This was a article on NJ.com about a bunch of thugs in Newark busted for guns, drugs etc.... Theres alot of articles like this everyday, but there always the same result
Yah, I know I am pointing out the obvious.....
What really pisses me off is how the these guys have constantly gotten released back into society after numerous gun charges, bombs, assault etc.... Meanwhile the fatcat politicians (We know who) in their districts don't do anything about it but come after us. Situations like this just prove crimminals dont care and know they will just get a slap on wrist, Is this a a result of poor police work (bad procedures, ) to get charges to stick? Lax legal sytem, corruption? Then in the conclusion of the article the police chief states the obvious....but why are they still roaming the streets?
I have highlighted specific things in the article
4 arrested, 3 guns confiscated, in Saturday patrols in Newark
March 19, 2013
NEWARK — Four men with prior criminal records were arrested in Newark over the weekend by patrolling officers, officials said.
A weapon was found in each of the three incidents, which occurred over a 14-hour period beginning early Saturday morning, said a city police spokesman.
About 10 a.m., police were patrolling the inside of a four-story apartment building on Johnson Avenue when they came across a man in the stairway holding a handgun, the spokesman said.
The man tried to discard his weapon and flee, but he was captured, said the spokesman, Detective Todd McClendon.
The weapon, a .45 - caliber handgun, was loaded with hollow-point bullets, McClendon said.
Searching the suspect, 34-year-old Sahib Hall of Newark, police found more than $1,000 in heroin, the spokesman said. Hall was charged with nearly a dozen weapons and drug violations.
Hall had been previously arrested more than a dozen times on charges including aggravated assault, carjacking, weapons possession, explosives possession, assault on a police officer, and drug possession.
Then at 9:30 p.m. that night, police patrolling Broadway Avenue in the North Ward saw a group of men walking near a grocery store.
An officer driving by saw that one of the men had a 9 mm handgun in his waistband and pulled up in his vehicle, McClendon said.
When officers got out, the man took off running, ditching his weapon and capturing the 23-year-old suspect, the spokesman said.
Steven Newkirk, of Newark, was charged with several weapons counts and resisting arrest, said McClendon.
Newkirk has been arrested more than a half-dozen times in connection with drug-and robbery-related offenses, said McClendon.
Then, just before midnight in the city’s West Ward, another man with a gun was arrested.
Police patrolling Avon Avenue and South 10th Street stopped a vehicle that allegedly had run a red light.
Inside, officers saw an open bottle of liquor, and upon searching further, the handle of a .40 - caliber handgun under the driver’s leg, McClendon said.
The driver, Abdul Crowley, and a passenger, Kylier Harris, both 34 and of Newark, were arrested and charged with several weapons counts including possessing a defaced weapon.
Together, the two men had been convicted of more than six felonies, McClendon said. They have been arrested at least 24 times, on charges involving murder, drugs and guns, police said.
"Each of these armed suspects was a legitimate threat to everyone in our community," said city police director Samuel DeMaio. "Their collective criminal backgrounds are testament to their violent and lawless behavior."