Ex-Con Chased Down After Haledon Traffic Stop Packed Loaded Handgun, Police Report Ex-Con Chased Down After Haledon Traffic Stop Packed Loaded Handgun, Police Report
Ex-Con Chased Down After Haledon Traffic Stop Packed Loaded Handgun, Police Report An ex-con who ran from a Haledon traffic stop was carrying a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets, said police who chased him down. Officer Jeffrey Welsh stopped the 2007 Nissan Altima on Haledon Avenue around 11:45 p.m. Sunday after the driver failed to properly signal a turn, Lt. George Guzman said. The vehicle also didn’t have a valid inspection sticker, he said. Welsh smelled raw marijuana as he approached the vehicle, then asked the driver for her paperwork, Guzman said. Special Police Officers Michael Moore and Kris Duci joined Welsh, and the driver and three passengers were ordered…
Ridgefield Park PD: Car-Hauling Mississippi Driver Had Loaded Gun, Magazine, Hollow-Point Ammo Ridgefield Park PD: Car-Hauling Mississippi Driver Had Loaded Gun, Magazine, Hollow-Point Ammo
Ridgefield Park PD: Car-Hauling Mississippi Driver Had Loaded Gun, Magazine, Hollow-Point Ammo A Ridgefield Park police sergeant found a car-hauling Mississippi driver carrying a loaded handgun and a high-capacity magazine packed with hollow-point bullets during a Route 46 traffic stop, authorities said. Sgt. William Morton pulled over Jory Robinson White, 25, of Jackson, MS on the eastbound highway around 9:45 a.m. Thursday, Lt. Joseph Rella said. White was driving a pickup truck pulling a vehicle-loaded trailer that didn’t have a visible license plate, Rella said. Interviews with White and other occupants produced stories that didn’t match up and “weren’t consistent with that of a…
When Quality-Of-Life Policing Works: Paterson PD Seizes Loaded Gun, Makes Arrest When Quality-Of-Life Policing Works: Paterson PD Seizes Loaded Gun, Makes Arrest
When Quality-Of-Life Policing Works: Paterson PD Seizes Loaded Gun, Makes Arrest Paterson police working a quality-of-life detail seized a man carrying a handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets before dawn Monday, authorities said. Responding to a 12:40 a.m. call on Auburn Street near Godwin Avenue, Detective Sgt. Richard LaTrecchia and Detective Gilot Castor saw 22-year-old Max Rodriguez holding a bag with a weapon inside, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The gun turned out to be a silver .38-caliber revolver, he said. Rodriguez was charged with weapons possession and sent to the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing. “This was second firearm arrest ma…
Man Who Brought Gun To Westfield School Was Involved With Teacher: Report Man Who Brought Gun To Westfield School Was Involved With Teacher: Report
Man Who Brought Gun To Westfield School Was Involved With Teacher: Report A 46-year-old Delaware man who authorities said brought a gun loaded with hollow point bullets to a grade school in Westfield last week had been romantically involved with a teacher at the school, News 12 New Jersey reported. Thomas Wilkie, 46, of Bear, was arrested Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of Tamaques Elementary School after Westfield police were notified by police in Delaware that Wilkie may be heading therel. Authorities said that Wilkie was found sitting in an SUV in the parking lot with the gun and with additional clips of ammunition. Another 130 rounds of ammunition were…
Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor
Man Arrested At Westfield School Had Gun, Large Cache Of Ammo: Prosecutor The man arrested while in possession of a gun and ammunition at a Westfield grade school is a 46-year-old Delaware resident, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday. Thomas J. Wilkie, of Bear, was arrested by Westfield police shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of Tamaques Elementary School. Westfield police received a tip from police in New Castle County in Delaware that Wilkie might be armed and headed to the school, authorities said. Students were in the building taking part in an after-school program when police apprehended Wilkie, who was found sitting in the fr…
SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun
SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun An intoxicated, suicidal Upper Saddle River man pointed a gun out the window at SWAT team members before surrendering after a 3½-hour standoff overnight Sunday, authorities said. Family members fled as Christopher Koski, 24, fired a shotgun blast in the house and threw two rifles out the window, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. A member of the Bergen County Regional Crisis Negotiation Team eventually talked him out, but not before Koski “pointed a loaded handgun out a second-floor window” at the tactical unit, Kane said. Authorities seized several firearms from the home, the lieutenant said…
Investigators Nab Accused Gunman In Passaic Shooting Investigators Nab Accused Gunman In Passaic Shooting
Investigators Nab Accused Gunman In Passaic Shooting Detectives nabbed a 29-year-old Passaic man who they said shot another man in the city before dawn Sunday. Robert Williams remained held Monday in the Passaic County Jail, pending a detention hearing Thursday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson, records show. He’s charged with aggravated assault and a variety of weapons offenses, including having hollow-point bullets. Authorities said Williams shot a 23-year-old Plainfield man in the area of 180 Columbia Avenue just before 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson for treatment…
Police: Ex-Con Had Kilo+ Of Heroin, Three Guns, $15,000 Cash In Lyndhurst Street-Drug Factory Police: Ex-Con Had Kilo+ Of Heroin, Three Guns, $15,000 Cash In Lyndhurst Street-Drug Factory
Police: Ex-Con Had Kilo+ Of Heroin, Three Guns, $15,000 Cash In Lyndhurst Street-Drug Factory Police from different counties teamed up to seize more than a kilo of heroin, three guns and nearly $15,000 while arresting an ex-con who they said operated a drug factory at his Lyndhurst apartment. Abdur Rahim-Jamal Smallwood, 42, also had a pound and a half of pot, more than six ounces of cocaine, dozens of Suboxone strips and a small bag of Ectascy (see photos above), they said. It began with a tip, investigated by Paterson detectives, of dealing outside the Silk City strip club at First Avenue and East 19th Street (Route 20), city Police Director Jerry Speziale said Saturday. Paterson…
Wayne PD: 'Agitated' Hummer Driver Carrying Loaded Gun, Ammo Wayne PD: 'Agitated' Hummer Driver Carrying Loaded Gun, Ammo
Wayne PD: 'Agitated' Hummer Driver Carrying Loaded Gun, Ammo WAYNE, N.J. -- An anxious Hummer driver in a Route 46 hotel parking lot was carrying a loaded gun, said police who arrested him. Nicholas Saykaly, a 34-year-old construction worker from Manchester, NH, was in the vehicle at the Ramada Inn on the highway’s eastbound side when he drew the attention of Officers Mark Ciavirella and Ryan Vallaro as they conducted safety and security checks along the highway's business corridor just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Saykaly was “agitated and acting in an animated manner,” Martin said. Talking with him, the officer…