Prosecutor: Quartet ID'd In 30-Pound Pot Shipment Found With Stolen Gun In North Arlington
A trio of New Jersey residents and a Virginia man plotting the sale of 30 pounds of pot were caught with a stolen gun during a traffic stop in North Arlington, authorities said.
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Narcotic Task Force were investigating a drug conspiracy when a consented search during Tuesday’s stop turned up a .45-caliber 1011 Paraordnance handgun.
Arrested were Jaleel Speller, 26, of Newport News, VA, Quantesa Wade, 27, of East Orange, Alicia Torres, 34, and Larry Harris, 40, both of Newark, the prosecutor said.
All remained held Friday in the Bergen…
Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Seize $17,500, Bust Pennsylvania Pair Near GWB
Two Pennsylvania men had $17,518 in cash stuffed into the sleeves of a child’s winter coat when they were stopped in Fort Lee near the George Washington Bridge, authorities said.
Narcotic Task Force members pulled over the pair’s 2012 Jeep Cherokee on northbound I-95 and found the rubber-banded bundles of money, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday.
Joel Maldonado, a truck driver, and Joel Rivera, a warehouse worker, both 23, were both released on summonses to appear on money-laundering charges in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on Sept. 11, the prosecutor s…
