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Weapon offenses
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Armed Porch Pirate Arrested In Hamilton, Cops Say
A porch pirate armed with a handgun was arrested in Hamilton Township, authorities announced Wednesday, Dec. 17. At 12:50 p.m., officers responded to the 100 block of Lewis Avenue for reports of multiple package thefts, Hamilton Township police said. Officers canvassed the area and located a man, later identified as Calvin Stevens, matching the description of the suspect walking in the area and stopped him on Ellwood Street, police said. Officers told Stevens they were placing him under arrest and he attempted to flee the area on foot but was quickly apprehended and placed into custody…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Teen Charged In Lodi Park Stabbing That Seriously Wounded 18-Year-Old Victim: Cops
A 16-year-old boy from Bergen County has been arrested in connection with a stabbing that left an 18-year-old seriously wounded at a park in Lodi, police said. Lodi Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said the teen was taken into custody on Wednesday, April 2, after officers executed a search warrant at his Hasbrouck Heights home. The stabbing happened on Saturday, March 29, around 4:50 p.m., when police were called to Memorial Park near the track entrance for a fight involving a knife. Responding officers found the 18-year-old male victim from Hasbrouck Heights with a visible stab wound. He was …
Little Egg Harbor, NJ
Police & Fire
Auto Repair Shop In Little Egg Harbor Used To Store Meth, Guns, Steroids: Prosecutor
A 43-year-old Little Egg Harbor Township resident was recently arrested and charged with using an automotive repair shop to store and deal methamphetamine, authorities said. James Palmisano was arrested following a two-month investigation that culminated in a search warrant at Island Automotive at 699 Route 9 on Friday, Jan 3, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Detectives seized two sawed-off shotguns, a .22 caliber single action rifle, a Flintlock pistol, approximately 19 vials of suspected steroids, a quantity of methamphetamine, a quantity of hollow point bullets,…
Collingdale-Folcroft-Sharon Hill, PA
Police & Fire
Collingdale Officer Pointed Gun At Dump Truck Driver In I-95 Road Rage Incident: State Police
A Collingdale police officer who was just sworn in on Sunday, Jan. 12, was fired on Thursday, Jan. 16, following serious charges stemming from an alleged road rage incident and shooting in Delaware County, authorities said. Kevon Darden, 28, of Ambler, PA, faces charges after reportedly pointing a firearm at a dump truck driver on I-95 on April 5, 2023, according to an affidavit of probable cause released by Pennsylvania State Police. The incident began at 8:58 a.m. on I-95 North near Mile Marker 8.0 in Ridley Township, PA State Police detailed in the affidavit. A dump truck drive…
Hoboken, NJ
Police & Fire
18-Year-Old Kearny Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Shots Fired In Hoboken: Authorities
An 18-year-old Kearny man was arrested and charged with attempted murder after shots were fired in Hoboken on Thursday, Dec. 19, authorities said. At 1 p.m., two groups known to each other got into a dispute, resulting in shots being fired near the intersection of Fourth and Jackson Streets, a spokesman for the Hoboken Police Department said. All involved parties dispersed the area immediately following the gunfire, authorities said. Mercado was located in a nearby building where he was arrested for criminal attempted murder, authorities said. A search of Mercado turned up&n…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Knife-Wielding Jersey City Man Arrested After Attacking Victim In Edgewater: Police
A Jersey City man faces multiple charges, including first-degree robbery, after a physical altercation involving a knife in Edgewater on Friday, Nov. 8, police said. Edgewater Police responded to the scene at approximately 12:48 p.m. after receiving a report of a dispute involving a weapon, Edgewater Police Chief Donald Martin said. The caller, identified as the victim, told police he caught 38-year-old Steven Ranne burglarizing his vehicle. When the victim confronted Ranne, a physical altercation broke out, police said. During the scuffle, Ranne allegedly brandished a pocket knife, causing…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Woman Charged In Stabbing Of 4-Year-Old In Paterson, Prosecutor Says
A woman has been arrested in the stabbing of a 4-year-old child last month in Paterson, authorities announced. Mabel Campechano, of Paterson, has been charged with attempted murder after police found the toddler suffering stab wounds in a home on East 24th Street and 10th Avenue in Paterson on Aug. 23, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said. The child was rushed to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson for treatment and an investigation was launched. The child suffered a punctured lung, liver, and mo…
Lanham-Seabrook, MD
Police & Fire
Busted Brake Light Lands Lanham Felon Back Behind Bars For Drug, Weapons Charges: State Police
A convicted felon from Prince George's County is facing charges after being busted with a loaded handgun and hundreds of packets of Suboxone, state police say. Lanham resident Otha Samuel, 47, was arrested on Wednesday morning during a traffic stop, where he was caught with contraband in Howard County. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Aug. 28, a trooper on patrol stopped a Ford Taurus in the 7300 block of Washington Boulevard for an inoperable brake light, leading to a host of charges for the man. During the traffic stop, investigators say that "numerous criminal indicators were present," prompting…
Gaithersburg, MD
News
Teen Tried As Adult Gets 35 Years For Murdering Beloved 18-Year-Old At Maryland Metro Station
A teen murder suspect who admitted to his role in the death of a popular 18-year-old in Montgomery County will have decades to think about his actions after being sentenced on Monday. Emmanuel Simmonds, now 17, copped to his role in bringing a fresh round of grief to a Montgomery County family last year inside the Wheaton Metro Station. Simmonds pleaded guilty to murder and weapon offenses for his role in the shooting death of Tenneson Vaughn Leslie, Jr., of Greenbelt, who was shot in the back of the head during a dispute at the station. On Monday, authorities announced that Simmonds …
Gaithersburg, MD
News
Murderous Husband Sentenced For Killing Wife Planning To Cut Him Off In Maryland: Prosecutors
A 45-year-old man will spend 45 years in prison after admitting to fatally shooting his wife - who planned to leave him - in September 2020 in Montgomery County, authorities announced. Allen Price, Jr. was sentenced this week after pleading guilty in December last year to second-degree murder and weapon offenses in connection to the death of his wife, Natasha Price inside their Gaithersburg home. According to court documents, on Sept. 17, 2020, Price shot his wife in the 19400 block of Sandy Lake Drive, then jumped out of a second-story window in an attempt to flee from the police, before b…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Caught
: Couple Charged In Cold-Blooded Killing Of Paterson Man
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A Paterson couple have been charged in connection with what authorities said was the premeditated cold-blooded shooting death of a 44-year-old city man earlier this month. Mathew X. Amaro, 27, shot Twahee Howard in the area of Chadwick and Weiss streets shortly before 9 p.m. June 2, authorities said. Howard, 44, was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center of multiple gunshot wounds a short time later. Amaro is charged with murder, conspiracy, and drug and weapons offenses, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge…
Mechanicsville, MD
News
Liquor Store Shooter Facing Life In Prison For Maryland Murder: State's Attorney
A 48-year-old man has been convicted of murder in connection to a fatal shooting in November last year, the state's attorney's office announced. Leroy Christopher Neal is facing life in prison after he was found guilty by a St. Mary's County jury of murder and weapon offenses following the death of Scott Marvin Benich. The Mechanicsville resident was arrested along with Britny Lee Blankenship last year after two separate liquor store shootings, according to the sheriff's office. At around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, officers were sent to St. Mary's Fine Wine & Spirits on Poin…
Bowie, MD
Police & Fire
Girl Accidentally Shoots Self Playing Hide And Seek In Maryland; Relative Charged: Police
A 20-year-old man was charged after a young girl in Prince George's County got her hands on a loose gun and she shot herself, police say. Cheverly resident Jayvon Thomas, a relative of a girl under the age of 5 who suffered a gunshot wound to her arm over the weekend is facing charges following an investigation into the shooting. Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called late on Sunday night to an apartment in the 6400 block of Landover Road in Cheverly to investigate after a child gained access to the gun and suffered a gunshot wound. The girl was taken to an …
Arlington, VA
News
Repeat Offender Gets Prison Time For Drug, Weapon Offenses Near Northeast DC High School: Feds
A District man has will serve more time behind bars after the repeat offender was sentenced for drug and weapon offenses near a Northeast DC high school. DeAngelo Wayne McNeil, 37, was sentenced to three years in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and, while near a school, possessing cocaine base with the intent to sell it, federal authorities announced. According to court documents, on Sept. 21, 2023, McNeil was on release in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia for unlawfully possessing a gun and possessing cocaine. He also has a 2018 conviction for similar ch…
Mechanicsville, MD
Police & Fire
Convict Caught With Modded AR-15-Style Weapon, Drugs In St. Mary's County, Sheriff Says
A Lexington Park man with a history of crime is facing new charges in St. Mary's County after being busted on drug and weapon offenses, the sheriff's office announced. Trevone Damone Butler, 33, is behind bars after deputies recovered suspected drugs, paraphernalia, and an unserialized lower receiver for a regulated firearm during a search and seizure. Members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office arrested Butler on Thursday, April 18 in the 46000 block of Admiral Lane in Lexington Park following an investigation into his dealings. During the initial search, detectives recovered cash, …
Glen Burnie, MD
Police & Fire
19-Year-Old Charged With Attempted Homicide For December Shooting At Maryland Market: Police
Months after a shooting that left one person suffering from a gunshot wound and several vehicles damaged in Anne Arundel County, police say that they have apprehended a 19-year-old who is facing multiple attempted homicide and assault charges, police say. Pasadena resident Da'sjon Malik Ford has been identified by investigators from the Anne Arundel County Police Department and arrested following a December shooting in Severn that left a man injured, authorities announced on Monday. At approximately 8:20 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, officers were called to the Orchard Food Market on Reece…
Arlington, VA
Police & Fire
Suspect Shot By Officer Charged With Assault, Weapon Offenses In DC: Metropolitan Police
The man who was shot by members of the Metropolitan Police Department while attempting to flee is facing a host of charges, the agency announced on Wednesday. Northeast DC resident Deion Hinnant, who was hospitalized with serious injuries after the officer-involved shooting, was charged with assault and weapon offenses following an incident Monday night. According to police, shortly before 9 p.m. on April 1, investigators from the Violent Crime Suppression Division’s Robbery Suppression Unit were in the 2100 block of Bladensburg Road NE, when they spotted an altercation. #Update: A…
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Sold More Than 882 Meth Pills To Investigators: Warren County Prosecutors
A 32-year-old New York man was arrested and charged with distributing methamphetamine on Wednesday, Feb. 7, following an investigation by Warren County Prosecutors and New Jersey State Police, authorities said. During the five-month investigation, Brian Virola sold 882 methamphetamine pills to investigators, authorities said. Investigators seized $8,000 in pills, authorities said. Virola was also found to be in possession of a handgun loaded with hollow-point rounds in an extended magazine, authorities said. Virola was charged with multiple counts of drugs and weapons offenses, authorities …
Lusby, MD
Police & Fire
Child Left Alone In Maryland Home With Guns, Drugs, Sheriff Says
A man who left a child alone in a home filled with drugs and weapons is facing charges following a search of his residence, the Calvert County Sheriff's Office announced. Andre Taijon Grice, 27, was arrested this week following a weeks-long investigation into drug dealing in the 100 block of Alton Court in Prince Frederick that was launched in January. While surveilling the area, officials say that Grice was caught conducting hand-to-hand drug deals leading to search and seizure warrants for his home, vehicle, and person. On Wednesday, Feb. 7, members of the sheriff's office observed…
Bel Air, MD
Police & Fire
Teen Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint In Harford County: Police
Justice may be served for a pizza delivery driver who was robbed at gunpoint by a teen late last year in Harford County, police say. Tre Kai Ren Golder, 18, has been arrested weeks after an armed robbery of a driver in November last year, according to the Aberdeen Police Department on Friday afternoon. On Nov. 21, 2023, police say that a driver arrived at a home in the 900 block of Harlan Avenue to make an evening delivery, though the residents inside the home denied ordering food. When the driver went back to his car to double-check the contact number for who ordered the food, he was acco…
Gaithersburg, MD
News
Teen Tried As Adult Admits To Murdering Beloved 18-Year-Old At Maryland Metro Station
A teen murder suspect wearing an ironic sweatshirt at the time of the shooting has admitted to his role in a fatal shooting Emmanuel Simmonds, 16, copped to his role in bringing a fresh round of grief to a Montgomery County family earlier this year inside the Wheaton Metro Station, prosecutors announced. Gaithersburg resident Emmanuel Simmonds pleaded guilty to murder and weapon offenses for his role in the shooting death of 18-year-old Tenneson Vaughn Leslie, Jr., of Greenbelt, who was shot in the back of the head during a dispute at the station. On May 18, two groups who were strangers t…
Mechanicsville, MD
News
Convict Caught With Drugs, Weapons, Heading Back Behind Bars in Maryland: State's Attorney
A man with a checkered criminal past is heading back to prison after finding himself running afoul of the law once more in St. Mary's County. Lexington Park resident Dimitri Paul Brooks, 28, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison with all but 15 suspended after being busted earlier this year on felony drug and weapon offenses, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced. According to a sheriff’s office spokesperson, earlier this year, detectives from the sheriff office's Vice/Narcotics Unit, Emergency Services Team, and a K-9 Unit executed search and seizure warrants in the …
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Armed Mortuary Worker, 71, Ditches Gun In Hackensack Church After Threatening Man On Street: PD
A 71-year-old mortuary worker from Saddle Brook pulled a loaded gun on a man during a dispute on a Hackensack street, then ducked into a nearby church to try and ditch the weapon, authorities said. Kerris Meadows and a 43-year-old Newark resident got into the unspecified argument outside Mount Olive Baptist Church around 10:30 a.m. last Saturday, Dec. 16, Hackensack Police Capt. Michael Antista said. The Central Avenue church was conducting a food drive at the time. The second man told officers who responded to a call of a man with a gun that Meadows pointed a revolver and threatened to sh…
Arlington, VA
News
Murderer Released From Prison Convicted Of Weapon, Drug Charges In DC
Roy Tatum can't seem to keep himself out of trouble. After spending more than 25 years in prison for a murder conviction, the 47-year-old District man is likely heading back to prison after being convicted by a jury of drug and weapon offenses, federal officials announced. The convict was previously released under the DC Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act after serving more than 25 years for first-degree murder. Less than a year after he was released, members of the Metropolitan Police Department investigating an unrelated homicide arrested him for possession of firearms, ammuniti…
Mechanicsville, MD
News
Felon Convicted For Murdering Man Who Died 16 Months After Maryland Shooting: Sheriff
A 40-year-old Maryland man may spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of killing a 21-year-old man who died more than a year after he was left paralyzed, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney announced. California resident Demetrius Puifory was convicted this week following a four-day trial of second-degree murder and weapon offenses for his role in an April 2022 shooting that turned fatal over the summer when his victim died. Shortly before 5 p.m. on April 28, 2022, members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office were called to the 46700 block of Marshall Boulevard…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Armed Man Apprehended Following Pursuit: Jersey City Police
A 30-year-old man was arrested in Jersey City on Saturday, Oct. 28 for being armed with a firearm following a pursuit with police, authorities said. At 2:23 a.m. police attempted to stop Byron Harrison at 169 Monticello Ave. Harrison fled the scene police gave chase, eventually apprehending Harrison, Kimberly Wallace-Scalfione, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office said. Harrison was charged with several weapons offenses, including unlawful possession of a weapon, and for being in possession of several controlled substances, Wallace-Scalfione said.
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Cocaine, Handguns Seized In Arrest Of Trenton Man: Prosecutor
A three-month investigation into cocaine sales in Trenton led to an arrest and seizure of $10,500 in cocaine, two handguns and nearly $4,000 cash, authorities said. Juan Rivera, 34, of Trenton, was charged with drug and weapons offenses on Oct. 4, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. A motor vehicle stop of Rivera in a silver Toyota Corolla was conducted by detectives in the area of Greenwood and Walnut avenues in Trenton. Rivera was detained without incident and $3,986 in cash was seized, Onofti said. A subsequent search of Rivera’s Greenwood Avenue …
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen County Home Invasion: Four Seized In Quick-Strike Raids In NJ, NY
GOTCHA! (UPDATE): An armed home invasion robbery in Maywood last November was cracked with the arrests of four men -- two of whom are from the Bronx and another from Westchester, authorities announced on Thursday. Three of the accused robbers forced their way into a Terrace Avenue home and demanded cash and valuables from the owner on Nov. 11, 2022, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. “One of the men pointed a semi-automatic firearm at one of the residents,” the prosecutor said. The masked trio fled with $32,000 in cash, a Cartier watch, a pair of Dolce & Gabbana shoes and…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
South Jersey Pair Admit Fentanyl, Firearms Offenses: Prosecutor
A pair of men from Galloway Township have admitted to weapons and drug dealing offenses, authorities said. Ibin Ingrum, 19, of pleaded guilty to second-degree possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and second-degree unlawful possession of a community gun, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Robert Gunter, 40, pleaded guilty to second-degree possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, the prosecutor said. The convictions of Ingrum and Gunter arose from a residential search warrant executed in Galloway Township in July 2022. In an upstairs bed…
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Traffic Stop Brings Down Man Accused Of Killing Pregnant 19-Year-Old Woman In Maryland: Police
A Baltimore man is in custody for allegedly shooting and killing a pregnant teenager late last year, authorities announced. Malik McCormick, 22, has been charged with murder and multiple weapon offenses following an investigation into the murder of 19-year-old Jaymyra Burrell last year while she was pregnant. Jaymyra BurrellJaymyra Burrell (Facebook) In the early hours of Dec. 4, 2022, officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to the 5600 block of Woodmont Avenue, where they found a pregnant Burrell suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was rushed to John Hopkins …
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Woman Seen In Bloodied Clothing Stabbed Man Dead In Passaic County: Prosecutor
A woman seen outside of her home in bloodied clothing has been charged with first-degree murder in a Passaic County stabbing, authorities announced. Jamilette Huaranga, 21, of Haledon, has been charged with first-degree murder and related weapon offenses on accusations she stabbed a 19-year-old man around 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, July 19, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Huaranga had been arguing with the victim, identified only as A.L., when she stabbed him near Lee Avenue and Legion Place in Haledon, Valdes said. A.L. was taken to Saint Joseph’s University Medi…
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