October 5 Evening News
NEWJERSEYNEWS12.COM REPORTS RUTGERS POLICE INVESTIGATING EARLY MORNING ASSAULT IN NEW BRUNSWICK THAT LEFT ONE PERSON INJURED. ACCORDING TO RUTGERS POLICE, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND 2:10 A.M IN THE PARKING LOT OF A RESIDENCE AT 26 UNION ST. WITNESSES TOLD THE POLICE THE VICTIM WAS INVOLVED IN AN ARGUMENT WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHEN ONE PERSON IN THE GROUP STRUCK THE VICTIM. POLICE SAID THE VICTIM SUFFERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE GROUP FLED IN AN UNKNOWN DIRECTION. POLICE SAID THEY HAVE ONLY A LIMITED DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE.
NEWJERSEYNEWS12.COM REPORTS SHOPLIFTING DUO SHOPLIFTS $6,000 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE FROM PARAMUS STORES. TWO NEW YORK CITY MEN ARE BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY GOING ON A NEARLY $6,000 SHOPLIFTING SPREE ACROSS MULTIPLE NORTH JERSEY MALLS. POLICE SAID, STEALING DOZENS OF PAIRS OF WOMENS LEGGINGS AND MERCHANDISE FROM AN APPLE STORE. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, PARAMUS DETECTIVE SERGEANT MATT MCGUIRE SPOTTED A WHITE FIRS EXPLORER WITH NORTH CAROLINA PLATES AT THE WESTFIELD GARDEN STATE PLAZA MALL THAT MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF A VEHICLE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN A THEFT EARLIER THAT DAY AT THE AMERICAN DREAM MALL. THE TWO MEN, FABIAN ANDRES SUAREZ GARCIA, 44, AND JORDAN A.VASQUEZ, 45, BOTH OF QUEENS, NEW YORK. BOTH MEN WERE CHARGED WITH SHOPLIFTING ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT, A SECOND-DEGREE OFFENSE, AND RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, A THIRD-DEGREE OFFENSE. THEY ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN CUSTODY PENDING THEIR COURT APPEARANCE.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED SATURDAY MORNING THAT NEARLY 400 DECKS OF SUSPECTED HEROIN, COCAINE, HUNDREDS OF PILLS, AND TWO HANDGUNS WERE SEIZED DURING A MONTH-LONG INVESTIGATION IN NEWARK. 49-YEAR-OLD BASEER GUY, 48-YEAR-OLD TERIEK EDWARDS, AND 32-YEAR-OLD HOUSTON MCCOY WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED A HOME AT 196 IRVINE TURNER BLVD. AUTHORITIES SAY GUY AND EDWARDS WERE PACKAGING CRACK COCAINE IN THE KITCHEN WHEN OFFICERS ENTERED THE HOME, AND MCCOY WAS FOUND UPSTAIRS. INVESTIGATORS RECOVERED APPROXIMATELY 390 DECKS OF SUSPECTED HEROIN WEIGHING 19.5 GRAMS, INCLUDING PACKAGES STAMPED “FIRST 48”, “JUST DO IT” AND “MR.ROPO”, AS WELL AS 109 JUGS OF SUSPECTED CRACK COCAINE AND ABOUT 118 GRAMS OF SUSPECTED POWDER COCAINE. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A COMBINED COCAINE WEIGHT OF 134.7 GRAMS, MORE THAN A KILOGRAM OF SUSPECTED MARIJUANA, 645 SUSPECTED ECSTASY TABLETS, 236 SUSPECTED OXYCODONE TABLETS AND OTHER SUSPECTED DRUGS. THERE WAS ALSO A 9MM TAURUS HANDGUN RECOVERED, REPORTED STOLEN FROM RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, AND A SMITH & WESSEN .380. ALL THREE MEN FACE MULTIPLE DRUGS AND WEAPONS CHARGES, INCLUDING MAINTAINING A DRUG PRODUCTION FACILITY AND POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE DRUGS WITHIN 1 THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL AND 500 FEET OF PUBLIC HOUSING. GUY AND EDWARDS WERE ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSING WEAPONS AS CONVICTED FELONS. ALL THREE WERE BEING HELD AT THE ESSEX COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY PENDING COURT PROCEEDINGS AS OF FRIDAY.