Suspects, including a 16-year-old, wanted on outstanding warrants
NEWARK -- City police, U.S. Marshals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers Friday arrested four people wanted on outstanding warrants.
The sweep, which was carried out Friday morning, began at 6:30 a.m. in the 700 block of S. 20th Street, a city police spokesman, Sgt. Ron Glover, said.
A woman at a building there allowed the officers into a first-floor apartment and told them Messiah Arrington, 20, was in the front bedroom. Arrington, who dived under a bed when officers entered, was arrested and a bag containing drugs and paraphernalia were also seized, Glover said. Arrington was being held on $44,100 bail for various offenses, including drug violations brought in connection with the drugs recovered Friday.
A half-hour later, officers arrested a 16-year-old wanted on an Essex County Sheriff's warrant at a home in the 100 block of Broad Street.
Naim Stewart, 21, who was wanted on a $5,000 Newark warrant from January, was caught by surprise when officers arrived at a 1st Street home and took him into custody, Glover said.
Another 21-year-old, Al-Kabir Hinton, was arrested on a $20,000 warrant after police responded at a Pennington Street around 9:30 a.m.
"With all the tools in our arsenal, with the help of our partners in law enforcement as well as our citizens, the police department is doing everything possible to rid our city of those insistent upon a life of crime. We will work around the clock and non-traditional hours to surprise and arrest these criminals as we did today in this early-morning operation to that end," said Newark Police Director Eugene Venable.
The Newark Police Department asks that anyone with information relevant to any crimes contact the 24-hour Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 877 NWK-TIPS (877 695-8477) or NWK-GUNS (877 695-4867).
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