Suspects wanted for a range of crimes from narcotics offenses to a shooting
NEWARK -- A number of police units made nearly a dozen arrests throughout the day Wednesday, apprehending suspects for drug activity as well as others wanted on outstanding warrants issued within and outside the city, department spokesman Sgt. Ron Glover said.
The daylong sweep, carried out by the Fugitive Apprehension Team, Narcotics/Gang Enforcement Unit and the Rapid Response Intelligence Team, began with a briefing followed by the arrest of David Hankerson, 23, at a home in the 100 block of Mount Vernon Place. Hankerson, who was wanted on drug violations, was found in a basement bedroom with a loaded 9-mm handgun and more than 330 grams of cocaine in his possession, Glover said.
A city man wanted on an East Orange warrant, David Parramore, 38, was picked up on Stratford Place. Later, police spotted a car blocking a driveway in the 700 block of S. 20th Street. When police activated their vehicle lights to alert the driver, Devin Travis, 25, he threw something to the ground, later determined to be drugs, Glover said. He was arrested and charged with a number of narcotics violations.
Another man wanted on an East Orange warrant, Al-Mone Sweat, 42, was arrested near South Orange and Munn avenues. Kevin Halton, 25, was arrested on a $1,500 warrant near Seymour and Chadwick avenues.
Ali Harris, 21, was arrested near S. 11th Street and Madison Avenue after police said he was seen counting out bags of marijuana. Harris had 27 bags of the drug in his possession, Glover said.
Carol Williams, 61, was arrested in the 700 block of Clinton Avenue on a $5,000 warrant, while a man wanted for a shooting April 4, Ahmed Freeman, was picked up at Underwood Street and Stuyvesant Avenue. He was being held on $200,000 bail. Two more people wanted on warrants, Jahrod Kennedy and Nelson Martinez, were in custody in West Virginia and were awaiting extradition on carjacking and other charges.
Anthony Closs, 21, was arrested as he tried to run from police near Clinton and Ridgewood avenues, Glover said. He had allegedly been seen with a bundle of heroin moments before and was found with 63 bags of the drug.
Police also reported two other narcotics arrests Wednesday, although some details in those arrests could not immediately be confirmed.
"Our officers are doing everything they can to prevent crime and to capture those who insist on that life. We will use every necessary means at our disposal but within the law to make our city safer and to improve the quality of life here in Newark," said Police Director Eugene Venable.
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