Police say a loaded Glock handgun and a lit marijuana cigarette were found in a Dodge Dart the men had driven to the Budget lot
NEWARK -- A group of young men from Hillside and Irvington got stoned early Monday and took three Chevrolet Camaros and a Ford Mustang for a joy ride inside the Budget rental-car lot at Newark Liberty International Airport, police said.
Port Authority police were called to the lot at 3 a.m. on Monday, where police said the four men had just fled after being confronted by Budget employees.
The four men and two others were rounded up by police when they tried to flee in two cars they had arrived in, a 2009 Jaguar XF and a Dodge Dart, said Joe Pentangelo, a Port Authority Policed spokesman.
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Pentangelo said there was a strong odor of burning marijuana coming from inside the Jaguar and the Dart, with a lit marijuana cigarette in the center console of the Dart.
The Dart also contained a .40 caliber Glock handgun, loaded with 11 rounds, laying in a child safety seat.
Two Hillside men, Devon Fields, 26, and Derrick K. Crenshaw, 22, were arrested on charges of possession of a weapon and possession of marijuana, Pentangelo said. He said charges were still pending against four others.
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