A Newark woman and her two sons face weapons and drug charges.
NEWARK -- Four people, including a pair of siblings and their mother, were charged with drug offenses by a task force of Essex County Sheriff's detectives and municipal police, Sheriff Armando Fontoura said in a statement Thursday.
The task force, which included plainclothes Bureau of Narcotics detectives as well as officers from the Irvington and Bloomfield departments, conducted surveillance at 39 Pine Grove Terrace Wednesday afternoon.
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"When the task force members observed the target of our investigation, Alrahim 'Cheddar' Claiborne, 23, outside his residence he was immediately detained and the search warrant was executed," Fontoura said.
Claiborne's mother Daneka, 42, was allegedly glancing through a drug ledger as she lay in bed when police entered and arrested her as well as another son, Karon Johnson, 18. Alrahim Claiborne and Johnson are both believed to be members of the Crips street gang, Fontoura said.
Another man, 36-year-old Duvall Johnson of Newark, who is not related to the othersy, was also detained inside the home.
"In executing the warrant, our detectives discovered and seized a .40 caliber Smith & Wesson semi-automatic handgun, loaded with illegal hollow point bullets. The weapon was found to be stolen out of Orangeburg, Colo.," Fontoura said.
Law enforcement also allegedly seized 212 glassine envelopes of heroin stamped with the word "HULK," a bag of crack cocaine, a bottle of liquid codeine, gun ammunition and narcotics packaging materials.
Duvall Johnson, who police said was in possession of a small bag of marijuana, was issued a summons for possession and released pending a subsequent court date.
The Claibornes and Karon Johnson were each charged with possession, possession with intent to distribute, and other narcotics offenses. They also face weapons charges including possession of a weapon while committing a drug crime, possession of an illegal, extended magazine and possession of hollow-point bullets.
Bail was set for both brothers at $150,000 each and for Daneka Claiborne at $75,000 cash bond. They were being held at the Essex County Jail.
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