling on Florence Road, Northampton police said. When police arrived, they found two men asleep in the car.  Officers struggled to rouse them.  When the men finally woke up, they were confused and disoriented, authorities said.  Police tried to spea…

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by Josh Lanier
Glen Burnie, MD
News
Teen Posts Photo With Gun At Glen Burnie High School: Authorities Teen Posts Photo With Gun At Glen Burnie High School: Authorities
Teen Posts Photo With Gun At Glen Burnie High School: Authorities A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after being caught posting a photo with a gun in the bathroom at an Anne Arundel County high school. Around 1:45 p.m., Tuesday, March 7, School Resource Officers at Glen Burnie High School were notified of a concerning photo that was circulating on social media, according to Anne Arundel County Police. The photo showed the teen suspect holding a pistol with an extended magazine inside a restroom at the high school.  Officers were able to positively identify the student and began a search. The student was found to not be in class or on school propert…

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by Annie DeVoe
Arlington, VA
Police & Fire
Almost Got Away: US Capitol Police Bust Runaway Suspect Who Hid For Hours Inside Apartment Almost Got Away: US Capitol Police Bust Runaway Suspect Who Hid For Hours Inside Apartment
Almost Got Away: US Capitol Police Bust Runaway Suspect Who Hid For Hours Inside Apartment Two people are in custody after being suspected of having a gun inside a stolen car, police say. A US Capitol Police officer spotted a reportedly stolen sedan near E Street and New Jersey Avenue around 11 a.m., Thursday, March 2, and approached the vehicle.  Two people then ran from the car as they neared, with one being immediately apprehended by officers, investigators said. Officers then followed the second suspect into a nearby apartment building on E Street after he locked barricaded inside an apartment.  When officers searched the stolen vehicle, they located a gun and…

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by Annie DeVoe