City man charged after allegedly being found with gun containing hollow-point bullets
NEWARK-- A 22-year-old city man was arrested Thursday night after patrolling members of a joint law-enforcement task force spotted him with a gun, Newark Police Department spokesman Sgt. Ron Glover said.
Task force members were dispatched to Riverview Court around 11:30 p.m. as part of an investigation. When detectives left their vehicles they saw Raheem Rudd, 22, attempting to hide a weapon, Glover said Rudd was unaware he had been seen. He was arrested after police recovered a 9-mm semi-automatic pistol loaded with hollow point bullets, Glover said.
"I commend the members of the Newark Violence Reduction Initiative for removing yet another weapon from our streets," said Police Director Eugene Venable
The units and agencies taking part in Thursday's arrest are the city's Cease Fire and Gang Enforcement units, along with the Violence Reduction Initiative, which consists of personnel from the FBI, State Police, New Jersey State Parole, and the Essex County prosecutor's and sheriff's offices.
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