Federal Agents Capture Accused Hit Man Wanted In Fatal Englewood House Party Ambush Federal Agents Capture Accused Hit Man Wanted In Fatal Englewood House Party Ambush
Federal Agents Capture Accused Hit Man Wanted In Fatal Englewood House Party Ambush An accused hit man wanted in a double shooting at a June Bergen County house party was captured by federal agents after two months on the run, authorities said Saturday. U.S. Marshals arrested Dwayne Redd Jr., 22, on Thursday at a house in Baltimore, MD, his native city, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said nearly two months after the Englewood house party ambush. Redd and Dejuan Stokes, 23, both unemployed, were recruited by Jamal "Mally" Robinson, 44, in the June 20 shooting that killed killed Douglas Perry, 43, of Newark, and a injured a 29-year-old En…
East Hartford Police Association Says Department-Issued Guns Don't Shoot Straight East Hartford Police Association Says Department-Issued Guns Don't Shoot Straight
East Hartford Police Association Says Department-Issued Guns Don't Shoot Straight The East Hartford Police Department’s Glock guns don’t shoot straight, according to the East Hartford Police Officer’s Association. To fix the flaw, officers are being told to adjust the sights on their firearms and shoot a little to the right, association officials said. Meanwhile, a representative for the police department acknowledged there had been a problem with some of the guns, but told The Hartford Courant that the police department has been working with the Glock company to fix any problems. “If one of our members were to be involved in a shotting tonight where something or someon…
Paterson Police Raid Same Fortified Drug Den A Second Time, Seize Heroin, Pot, Guns, Young Crew Paterson Police Raid Same Fortified Drug Den A Second Time, Seize Heroin, Pot, Guns, Young Crew
Paterson Police Raid Same Fortified Drug Den A Second Time, Seize Heroin, Pot, Guns, Young Crew Responding to frightened citizens, detectives raided a fortified drug den in an increasingly violent Paterson neighborhood, seizing 284 heroin folds, four pounds of pot and three guns while arresting 10 dealers – most of them 21 or younger, authorities said. It was the second time in eight months that they'd hit the same Marion Street home, which is ringed with cameras that provide a view of the property in all directions. Buyers came to the Marion Street home “at all times of the day and night,” which residents told police had been “disrupting their quality of life and placing them in fear…
Feds: Ex-Con Caught With Modified Machine Gun During Social Distancing Sweep Feds: Ex-Con Caught With Modified Machine Gun During Social Distancing Sweep
Feds: Ex-Con Caught With Modified Machine Gun During Social Distancing Sweep Newark police clearing a sidewalk of loiterers who were violating emergency social distancing orders found one of them carrying a modified machine gun, federal authorities said. Ex-con Anthony Reynolds, 26, was in a group hanging out in the area of Summer Avenue and May Street when uniformed police assigned to minimize social gatherings approached them last Saturday night, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The officers were there for “the specific purpose of minimizing social gathering of citizens in order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus,” Carpenito said. One of them saw Reyn…
Bridgeport Man Sentenced For Heroin Distribution Bridgeport Man Sentenced For Heroin Distribution
Bridgeport Man Sentenced For Heroin Distribution A convicted felon from Fairfield County will spend more time behind bars after being busted with an illegal stolen handgun, heroin and drug paraphernalia. Ismael Mangual, 43, of Bridgeport, was sentenced in New Haven federal court to a term of 137 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, and one count of possession a firearm in furtherance of a narcotics trafficking offense in March. On Aug. 31, 2017, police in Milford stopped Mangual while he was driving on an area…
Bridgeport Man, 24, Sentenced For Possessing 9MM Handgun During Police Chase Bridgeport Man, 24, Sentenced For Possessing 9MM Handgun During Police Chase
Bridgeport Man, 24, Sentenced For Possessing 9MM Handgun During Police Chase A convicted felon from Fairfield County is heading back to prison after admitting to illegally possessing a 9mm handgun that he attempted to discard during a police chase. Bridgeport resident Timothy Staton, 24, has been sentenced in Hartford federal court to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in February. Staton - who has previous felony convictions for robbery, narcotics, firearm and racketeering offenses - admitted to fleeing from police on Sept. 13 last year, during which he removed a G…