ID Theft Ring Busted With Stolen US Treasury Checks, Gun, Skimmer, And Dogs: NJ Prosecutor
A New Jersey couple is accused of running a high-level ID theft ring involving stolen Treasury checks, guns, a skimmer, and stolen dogs, authorities announced on Wednesday, April 16.
Peter M. Gittens, 37, and Chambreona J. Williams, 33—also known as Tenisha O. Gittens— both of Raritan Township, have been charged with a slew of crimes, including Forgery, Trafficking in Personal Identifying Information, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Theft of Movable Property, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and more, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson and Raritan Township Chief of Police Al Payn…
Deputy Injured, Gun Recovered After Teen Rams Cruiser In Anne Arundel Chase, Sheriff Says
One loaded gun, a foot chase, a patrol car crash — and one bold deputy.
A wild weapons call in Anne Arundel County ended with a teen in handcuffs and an injured deputy, after a suspect vehicle slammed into a sheriff’s cruiser and suspects took off running, authorities announced.
It happened around 3 p.m. Monday, April 14, when Anne Arundel County Sheriff’s Deputy Cpl. Hines responded to a shots fired and weapons threat call while working a special detail, the sheriff’s office said.
Two suspects were already in custody for assault when Hines arrived; but, as officers secured the scene, a ve…
Cocaine, Guns, Xanax, $22K: Secaucus Man Arrested, Police Say
A 30-year-old Secaucus man was arrested after his abandoned backpack was discovered to contain a loaded handgun and cocaine on Wednesday, April 9, authorities said.
At 1:11 p.m., an employee of the Xchange apartment complex alerted officers to the backpack, which contained a Ruger .45 caliber handgun with hollow point ammunition, 10 oz. of suspected cocaine and over one pound of marijuana, Secaucus police said.
Josaih Agbo was arrested near his place of residence later that evening, police said. During a search of Agbo's apartment, detectives seized two ounces of cocaine, four pounds of mar…
Meth, Cocaine, AR-15: Jackson Man Learns Fate After Four Arrests, Prosecutor Says
A 51-year-old Jackson man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday, April 4 after pleading guilty to various drugs and weapons charges, authorities said.
Shawn Garrettson pleaded guilty in February to the weapons and drug charges, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.
In December 2019, multiple jurisdictions executed a search warrant on Garrettson’s Jackson residence, Billhimer said. Detectives seized methamphetamine, marijuana, a sawed-off shotgun and large capacity ammunition magazines, Billhimer said.. Garretson was taken into custody and subsequently released, Billhime…
Woman Dies By Suicide After Shooting Man, Setting Fires Inside Lower Paxton Home: Cops
A woman killed herself after fatally shooting a man and setting multiple fires inside their Pennsylvania home, authorities said.
Police and firefighters were called to 6524 Fairfax Drive in Lower Paxton around 10:20 a.m. on Sunday, March 30, for a residential fire with possible entrapment, according to the Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police.
Inside the burning home, firefighters found Alysse Saucedo, 33, unresponsive in a second-floor hallway. She was pulled from the home but never regained consciousness, police said. A second person, later identified as Gary Gibson, 40, was found …
