Another armed man arrested after police respond to burglary call, authorities say
NEWARK -- Two people, including a man facing deportation, were arrested Wednesday and Thursday on weapons charges in separate incidents occurring just a few hours apart, police spokesman Sgt. Ron Glover said.
Members of the Violence Reduction Initiative, a task force of law enforcement that includes gang unit members as well as State Police and New Jersey Parole personnel, were patrolling near Vermont and 18th avenues around 11:30 p.m. when they spotted two men. When they noticed police, one of them, Talib Brown, 30, of Newark, began to walk away, adjusting a handgun in his waistband as he went, Glover said.
Brown ran when police left their vehicle, throwing the gun away and climbing a fence before he was caught by Det. Hubert Henderson, Glover said, adding that the gun is a defaced 9-mm that was loaded at the time.
Brown, who is in the Supervision Appearance Program -- an Immigration and Customs Enforcement program under which those with pending immigration matters are free but tracked electronically via a device worn on the ankle -- has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, possession of a defaced weapon and of hollow-point bullets, is scheduled for deportation, Glover also said. Glover did not know Brown's country of origin.
Two hours later, officers from the 2nd Precinct responded to a report of a burglary in progress in the 90s block of First Street. When police approached a man who matched a description, Davon Greely, 20, he pulled a gun from his waistband and tossed it onto a roof before running away, Glover said. Greely was captured shortly after and the .25-caliber handgun was recovered.
"I commend the actions of the officers for showing extreme restraint in the apprehension of these individuals and removing two more weapons from our streets," said Police Director Eugene Venable.
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