Girl, 16, Caught With Loaded Gun During Traffic Stop In Watervliet, Police Say
A routine traffic stop in the Capital Region ended with a 16-year-old girl in handcuffs on weapons charges.
Watervliet Police stopped a vehicle at around 5 p.m. Sunday, March 23. During the investigation, the officer determined that the 16-year-old girl driving did not have a valid driver’s license.
The officer then discovered a loaded, illegally-possessed 22 caliber handgun protruding from the waistband of a 16-year-old girl in the passenger’s seat, police said.
The passenger, a resident of Troy, was arrested on suspicion of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, a felony. …
Trio Of Teen Car Burglars Busted In Bayonne After Taking Handgun: Police
Three teenage burglaries were recently arrested and charged in Bayonne with breaking into multiple vehicles, authorities said.
On Saturday, March 15, at 3 30 a.m., officers responded to a vehicle break-in at 2nd Street and Avenue C, and learned several other vehicles had been entered by the same suspects, Bayonne police said. Two fully loaded handguns were taken from one of the vehicles, police said.
The suspect vehicle was soon spotted, but they fled at a high rate of speed and the pursuit was terminated, police said. The vehicle was reported stolen out of Jersey City, police said.
An inv…
Egg Harbor City Resident Learns Fate For Fatal AC Boardwalk Shooting: Prosecutor
A 35-year-old Egg Harbor City man was sentenced to 28 years in prison on Wednesday, March 19, for fatally shooting a man in Atlantic City in March 2023, authorities said.
Jahlil Boston pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in January, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said.
On Saturday, March 18, 2023, police in Atlantic City responded to the 1600 block of the Atlantic City boardwalk and found Eric Wynn, a 34-year-old man with a gunshot wound, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
Surveillance footage captured Boston shooting the man and h…
SWAT Team Seizes Gunman In Shooting, Stabbing That Rocked Englewood Apartment Complex: Cops
A teen wanted in connection with a shooting and stabbing at an Englewood apartment complex has been arrested, authorities confirmed.
Willmi Ramos-Rosario, 18, of Englewood, was taken into custody at his home on Wednesday, March 19, by Englewood police and the Bergen County Regional SWAT team, according to police.
Ramos-Rosario has been charged with illegal possession of a handgun, possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, second-degree aggravated assault, possession of hollow point bullets, and reckless endangerment. He was committed to the Bergen County Jail, authorities said.
The …
Fatal Overdose Probe Leads To Drug, Gun Bust In Elmont: Police
A Queens man was busted with drugs and a loaded gun during an investigation into a fatal Nassau County overdose, authorities announced.
Keith Turner, 59, of 222nd Street, was arrested in Elmont at 3:20 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19, following a probe into the deadly incident, according to Narcotics/Vice Squad detectives.
Investigators seized pills believed to be oxycodone, a white powdery substance suspected to be cocaine, a loaded .45-caliber handgun, and additional ammunition, police said.
Turner is facing multiple felony charges, including:
Criminal Possession of a Controlled Subs…
Luxury Cars, $99K+, 8 Kilos Of Cocaine Seized In Tri-State Drug Bust, Including Chester Men: DA
A months-long undercover operation spanning Pennsylvania and New Jersey led to the arrest of six men accused of running a major cocaine trafficking ring, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced on Tuesday, March 18.
Dubbed "Operation Spark Plug," the investigation was spearheaded by the Delaware County Narcotics Task Force with assistance from the Pennsylvania State Police, Delaware State Police, the Camden County, New Jersey District Attorney’s Office, the DEA, and the FBI. Authorities seized over 8 kilograms of cocaine, nearly $100,000 in cash, multiple luxury vehicle…
CT Woman Had Gun, Drugs In Car Along With Minor In Ledyard: Police
A Connecticut woman was arrested last week after police say they found drugs, a handgun, and a juvenile in her car.
Amy Brazalovich, 44, of East Hartford, was charged with risk of injury to a minor, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of a controlled substance, Ledyard police said.
An officer pulled her vehicle over near Church Hill Road and Spicer Hill on Friday, March 7, just after 9 p.m. Police had received a call of reported drug activity.
During a search of the vehicle, officers found an unregistered, loaded 9mm pistol with hollow-point rounds, multiple wax folds containi…
